Large subduction-zone earthquakes leave scars on the continental slope in the deep sea.

What appears to be three-way clash of blame somewhere off Northern California ends up being a crowded intersection with blank spots. The Mendocino Triple Junction has long been instructed as the ...

It was a groundbreaking discovery. Scientists have found previously concealed fault lines along California’s north coast, ...

SEATTLE — Newly-released research led by the University of Washington (UW) showed that a feature scientists hypothesized was present along the Cascadia Subduction Zone is missing in places. What does ...

Scientists are uncovering a hidden and surprisingly complex earthquake zone beneath Northern California by tracking swarms of ...

The North American craton actually dips near the Rockies rather than forming a sharp vertical step as previously believed.

Northern California’s coast keeps you on alert, even on quiet days. Offshore, three tectonic plates meet near Humboldt County ...

A major earthquake along a West Coast fault could have catastrophic consequences across coastal Washington, Oregon and northern California. Running offshore from northern California to British ...

Just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults created by one tectonic plate pushing its way under another. Every 400-600 years, ...

One of the most terrifying discoveries for the US population in general has just been made off the north coast of California. Scientists have found geological faults that had remai ...

(a) Geological units and earthquake distribution of an oceanic subduction zone. The orange shadow beneath the volcanic arc represents partially molten areas and magma channels. (b) Thermal structure ...