A commercial fisherman nabbed a large male Chinese mitten crab in the lower Columbia River late last month, putting ...

The geology of the Cascadia subduction zone has largely staved off climate-related sea-level rise in the Pacific Northwest, ...

The Cascadia subduction zone could pose a major threat to the West Coast if a high magnitude earthquake were to occur, ...

This should have West Coasters shaking in their shoes.

When an earthquake rips along the Cascadia Subduction Zone fault, much of the U.S. West Coast could shake violently for five ...

One Washington state park boasts loads of camping, hiking, and swimming, with rich historic landmarks to take in along the ...

A nightmarish scenario for the Pacific Northwest has gotten a dramatic update. Researchers have long warned that a stretch of coast in Oregon and Washington state is capable of producing an ...

In some areas, the ground could sink 6 feet in the moments after an earthquake in the Pacific Northwest, researchers warned.

Scientists at UW's Cabled Array, one of the world's largest ocean observatories monitoring this active volcano, have seen ...

By the year 2060, those odds will have roughly doubled, according to the United States Geological Survey. So if you buy a beach house in the Pacific Northwest, you might also want to get a canoe.