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A sizable 6.1 magnitude earthquake struck near the Oregon Coast Wednesday afternoon. The National Weather Service (NWS) first announced the earthquake on social media, saying it struck at around 1 ...
A 6.1 magnitude earthquake occurred approximately 173 miles off the coast of Bandon, Ore. at approximately 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
An earthquake shook off the Oregon coast Wednesday afternoon. The earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean, more than 170 miles west of Bandon, Oregon at 1:15 p.m. local time, according to the U.S ...
The PNSN, in conjunction with the Cascades Volcano Observatory of the USGS, now monitors seismicity at all the Cascade volcanoes in Washington and Oregon. The network was significantly expanded after the damaging 2001 Nisqually earthquake. After an earthquake on January 30, 2009, the network's emergency notification system failed. [1]
The tremors during the September 1993 Klamath Falls earthquakes were some of the strongest felt in Oregon's history over the past 50 years. [6] The first shock was only 4.2 M w. [3] The two major quakes, which measured 5.9 and 6.0, were, up to that point in Oregon's history, the strongest recorded earthquakes and resulted in the most damage. [7 ...
COOS COUNTY, Calif. (KTTV) - A preliminary 6.0-magnitude earthquake was reported off the Oregon coast. According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the earthquake happened around 1:15 p.m. Wednesday ...
Another notable intraslab earthquake in the Puget Sound region was the magnitude 6.8 2001 Nisqually earthquake. Intraslab earthquakes in Cascadia occur in areas where the subducting plate has high curvature. [13] Much of the seismicity that occurs off the coast of northern California is due to intraplate deformation within the Gorda plate.
The National Weather Service said that the tsunami warning that extended along 500 miles (800 km) of the California and Oregon coasts was called off about 90 minutes after the earthquake struck at ...