A long-feared monster earthquake off the coast of California, Oregon and Washington could cause some areas to sink by more than 6 feet, dramatically heightening the risk of flooding.

By layering subsidence caused by earthquakes over rising seas, the scientists approximated the growth of the 1% annual floodplain zones with a one-in-one-hundred risk of flooding annually along 24 ...

Why the world’s best airport for luggage handling is sinking into the sea - Kansai airport, built on manmade islands in Osaka ...

Cities all over the world, including on the US East and Gulf Coasts, are sinking. This phenomenon, called subsidence, can make extreme flooding worse and damage infrastructure. From New York to ...

Another subsidence-related concern is flooding. When you have areas of sinking in a city, it can create a “subsidence bowl,” Ohenhen says. “Where the land was flat, ...

An earthquake in the Cascadia Subduction Zone with a magnitude greater than 8.0 could cause a sudden subsidence — the sinking of land — that, paired with rising sea levels, would enlarge ...

Stumps of Sitka spruce, drowned from subsidence during an earthquake at a subduction zone some 1,600 years ago, in Neskowin, Ore. Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images ...

Even a little rise in water means lots more flooding. Higher high tides, supercharged by rising sea levels, could flood all or parts of an estimated $34 billion worth of real estate along the ...

The phenomenon, called "sudden coastal subsidence," can happen within moments of a massive earthquake. In some areas, the ground could sink 6 feet, researchers warned.A similar situation unfolded ...