Earthquake experts say current building codes don’t reflect the riskiest features of the Seattle area’s geology — but the outlook for survivability looks a lot better if the Really Big ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Centuries later, the ancient quake has left clues for scientists to ...

Cascadia's four segments make it more dangerous ... the differences in the elevation of rocks that signify recently active ...

Figure 1: Slip along the plate boundary fault of a subduction zone. Although a recent analysis of NVT in Cascadia supports its origin at the plate boundary interface, (K. Creager, Univ.

In 1998, the SHIPS (Seismic Hazards Investigation in Puget Sound) program acquired seismic reflection data through Puget Sound as part of a large survey aimed at mapping the subsurface architecture to ...

The Cascadia Subduction ... near the Mendocino Fault Zone, where the Pacific, North American, and Juan de Fuca plates converge. Geologists note this region is seismically active, but today ...

Known as Axial Seamount, it’s the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest ... its distance from the region’s megathrust Cascadia fault. But scientists can use the lessons learned ...

Known as Axial Seamount, it’s the most active volcano in the Pacific Northwest ... its distance from the region’s megathrust Cascadia fault. But scientists can use the lessons learned ...

The 71 km 2 Macks Property was staked by Cascadia in 2023 ... and is adjacent to the 200 km dextral strike slip Braeburn fault. The Stikine Terrane is characterized by Late Triassic to early ...

The 71 km 2 Macks Property was staked by Cascadia in 2023 ... with numerous active placer gold mining operations located nearby. The property lies within the Stikine Terrane and is immediately ...