Teachers and staff in low-lying schools along the Pacific Northwest coast face an unusual extra responsibility alongside ...

MORTON, Wash. - A magnitude 2.7 earthquake struck near Morton, Washington, early Thursday morning. According to the United ...

It’s a daunting challenge with the highest possible stakes should an offshore earthquake unleash a wall of incoming seawater.

A 3.4-magnitude earthquake hit off the Southern California coast Tuesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 7-mile deep quake hit about 9 miles southwest from Manhattan Beach at 12:15 p.m.

Keeping the nation’s lights on is no small job. The grid we take for granted involves large, expensive equipment, most notably power transformers. If one goes down, it can take more than a year to ...

A massive quake might drop the Pacific Northwest coastline by 6 feet, redrawing flood maps and putting thousands of homes at ...

The resulting sea level rise will lead to significant flood risks for huge areas of land, making recovery even harder.

For my latest exploration into Seattle subcultures, I joined Seattle Quake, the LGBTQ men’s rugby team, for practice on the ...

A 2.9 magnitude earthquake shook Mount Vernon Tuesday morning, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.

A single earthquake could cause the Pacific Northwest’s coastline to drop by as much as 6.5 feet in minutes permanently ...

Point Reyes sits right on the San Andreas Fault. The Olema Valley landscape has healed, and the fault line has been transformed into a bucolic park.

By luck of geology, the Pacific Northwest coast isn’t being hit nearly as hard as other areas of the world by climate ...