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New evidence suggests current estimates about tsunami size and how quickly waves make it to shore may be too high and too ...
Klamath County currently doesn’t have an emergency operations center. Emergency Manager Ian Thigpen said the county has had ...
The Blanco Transform Fault Zone off Oregon's coast is famously active, and it has not disappointed in the past 24 hours, generating at least 50 earthquakes, including two at a 5.8 magnitude. That ...
New data compiled by the Oregon Department of Transportation reveals at least part of the answer. The results aren't pretty for a region facing 1-in-3 odds of a magnitude 8 or larger earthquake in ...
The Oregon Department of Emergency Management states that 41 Cascadia subduction zone earthquakes have occured in the last 10,000 years. The most recent of these quakes was an estimated 9.0 that ...
Over 50 earthquakes, ranging from 3.5 to 5.8 in magnitude, were reported off the Oregon coast in a 24-hour period. The cluster of quakes began Tuesday and continued through Wednesday, about 200 to ...
Oregon's Next Huge Earthquake: Not If, But When. Marc Lallanilla, Assistant Editor . Mon, March 18, 2013 at 1:54 PM UTC. The clock is ticking on the next big earthquake in the Pacific Northwest ...
Oregon prof says ShakeAlert earthquake warnings offer people time to protect themselves – but so far, few have actually done so. Updated: Jan. 20, 2022, 4:13 p.m.
While rare, Redding does get earthquakes strong enough for us to feel. Here's why Shasta and Siskiyou counties and the north ...
As part of a worldwide effort, the annual Great Oregon ShakeOut took place Thursday morning to encourage people to focus on earthquake preparedness. The ShakeOut occurs on the third Thursday of ...
An earthquake with a magnitude of 6.3 was recorded off the coast of Oregon Thursday morning, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake hit about 180 miles off Coos Bay at about 8 a.m. Pacifi… ...
For U.S. earthquake scientists, Japan's 'megaquake' warning renewed worries about when and how to warn the public if they find clues that the 'big one' might be coming for the West COast.