The Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate descends beneath the overlying North ... Further east, relative motion between the two plates appears to take place through aseismic ...

This area, called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, hosts a megathrust fault, a place where tectonic plates move against each other in a highly dangerous way. The plates can periodically lock up and ...

"This has been a subduction zone that's been under-studied ... and of the risk it poses to the US West Coast. Cascadia is ...

Map shows the Cascadia Subduction Zone along the Pacific Northwest coast, with a shaded area encompassing the onshore and offshore areas where seismometers were located. Data from the seismometers ...

The Pacific and Australian plates collide and interact in complex ways around New Zealand. Electrical resistivity data reveal that subduction-zone fluids exert an important influence on ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – With a massive Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake looming in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill to help build an earthquake-ready Columbia ...