Researchers found that the Cascadia zone is “much more complex” than ... So, the flatness and smoothness of the megathrust in ...

This area, called the Cascadia Subduction Zone, hosts a megathrust fault, a place where tectonic plates move against each other in a highly dangerous way. The plates can periodically lock up and ...

The Cascadia subduction zone, where the oceanic Juan de Fuca plate descends beneath the overlying North American plate, extends 1100 km from northern California to northern Vancouver Island.

Geologist Robert Yeats, author of 'Earthquake Time Bombs', has highlighted the risks associated with the presence of several large US cities in the Pacific Northwest's Cascadia subduction zone.

The Cascadia Subduction Zone, capable of producing a 9.0 magnitude ... is exceeded and the rocks slip past each other in a “megathrust” earthquake. Washington Geologic Survey Another common ...

If you live in Greater Victoria, you know that earthquakes are a given due to our location near the Cascadia Subduction Zone: ...

A megathrust is a very large earthquake that occurs in a subduction zone, resulting in a magnitude of 8 to 9. She said that the BMKG had also mapped 13 zones in Indonesia with the highest ...