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PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Multnomah County residents will soon be able to weigh in on the forthcoming design for the Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Project. Design plans are nearing completion, but ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Despite the ever-looming threat of a major earthquake hitting the Cascadia Subduction Zone, efforts to reinforce Portland’s Burnside Bridge have been delayed. Multnomah County ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – The Multnomah County Board of Commissioners unanimously approved an application for a federal grant to help pay for the earthquake-ready Burnside Bridge project. The $447 ...

New drilling project at The Geysers could bring abundant renewable energy, but does the chance of triggering earthquakes make it too risky? BASEL, Switzerland -- Markus Haering, a former oilman, was a ...

The earthquake comes two months after the deadliest quake in recent Afghan history, which killed thousands of people.

Remember when science fairs were all about simulated volcanoes and locker alarms? Amateur stuff. These kids, both fresh out of sixth grade, are sitting at a lunch table and talking about tensile ...

Comedian Bill Burr meets with comedian and actor Earthquake at the Palace Theater in New York on April 14, 2025. Brittainy Newman/Fox Actor-comedian Earthquake is set to star in a multi-camera comedy ...

A UK e-Science project is revealing new scientific insights into earthquakes. Technologies developed under the Discovery Net project are enabling geophysicists to combine two different methods of ...

If and when a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake hits the Portland region, soil liquefaction could dramatically worsen the damage, leading buildings to tilt, roads to buckle and utility lines to ...