Recent seismic imaging off Vancouver Island has revealed something extraordinary: a tear in the subducting oceanic plate ...
In subduction zones, the sites of the world's largest earthquakes, tectonic activity may generate a "pump" that transports ...
A new UW study on the Cascadia Subduction Zone was released in February 2026. The study indicated that a difference between ...
A new look at the Juan de Fuca tectonic plate beneath the coast of northern Oregon suggests this subducting slab is shallower ...
A swarm of offshore earthquakes near the Pacific Northwest poses no threat to land, says Harold Tobin of the Pacific ...