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

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

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

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 ...

A new study found that the geological conditions are in place for a massive tsunami to hit the United States and sink ...