1. Figure 1: Map of the northern Cascadia subduction zone showing the distribution of earthquakes in the subducting Juan de Fuca plate and the locations of seismic cross-sections. Green dashed line ...
Areas like the mouth of the Nooksack River will be developed into a 3D model in a project led by Colin Amos and Emily Roland in an effort to map the entire Cascadia Subduction Zone. (Hailey ...
(Newport, OR) -- New research is giving seismologists a better view of the Cascadia Fault off Oregon and Washington. In the past it's produced magnitude nine earthquakes. They can last five ...
Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on ...
Hidden off the US Western shore, beneath the Pacific Ocean, is the Cascadia Subduction Zone. This fault is capable of ...
The Cascadia Subduction Zone is capable of generating "megathrust" earthquakes with magnitudes of 9.0 or higher. Such an event, which last occurred over 300 years ago, could trigger a tsunami ...
The Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center (CRESCENT), a research project focused on the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ), was established in 2023 following a $15 million grant from the National Scie ...