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 ...

A $1.2 billion project to rebuild the largest dam in Santa Clara County to reduce the risk of it failing in a major earthquake has finally begun to make significant visible progress, as construction ...

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Seismologists and earthquake engineers in Utah have long spoken of “the big one.” An earthquake somewhere along the Wasatch Fault could result in approximately 2,500 deaths, $33 billion in economic ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Multnomah County’s Earthquake Ready Burnside Bridge Project is moving into its next phase after receiving federal approval on Friday. After reviewing the project’s ...

A construction project that would help ensure access across the Willamette River in Salem in the event of a major earthquake has been delayed three years and the cost may be more than triple what ...