6.0 off the coast of Oregon

[TalkingDog]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb00080ib.php#details

152 miles off shore, but still, scary.

[spanone]

1. be safe & watch for aftershocks

[laundry_queen]

2. Yikes.

That's a few of them in the last few days.

[WillyT]

3. !!!

[TalkingDog]

4. Yeah... the Cascadia subduction zone. Double plus ungood.

Or at least on the plate that pushes on the Cascadia. Either way....

[denbot]

5. Juan De Fuca Plate

Structurally capable of a 9.2 mega quake.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Juan_de_Fuca_Plate

[dballance]

6. Did't Feel it Here in Portland

But still not a good omen. If one of those plates slide under the other it will be like Indonesia and there will likely be mass destruction and a tidal wave.

[itsrobert]

7. Seems like a lot of mid size quakes lately

One in Baja California, one in Northern California, Off coast of Oregon. Big one coming?

[Tikki]

8. There was a 5.6 just South of Crescent City yesterday near the Coast.

Fairly close to the Oregon one.
Be careful and smart people in the area.


Tikki

[kestrel91316]

9. Uh oh. This, plus that one just NE of Eureka the other day

make me more than a little nervous (for the folks in the area, not me).

[Viva_La_Revolution]

10. only a few people reported even feeling it

quakes on that fault aren't that dangerous, it's the subduction zone closer to shore we need to watch, and it's been really quiet.

But then the ETS swarm this year was months earlier than it was supposed to be, could be a sign of unusual strain...

[Permanut]

11. Also not felt in Portland...

Meteorologist on local station reporting there was no vertical movement, only horizontal, thus no tsunami alert.