It’s a daunting challenge with the highest possible stakes should an offshore earthquake unleash a wall of incoming seawater.

The U.N. envoy to Myanmar is warning that the Southeast Asian country is on “a path to self-destruction” if the violence ...

A near-certain disaster looms for California, but there are real things people can do to prepare. Here's what to know about ...

A massive quake might drop the Pacific Northwest coastline by 6 feet, redrawing flood maps and putting thousands of homes at risk.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, dormant for over 300 years, poses a significant threat to the Pacific Northwest. A future ...

By luck of geology, the Pacific Northwest coast isn’t being hit nearly as hard as other areas of the world by climate change-driven sea level rise. While the U.S. East Coast is expected to see roughly ...

MOUNT VERNON, Wash. — A 2.9 magnitude earthquake was recorded early Tuesday morning near Mount Vernon. The shakes were ...

Researchers developed a fourth-generation buoy in Seattle that can detect an earthquake-triggered tsunami 10-15 minutes ...

A recent Virginia Tech study reveals that the Pacific Northwest faces a heightened risk of catastrophic flooding and mega-tsunamis, potentially reachi ...

Unlike gradual climate-driven events, this potential earthquake would “happen within minutes, leaving no time for adaptation or mitigation,” These are the words of Virginia Tech Department of ...

The tsunami wave from an anticipated earthquake off the West Coast could reach 100 feet and permanently flood parts of the ...