A string of recent earthquakes off the West Coast of the U.S., ranging from 2.8 to 5.6 on the Richter scale, could help trigger the earthquake colloquially known as "the Big One." ...

A string of recent earthquakes off the West Coast of the US, ranging from 2.8 to 5.6 on the Richter scale, could help trigger the earthquake colloquially known as “the Big One.” ...

That means that if the “Big One” were to strike today, an extra 14,350 residents, 22,500 structures, and 777 miles of roadway would fall within the post-earthquake floodplain.

Was that an earthquake you just felt or merely a big truck rumbling by? You don't have to wonder thanks to the U.S.

Earthquakes - they're kind of part of life on the West Coast. In Ohio, not so much. But that's exactly where there's been a whole lot of shaking going on, at least for a few minutes.

Definitely, and one of the things they really work on is just making sure people know that this risks exist, because, you know, you don't get a lot of big earthquakes in the area.

Scientists are trying to use that earthquake to help predict 'The Big One." ... the subduction zone is centered about 100 miles west of the Oregon coast.

That means that if the “Big One” were to strike today, an extra 14,350 residents, 22,500 structures, and 777 miles of roadway would fall within the post-earthquake floodplain. ADVERTISEMENT Hospitals, ...

The next major Pacific Northwest earthquake could cause coastal land to sink by up to 6.5 feet in a matter of minutes, a new study has warned. A magnitude 8.0 tremor on the Cascadia subduction zone ...