earthquake science

The National Science Foundation is awarding $15 million dollars over five years for a new Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center. It will focus on the potentially disastrous subduction zone off the West Coast.

Twenty years ago this Sunday, the Nisqually earthquake rattled the region. It registered 6.8 on the Richter scale and shook for 40 seconds. The damage was…

Seismologists in the Pacific Northwest have been getting a lot of calls in recent days after a major earthquake rattled remote Southern California over…

The Washington National Guard -- joined by officers from Oregon and Idaho -- are preparing for a massive military relief effort.

Research geologists have just finished a field trial to test a less invasive way to complete seismic hazard surveys.The federal scientists attempted to…

The Puget Sound region is experiencing a record “episodic tremor and slip” event, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.These are a series of…