Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed an executive order on Monday aiming to help the state prepare for earthquakes.

Gov. Tina Kotek ordered Oregon’s state buildings to be earthquake-proof, preparing them to serve as safe hubs during a future ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia Subduction Zone. Centuries later, the ancient quake has left clues for scientists to ...

SEATTLE — Researchers say a recently released study about the discovery of warm liquid spewing from the seafloor off the coast of Oregon could reveal new information about the relationships between ...

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 ...

A major earthquake could drastically change the geography of the Pacific Northwest and enhance the flood risk for those in the region. The new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the ...

The fault running for more than 600 miles off the coast of Washington, Oregon, Northern California and Vancouver Island, Canada is more complex than first thought, according to new research from the ...

In 1954, a powerful earthquake shook Northern California near Humboldt Bay, baffling scientists for decades. Most quakes in the region come from the Gorda Plate, but this one didn’t fit the pattern.

The Big One is making headlines again – and inspiring some dark humor. The Big One, a.k.a. the Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake, is the megathrust earthquake that’s expected to happen in the ...