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

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

Researchers found that a potential powerful earthquake combined with rising sea levels could lead to a mega tsunami.

Parts of the Pacific Northwest in the United States are at an increased risk of massive flooding — and potentially even ...

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

A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States has determined that there is a real risk that a 'megatsunami' could devastate the west ...

A new study by geoscientists at Virginia Tech, published in ‘Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences’, estimates a 15 ...

The US could be hit by the largest earthquake in recorded history, which will trigger a mega tsunami with waves rising a ...

Cascadia’s mega-tsunami risk looms large with a 1,000-foot wave possible. Coastal towns have just 10 minutes to escape as a ...

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

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

Minor quakes can disrupt natural tectonic patterns deep underground and change stress landscape, new study finds ...