Just off the coast of the Pacific Northwest is the Cascadia Subduction Zone, a complex collection of earthquake faults ...

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

Adding to the threat, a major earthquake generated by the nearby Cascadia subduction zone could trigger one such tsunami that would arrive as quickly as 15-30 minutes.. To address this risk ...

Five powerful quakes, including one with a magnitude of 7.4, struck in the sea off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula.

Cascadia’s mega-tsunami risk looms large with a 1,000-foot wave possible. Coastal towns have just 10 minutes to escape as a massive quake could strike within 50 years.

In California, all tsunami maps and tsunami road signs are based on our worst-case tsunami threat — the Cascadia subduction zone monster. The maps don’t show where the water will be.

A tsunami that never ends? Study highlights a looming West Coast risk. The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the coast.

The threat of a tsunami is not a new one, and it's not unique to the West Coast, ... Experts say there is a 37% chance of a Cascadia Subduction Zone quake in the next 50 years.

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary of the last Cascadia subduction zone earthquake -- a magnitude 9 quake that sent a tsunami to Japan in the year 1700.

Cascadia earthquake tsunami threat may not be quite as bad as we thought (but it’s still bad) By Jes Burns (OPB) July 3, 2025 1 p.m. All Science Snapshot — Short, illuminating, inspiring and ...

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center has issued a threat forecast for Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula after two powerful earthquakes struck nearby on Sunday.