Now experts are warning “The Big One” could be even worse than feared due to a horrific domino effect that could wipe out the ...

For the first time, scientists have watched a subduction zone literally fall apart beneath the ocean floor. Using advanced ...

Two of the most dangerous fault systems on the U.S. West Coast may be more connected than scientists once thought. New ...

A new study, resorting to computational models, predicts that a subduction zone currently below the Gibraltar Strait will propagate further inside the Atlantic and contribute to forming an Atlantic ...

Scientists have, for the first time, observed the Cascadia subduction zone off Vancouver Island actively breaking apart.

Jessica DePaolis (second from left) and the team of researchers studied and compared sedimentary core samples in Montague Island, Alaska, and found evidence that four of the past eight earthquakes ...

It’s the 323rd anniversary of the last Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. We spend a fair amount of time thinking about the ‘Big One’ (and the ‘Really Big One’) in the Pacific Northwest. Today is ...

The SZ4D Implementation Plan details how the scientific community plans to make major advances in understanding subduction zone hazards. Subduction zones, where one tectonic plate slides beneath ...

Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and exclusive content. LiveScience A budding subduction zone offshore of Spain heralds the start of a new cycle that will one day pull the Atlantic Ocean ...