Because scientists don’t know when that day will arrive, they prepare by trying to better understand the geological state ... of the fault off the coast of Washington, where the fault is flat ...

Cartographers like Dan Coe battle the notion that everything on the planet has already been mapped. "The world is always ...

The Columbia River is critical for fish, energy, commerce and identity. But it faces an uncertain future. How much more can ...

One of the Pacific Ocean’s lesser-known volcanoes will blow its vent in the coming months, causing 10,000 earthquakes in one ...

The 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption began with a steady series of earthquakes in March. By April it began spewing smoke, ...

Emeritus professor Peter Birkeland began his geology studies in 1955 at the University of Washington, where he became interested ... was receiving the Kirk Bryan Award (1988) of the Geological Society ...

Dr. Ben Mirus and Dr. Francis Rengers with the U.S. Geological Survey have been using laser scans and GPS cameras, accurate down to one inch, to map out ... Center outside Washington, D.C ...