A new study from researchers at Virginia Tech says that there is an increased risk of flooding and tsunamis in the Pacific ...

The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the coast.

A powerful underwater volcano known as Axial Seamount off the Oregon coast may erupt. Though scientists say it poses no ...

California has dozens of earthquakes every day. Most are below 3.0 magnitude, so small that they aren’t felt.

A new study warns of a potential 1,000-foot mega-tsunami striking the U.S. West Coast within 50 years. Triggered by a major ...

The recent news that North America and Hawaii are facing a ticking time bomb is disconcerting. Scientists are warning that ...

Melissa Slager is a former Daily Herald reporter and Street Smarts columnist. “Contests of Strength” was released Tuesday. A ...

The project transformed two aging opening-air drinking water reservoirs into one seismically resilient underground site.

We’re getting a first look at a brand new feature of Portland’s Washington Park that’s been under construction for nearly 10 years.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, which is a 600-mile-wide fault system extending from Northern California to Vancouver Island, ...

New research, led by the University of Washington, reveals new information about the Cascadia Subduction Zone will force a ...

New spending restrictions for some federal agencies are creating extra hoops for scientists to jump through to fix earthquake ...