Tag: pacific-northwest
-
326 Years After Cascadia
Why minutes matter, and how infrastructure can turn the tide On January 26, 2026, the Pacific Northwest marks the 326th anniversary of the last great Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake and tsunami of 1700. More than three centuries later, we wait for the next one, knowing it is not a question of if, but when. When…
-

Watching Earthquakes Where They Begin
Far off the West Coast, deep beneath the ocean, the Earth is slowly moving. We can’t see it happening, but those movements matter a lot for life on land—especially here in Cascadia. During the ONCabyss Summer 2025 expedition, Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) spent time tracking these hidden shifts along the Cascadia subduction zone, where one…
