Earthquake rumbles offshore of Winchester Bay
Did you notice anything that went bump in the night? Nope, no ghosts. But there was an earthquake off the South Coast early today. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center reported a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 shook the seafloo...
 0.8K - Apr. 10, 2008; scored 1000.0 Scientists puzzled by swarm of offshore quakes
GRANTS PASS (AP) Scientists listening to underwater microphones have detected an unusual swarm of earthquakes off the central Oregon Coast. Scientists don t know what the earthquakes mean, but they could be the result of magma rumbling underneath t...
2.2K - Apr. 15, 2008; scored 762.0 6.0 earthquake rattles northeastern Nevada town
WELLS, Nev. (AP) A strong earthquake rocked this rural northeastern Nevada town early Thursday, damaging hundreds of homes, rupturing gas and water lines and felling brick building facades in the mostly unoccupied historical district. No serious in...
7.5K - Feb. 22, 2008; scored 599.0 Light earthquakes shake Aleutian Islands
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Several earthquakes have jolted various sections of Alaska s remote Aleutian Islands. The Alaska Earthquake Information Center says three light quakes struck early Sunday. Officials say the quakes ranged in magnitudes between...
0.6K - Apr. 7, 2008; scored 599.0 5.2 earthquake centered off coast
YACHATS (AP) A 5.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the Oregon coast, with little notice ashore. Dispatchers at law enforcement agencies on Oregon s midcoast said they got no reports about the temblor on Tuesday night. The U.S. Geological Survey rep...
0.7K - Apr. 3, 2008; scored 599.0 Aleutian earthquakes
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) Several earthquakes have jolted various sections of Alaska s remote Aleutian Islands. Three light quakes struck early Sunday morning. A moderate earthquake, with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 occurred late Saturday night in ...
0.6K - Apr. 7, 2008; scored 599.0 Earthquake off Coos Bay just a blip in the ocean
Earthquakes rattled the Pacific Ocean s Ring of Fire this weekend. One quake was off the coast of Oregon, due west of Coos Bay. The 5.6 magnitude quake occurred at 5:05 a.m. Saturday about 160 miles offshore, according to an alert from the National E...
0.6K - Apr. 13, 2008; scored 515.0 No tsunami expected from quake
A big quake rumbled the Vanuatu Islands in the South Pacific Ocean east of Australia shortly before 6 a.m. today. The U.S. Geological Survey rates the earthquake at a preliminary magnitude of 7.2. The West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Center quickly sent...
0.7K - Apr. 9, 2008; scored 199.0 NW officials say tsunami protection insufficient
PORTLAND (AP) - After the killer Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, state officials in the Northwest thought the money Congress approved for tsunami preparations would help them gird for what could be the biggest natural disaster to hit the United States....
3.0K - Feb. 26, 2008; scored 199.0 Heavy damage as large quake strikes Nevada
WELLS, Nev. (AP) A strong earthquake rocked this rural northeastern Nevada town Thursday, shattering windows, rupturing water lines and felling brick building facades in the mostly unoccupied historical district. No serious injuries were reported, ...
5.1K - Feb. 21, 2008; scored 199.0 Beckham gets first MLS goal for Galaxy
CARSON, Calif. Beckham to Donovan. Donovan to Beckham. Those are the scorelines the Los Angeles Galaxy had in mind when they brought the English superstar David Beckham to Southern California last year. Thursday night they finally got to see the co...
3.7K - Apr. 4, 2008; scored 157.0 Moderate quake hits northeast Nevada town
RENO, Nev. (AP) A moderate earthquake has rattled a northeast Nevada town that was struck by a strong temblor in February. The 4.8 magnitude happened at 6:16 a.m. and was centered about nine miles northeast of Wells. There are no immediate reports ...
0.6K - Apr. 1, 2008; scored 157.0 Quakes rattle Pacific Ocean floor
PORTLAND (AP) Two back-to-back earthquakes struck about 200 miles offshore from Bandon. The National Earthquake Information Center said there was no damage and no threat of a tsunami. Don Blakeman of the center in Golden, Colo., said preliminary me...
0.9K - Mar. 3, 2008; scored 157.0 Nevadans in quake: 'Scariest thing ever'
WELLS, Nev. (AP) No serious injuries were reported but a number of area residents said they were scared to death by the 6.0 magnitude earthquake that rocked northeast Nevada early Thursday. It was scary, the scariest thing ever, said Karen Swabb, ...
3.4K - Feb. 21, 2008; scored 157.0 Storyteller to discuss 'megaquakes'
Megaquake storytelling topic in Reedsport on Thursday The Umpqua Discovery Center will host the presentation, The Next Pacific Northwest Megaquake from 6 to 7 p.m. on Thursday. The Center is located at 409 Riverfront Way in Reedsport. Scientists h...
1.2K - Feb. 20, 2008; scored 157.0 Quake wiggles ocean bottom off Port Orford
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 ...
0.6K - Mar. 16, 2008; scored 157.0 Civil Air Patrol planes to provide tsunami warning
BROOKINGS (AP) Oregon Civil Air Patrol planes equipped with loudspeakers will help warn coastal residents if a tsunami heads their way. On a recent test run, pilot Scott Bakker used a tiny MP3 player hooked to a powerful speaker aboard a Cessna 337...
3.1K - Mar. 4, 2008; scored 99.0 Civil Air Patrol planes to provide tsunami warning
BROOKINGS (AP) Oregon Civil Air Patrol planes equipped with loudspeakers will help warn coastal residents if a tsunami heads their way. On a recent test run, pilot Scott Bakker used a tiny MP3 player hooked to a powerful speaker aboard a Cessna 337...
3.0K - Mar. 3, 2008; scored 99.0 LNG proponents plan public meeting
The proponents of a liquefied natural gas terminal and its pipeline have scheduled an open house Monday, April 21 at The Mill Casino-Hotel in North Bend to discuss various aspects of the projects. Representatives from Pacific Connector Pipeline and J...
1.3K - Apr. 14, 2008; scored 99.0 S.F. stadium is once again Candlestick
SAN FRANCISCO Candlestick Park finally got its good name back Friday. After two much-criticized naming rights agreements with corporate sponsors over the past 12 years, the San Francisco 49ers formally announced their aging stadium will be known as...
2.2K - Mar. 1, 2008; scored 99.0 | 
