Along this fraught stretch, called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, two pieces of the Earth’s crust slide against each other, building up stresses capable of unleashing a catastrophic 9.0-magnitude ...

I recently participated in a three-week-long, National Science Foundation-funded research cruise to the Mariana Trench. Our ...

This area, called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, hosts a megathrust fault, a place where tectonic plates move against each ...

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...

The Earth's surface is constantly reshaped by the movement of tectonic plates, which make up the continental crust on which ...

Jiaqi Fang and colleagues describe a new subduction model that can better capture both long-term tectonics and short-term earthquakes and that agrees with existing observations. The model combines ...

A subduction zone is created where two plates converge, with one sinking into the mantle. Dynamics along the plate interface create earthquakes, magma generated above the sinking slab leads to ...

Scientists have solved the mystery of how earthquakes can occur 420 miles deep inside Earth, where extreme pressure and heat ...

More specifically, subduction zones — where tectonic plates slip over and under each other — can push land to open or close oceans. Researchers found that an inactive subduction zone under the ...

Why do we need a new I-5 bridge? "Pressure is mounting for another Cascadia Subduction Zone megathrust. At risk are the two ...

Megathrust earthquakes occur when stress at subduction zones is released, causing significant plate slippage. These events disrupt long-term tectonic changes, complicating modeling efforts.