A terrifying new study warns that the US Pacific Coast could face a 1,000-foot mega-tsunami triggered by a massive earthquake ...

(a) Geological units and earthquake distribution of an oceanic subduction zone. The orange shadow beneath the volcanic arc represents partially molten areas and magma channels. (b) Thermal structure ...

The Juan de Fuca Plate has been steadily pushing against the Pacific Coast as it slides beneath the North American Plate. But ...

The Pacific Northwest is known for its towering trees, beautiful landscapes and breathtaking coast. But what sits about 70 miles off that coast, and anywhere from 300 to 10,000 ft below the ocean's ...

Oceanography, Vol. 32, No. 1, SPECIAL ISSUE ON SCIENTIFIC OCEAN DRILLING: Looking to the Future (MARCH 2019), pp. 80-93 (14 pages) Scientific ocean drilling from 2007 through 2018 has played a major ...

Last month, a massive earthquake struck in Russia. The tremor was an 8.8-magnitude, hitting off the remote coast of the Kamchatka Peninsula, sending all of Pacific Ocean communities on high alert for ...

About 50 miles off the coast of Newport, hot, mineral-laden seawater is seeping out of the ocean floor at an unprecedented rate. Researchers at the University of Washington say the liquid acts as a ...

Pacific Beach, WA – Researchers at the University of Washington have made a crucial discovery to help them better understand earthquake zones off the West Coast. The findings give them more insight ...

The deadly earthquake and tsunami that hit the Solomon Islands Wednesday struck along a subduction zone, the same geologic setting responsible for the world's most powerful earthquakes. In a ...

Bringing a novel approach to a classic problem, researchers have revealed how changes in ocean chemistry over the past 2 ...