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Magnitude 6.2 offshore quake hits west of Oregon: USGS

https://www.yahoo.com/news/magnitude-6-3-offshore-quake-hits-west-oregon-094724157.html

An offshore earthquake with a magnitude of 6.2 hit 165 miles (265 km) west-northwest of Bandon, Oregon, on Wednesday, the United States Geological Survey said. The quake, which was originally reported at 6.3 magnitude, was recorded at a depth of about 6 miles (10 km) around 2:30 a.m. local time (0930 GMT), according to the USGS website.

The USGS and the National Weather Service both said the quake posed no tsunami threat.

Local media reported no damage and said few residents reported having felt any shaking because of the late hour and the quake's distance offshore.

MAJOR EARTHQUAKE OFF U.S. WEST COAST

 

Hal Turner,

22 August, 2018

The most dangerous seismic area on this planet, the Cascadia Subduction Zone (CSZ) off the coasts of Washington, Oregon and northern California, suffered a MAJOR Magnitude 6.3 earthquake at 5:31 AM eastern US time Wednesday morning.

The quake took place at a depth of only 10km and Tsunami Warning Buoys are alerting to an "Event."

 The map below from US Geological Survey shows the affected areas:

The earthquake hit along the Ring of Fire – where more than 60 tremors have hit in the last few days.

TSUNAMI WARNING BUOY "ALERTING"

Readings from Tsunami Buoy:

A close-up of the red alert area from above:

While most people are completely familiar with the San Andreas Fault which runs through California, it is NOT that fault from which "The Big One" would come; It is this area of the planet (CSZ) is where "The Big One" would originate for the US West Coast.

A Magnitude 6.3 is a very sizable earthquake and this one took place at a shallow depth.  Fears are that this is only a FORESHOCK to a much stronger earthquake still to come.

Updates to follow below as info becomes available. . .

The earthquake hit along the Ring of Fire – where more than 60 tremors have hit in the last few days. The map below shows the "Ring of Fire."

The Ring of Fire is the largest and most active fault line in the world, stretching from New Zealand, all around the east coast of Asia, over to Canada and the USA and all the way down to the southern tip of South America and causes more than 90 percent of the world’s earthquakes.

Experts know that the Ring of Fire has to potential to unleash some catastrophic quakes – and a spate in the last 24 hours has some concerned.

The strongest of which was a magnitude 8.2 which struck in the Pacific Ocean close to Fiji and Tonga but there have been many others, including a 4.5 magnitude earthquake in the Indonesian island of Lombok.

Seismologists believe that the unsettling of the Ring of Fire could lead to a catastrophic earthquake somewhere around the globe, and California has been touted as a possible destination.

Experts have been warning for some time that California is overdue a large earthquake, and shaking around the Ring of Fire could be a precursor to this.

Thomas Jordan, head of the Southern California Earthquake Center, told the Los Angeles Times last year, that any time there is seismic activity on a fault zone, “the probability of having a large earthquake goes up.”

And Richard Aster, Professor of Geophysics at Colorado State University wrote recently for the Conversation that the southwestern State is overdue an earthquake: “The earthquake situation in California is actually more dire than people who aren't seismologists like myself may realise.

“Although many Californians can recount experiencing an earthquake, most have never personally experienced a strong one.

“For major events, with magnitudes of seven or greater, California is actually in an earthquake drought.”

Visit the USGS site HERE

Large M6.2 Earthquake strikes West Coast USA / Oregon -- Seismic Unrest Spreading

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