A 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck early Wednesday morning near Okanogan. The epicenter was recorded about 27 miles northeast ...

Did you feel it? The Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN) says a 3.0 magnitude earthquake hit near Okanogan Wednesday ...

Mid-ocean ridge basalts (MORBs), located far from subduction zones, are typically thought to be unaffected by subduction ...

With a massive Cascadia subduction zone earthquake looming in the Pacific Northwest, Oregon lawmakers are considering a bill ...

You may notice tsunami signs when visiting Oregon's coastal destinations. Here's what they mean and how to prepare yourself in case of a disaster.

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research ...

Newly published research has revealed that compositional rock anomalies within oceanic plates caused by ancient tectonics ...

A subduction zone is created where two plates converge, with one sinking into the mantle. Dynamics along the plate interface create earthquakes, magma generated above the sinking slab leads to ...

Scientists discovered Earth's first crust had continental chemical signatures. This challenges beliefs about when these ...

GREENWATER, Wash. — A magnitude 3.8 earthquake struck western Washington Sunday morning, according to the U.S. Geological ...

The India-Asia continental collision and the uplift of the Tibetan Plateau have long been attributed to continuous Cenozoic convergence with two generic assumptions: the ongoing India-Asia collision ...