The Cascadia Subduction Zone last ruptured in 1700, sending a massive tsunami across the Pacific, and geologists say the conditions for another major event are again in place. The new analysis finds ...

The next major Pacific Northwest earthquake could cause coastal land to sink by up to 6.5 feet in a matter of minutes, a new study has warned. A magnitude 8.0 tremor on the Cascadia subduction zone ...

On Thursday, the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation passed the Tsunami Warning, Research and Education Act of ...

ASTORIA, Ore. — Residents of this small coastal city in the Pacific Northwest know what to do when there’s a tsunami warning: Flee to higher ground. For those in or near Columbia Memorial, the city’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Rough surf rolls toward Panama City Beach, Fla., with high-rise condos along the shoreline under dark storm clouds, in 2021. Photo ...

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Seismologist Alice Gabriel of UC San Diego in La Jolla is part of a multi-institution team that won supercomputing’s most prestigious prize Nov. 20 for its studies on a real-time tsunami monitoring ...

UC San Diego seismologist Alice Gabriel was one researcher on a multi-institution team which won supercomputing's most lauded prize last week for its studies on a real-time tsunami monitoring ...

(The Center Square) - A magnitude 7.6 earthquake centered in the Pacific Ocean some 45 miles west of Misawa, Japan, shook the northern region of the archipelago around 11:26 p.m. local time. Japan's ...