The unusual holes in the ocean didn't reveal an underwater volcano or some hydrothermal vents, but rather something remarkable.

January 26 marked the 325th anniversary since the last earthquake struck the Cascadia subduction zone. Centuries later, the ...

With eruptions in 1998, 2011, and 2015, the volcano serves as a perfect laboratory, and experts expect an eruption by the end ...

An underwater volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon is predicted to erupt by the end of 2025. According to scientists from Oregon State University (OSU), this volcano, Axial Seamount ...

The Shallow Underwater Buoy for Geodesy (SUBGEO) system is a research partnership between the USF School of Geosciences, the ...

A re-examination of the 2015 Bonin Islands earthquake disproved earlier claims of a record-breaking deep aftershock in the ...

Oregon scientists are hoping to help the coastal communities survive a major inundation in various ways. One of those is ...

Amid Earth’s mobile tectonic plates, subduction zones arise as regions of intense geological activity and concentrate minerals into ore deposits like gold.

Recent subduction zone cataclysms like the 2011 Tōhoku, Japan, and 2004 Indian Ocean disasters show how it can be suddenly and violently released in “mega-thrust” earthquakes. It’s a ...

Jan. 26, 2025, marks 325 years since the last great earthquake on the Cascadia subduction zone. It’s a time to reflect on what we’ve learned about this largest fault system in the lower 48 states ...