Almost exactly two years after the Japan mega-quake and tsunami, Oregon lawmakers heard the grim news: It's only a matter of time before the next mega-quake and tsunami happen off the coast of Oregon, Washington and Northern California. And the damage and devastation--and loss of life--will be … [Read more...]
Major Quakes & Mega-Quakes: An Unusual Number Of Them Lately
The earthquake alerts I have set-up went crazy as I was finishing my forecast for the 5 o'clock news. A Magnitude 8.0 Major Earthquake hit an island chain in the south Pacific at 5:12pm Portland time on Tuesday February 5, 2013. Weird, second quake in the last week that's disrupted my weather … [Read more...]
Magnitude 5.9 Quake Off The Oregon Coast
On Wednesday evening October 12, 2011, a magnitude 5.9 quake rumbled under the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon Coast. It was a little more than 200miles west-southwest of Newport, Oregon. This was too small to generate any kind of tsunami (closer to magnitude 7.0 is the approximate 'tsunami … [Read more...]