A small earthquake was recorded south southeast of Victoria at 9:59 p.m. on Thursday. The United States Geological Survey ...

A 4.2 magnitude earthquake struck about 143 miles southwest of Tofino, B.C., at around 5:53 a.m. A second 3.0 magnitude earthquake struck the same general area, directly west of Washington's Olympic ...

The Juan de Fuca and Pacific plates are pulling apart ... and a wide range of bacteria. “Underwater earthquakes can not only topple existing sulfide towers but also alter the way fluids travel ...

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake occurred between Victoria, Canada and Port Angeles, Washington, in the Salish Sea, Thursday ...

The seismic activity of Axial Seamount, a submerged volcano roughly 300 miles off the coast of Oregon and more than one mile beneath the sea’s surface, has been increasing with hundreds of small ...

1. Figure 1: Map of the northern Cascadia subduction zone showing the distribution of earthquakes in the subducting Juan de Fuca plate and the locations of seismic cross-sections. Green dashed line ...

The good news is that because the top of the volcano is still 4,500 feet below the ocean’s surface, it poses no danger to ...

Scientists discovered why earthquakes along mid-ocean ridges ... better known by the Spanish transcription of his name, Juan de Fuca (born 1536 on the Ionian island of Kefallonia; died there ...

The Earth's plates jostle about in fits and starts that are punctuated with earthquakes and volcanic ... comes to shaping the Earth. The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is largely responsible for the ...

SNOQUALMIE, Wash. — An earthquake struck near Snoqualmie Monday afternoon, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The 3.5 magnitude quake hit just after 1 p.m. Monday near ...