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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 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 ...
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.
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 ...
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 ...
PORTLAND, Ore. — A Cascadia-level earthquake would be catastrophic for the Pacific Northwest, toppling buildings and bridges and potentially spawning a devastating tsunami — but new research ...
BANDON, Ore. (KABC) -- A preliminary magnitude 6.0 earthquake struck Wednesday afternoon off the southern coast of Oregon, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake struck at 1:15 p.m., according ...
An earthquake struck off the southern Oregon coast that day, but it was 6.0 magnitude, not 8.0, Paul Laustsen, a United States Geological Survey spokesperson, told PolitiFact in an email. Sign up ...
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 ...