The volcanic layers in the Northwest could hold megatons of planet-warming emissions but the infrastructure needed for that ...

The results of the study will inform the way the USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory draws up hazards maps for Central Oregon and help ... part of South Sister's geology. On field expeditions ...

Earthquake monitors detected a sizable shake about 170 miles off the Oregon coast near Bandon on Wednesday afternoon, but no ...

A preliminary magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck off the southern coast of Oregon, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The Oregon Department of Transportation (ODOT) and the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries (DOGAMI) urge ...

Geologic mapping has been one of the most fundamental mandates of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) since its establishment ...

COOS BAY Ore. (KPTV) - On Wednesday a 6.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded off the coast of Oregon in the Pacific Ocean. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) reported it happened 180 miles west of ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — A 6.0-magnitude earthquake struck about 173 miles off the central Oregon Coast Wednesday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). A tsunami is not expected ...

(KPTV) - A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit off the Oregon coast on Thursday evening. The quake was recorded at 4:58 p.m. about 75 miles from Coos Bay, the United States Geological Survey said.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Feel a rumble on the Oregon Coast? That’s because a Magnitude 5 earthquake hit early Friday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS reported ...

Doug Gibbons, research engineer at the University of Washington’s Pacific Northwest Seismic Network (PNSN), said the United States Geological Survey (USGS) determined that more than 600 ...

Layers of volcanic rock in eastern Oregon, the Willamette Valley and the Columbia Basin have created fertile soil for farming ...