Cascadia Subduction Zone

Portland City Council voted on Wednesday to limit the expansion of fossil fuel terminals in the city. Supporters say the move is a critical step in the city’s efforts to combat climate change and reduce the potential for an environmental catastrophe.

A huge dress rehearsal for regional earthquake disaster relief was supposed to happen next week until the ongoing pandemic forced its cancellation. The scrubbed Cascadia Rising exercise would have involved more than 22,000 participants – chiefly U.S. soldiers, sailors and airmen as well as state, local and tribal emergency planners. Some smaller drills are going ahead this weekend and next featuring civilian volunteers who will demonstrate unusual ways aid may get to Pacific Northwest earthquake survivors.

An early warning system for earthquakes is expanding to Oregon and Washington — thanks to a group of universities and government agencies.

The Great Oregon ShakeOut aims to get people thinking about the concrete ways we can all prepare for earthquakes.

OSU is ignoring the advice of some of its ocean scientists by building a $50 million research center in Newport's tsunami zone.

The massive earthquake expected to disrupt life in the Northwest sometime in the next 50 years has become a popular topic for national media.

For immigrants and refugees in Oregon, it can be even more difficult to prepare for the upcoming Cascadia earthquake.

Making the documentary "Unprepared" taught Oregon Field Guide producer Ed Jahn that in the aftermath of a megaquake, you're really on your own.

Do you know what you absolutely need to survive the first few days after a big earthquake, or if a wildfire forced you to evacuate? Maybe it’s your medication, a water filter, or some decent instant coffee.

Scientists tell us our region is going to experience a subduction zone earthquake and tsunami. It will be so disruptive, it will change the region forever.