A hidden network of earthquake faults running beneath Seattle may be far more active than scientists realized. New research ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Residents of Seattle should be aware of the earthquake risks in their area, experts say. Earthquakes occur along fractures, or ...

The Seattle fault zone is a network of shallow faults slicing through the lowlands of Puget Sound, threatening to create damaging earthquakes for the more than four million people who live there. A ...

SEATTLE — A new study published in the journal Tectonics reveals new details about how the Seattle fault zone may have developed more than 50 million years ago. According to the study, a rock layer ...

SEATTLE — Tsunami waves from a magnitude 7.5 earthquake on the Seattle Fault would only take minutes to reach the greater Seattle area, according to a newly released study. The Washington State ...

If a major earthquake were to hit off the coast of Seattle, the resulting tremors could send a 20-foot wall of water toward the city, a new state report finds. The researchers found that with a large ...

Geological evidence suggests that two earthquakes rocked the Puget Sound area along two faults—Saddle Mountain and Seattle—but scientists haven’t been able to pinpoint when and how until now. A new ...

A future major earthquake centered under Seattle’s Puget Sound could trigger a tsunami that would bury the waterfronts under 20 feet of water for hours, according to a new study released Thursday by ...

This press release is available online at: https://news.agu.org/press-release/seattle-fault-may-have-origins-in-an-ancient-tear-in-the-continent The Seattle fault is ...