Quake wiggles ocean bottom off Port Orford


Monday, March 17, 2008 | 5 comment(s)

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PORTLAND (AP) — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck 112 miles off the Oregon coast Saturday morning but no serious damage or injuries were reported.

The quake occurred at 7:44 a.m. west of Port Orford, according to Angel Gutierrez, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo.

The quake was relatively shallow, about 6 miles down, and no tsunami alert was issued as a result, Gutierrez said.

Minor earthquakes are common in this region of the Pacific Ocean along the Cascadia subduction zone.
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m00npenny wrote on Mar 17, 2008 10:56 AM:

Wiggles?

pril wrote on Mar 17, 2008 9:30 AM:

Well, bob, you can wait around til you're dust for the gubmint to do something or you can do what Jon does and keep an eye on it yourself.

Jon wrote on Mar 17, 2008 7:55 AM:

Hey Bob,

Take matters into your own hands, Here is some help.

This is the link to the NOAA Tsunami warning center's event map. I check it daily because I live in a danger zone.

http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov/events/eventmap.php

Bob wrote on Mar 16, 2008 10:15 PM:

It would sure be nice to have a tsunami warning system in Coos Bay and Charleston.
The last time there was a warning the Charleston volunteer FD were the only ones to issue any sort of warning out at the beach. They sent people in trucks with bull horns into harms way to get the word out.

yup sure would be nice for the biggest population center on the south coast to have a siren!!

OMG wrote on Mar 16, 2008 8:14 PM:

It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!


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