New research has dramatically reshaped our understanding of Earth’s early geological history, overturning traditional beliefs ...

New evidence suggests current estimates about tsunami size and how quickly waves make it to shore may be too high and too ...

Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate dives underneath another, drive the world’s most devastating earthquakes and tsunamis. How do these danger zones come to be? A study in Geology presents ...

Slow-motion earthquakes, as you might guess from the name, involve the release of pent-up geological energy over the course ...

Scientists are warning that a 100-foot, Doomsday-style tsunami is primed to hit the US West Coast at any moment. Yet ...

A tectonic clash in Tibet formed giant copper deposits, revealing how recycled crust can power clean energy and reshape ...

New research from HKU geologists suggests that Earth's first continents were born not from plate tectonics, but from deep ...

CORE3, Central Oregon Ready Responsive Resilient, a project creating a dedicated multi-agency coordination center for ...

A megasplay fault branches upward from the subduction zone, and in the event of "The Big One," would raise the seafloor, displacing a massive amount of water closer to the coast.

A new study does the difficult task of trying to piece together the history of the world’s largest subduction zone.

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five minutes, and tsunami waves as tall as 100 feet could barrel toward shore.

SEATTLE — Newly-released research led by the University of Washington (UW) showed that a feature scientists hypothesized was present along the Cascadia Subduction Zone is missing in places.