This will take place along the Washington, Oregon and northern California coasts, due to the next Cascadia subduction zone earthquake, which could cause up to two meters of sudden coastal ...

Imagine two huge puzzle pieces of the Earth’s outer shell slowly pushing against each other under the ocean. One piece is sliding underneath the other – this is called a subduction zone, and the ...

This action may be providing the necessary spark for one plate to start grinding beneath another in what's known as a subduction zone, according to computer simulations Duarte presented in April ...

“The expansion of the coastal floodplain following a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake has not been previously quantified, and the impacts to land use could significantly increase the timeline ...

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Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The crust (together with the upper layer of the mantle) is made up of different pieces, called tectonic plates ...