Starting about 1:30 pm Pacific Time yesterday there have been a swarm earthquakes off the Oregon Coast. I get alerts from the USGS Earthquakes Hazard Program and so far there have been 27 of magnitude 4.5 or greater, with the highest M5.8 (twice).
No tsunamis are expected or have been reported, according to EarthSky. They quote an ex-AP science writer who lives on the Oregon coast:
As of 7:05 a.m. PST [15:05 UTC on December 8], there were 56 quakes in the swarm, 13 of which were 5.0 to 5.8 magnitude.
Probably means nothing... except here we're all waiting for the M9+ that will probably devastate this entire region. Oh boy.
3 comments:
All calm now?
Yes, things have calmed down a lot in the last ~24 hours. Surely because I wrote about it.
:)
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