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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEarthquake strikes 178 Miles Off Oregon Coast: KEZI.com
https://www.kezi.com/content/news/64-magnitude-earthquake-off-Oregon-Coast--558695391.html_____________________________________________________________________________________
COOS BAY, Ore. -- Just after 8 this morning, a 6.3 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Oregon, according to the USGS.
According to the USGS website, there were more than 350 reports of people feeling shaking from the coast, inland to Eugene, even all the way inland to Bend. Plus, there are reports of shaking as far north as Seattle.
The reason so many people felt the shaking is because this was a shallow earthquake, only 3.3 miles deep, according to KEZI 9 News Meteorologist Andrew Shipotofsky.
The earthquake struck 178 miles off the coast of Coos Bay, USGS reported. There is no threat of a tsunami from this earthquake, the USGS said.
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Earthquake strikes 178 Miles Off Oregon Coast: KEZI.com (Original Post)
Stuart G
Aug 2019
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Iliyah
(25,111 posts)1. Stay safe . . . .
CentralMass
(15,265 posts)2. I didn't feel anything, just outside of Portland.
Amishman
(5,541 posts)3. Odd placement
Too far offshore to be in the subduction zone but too close to be out at the rift.
Edit: nevermind, for some reason I thought the plate extended further south. The quake was where the southern edge of the Juan de Fuca slides past the Pacific
Brother Buzz
(36,214 posts)4. Yes, the Juan de Fuca plate system...
and a lot of peculiar seismic activity has been happening there of late. The eggheads are scratching there heads trying to figure it out.