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Originally published March 3, 2008 at 12:00 AM | Page modified March 3, 2008 at 1:32 PM

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Two earthquakes registered off Oregon coast

Two earthquakes registered off Oregon coast PORTLAND, Ore. — Two back-to-back earthquakes struck about 200 miles off the Oregon coastal...

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Two earthquakes registered off Oregon coast

PORTLAND, Ore. — Two back-to-back earthquakes struck about 200 miles off the Oregon coastal town of Bandon. The National Earthquake Information Center said there was no damage and no threat of a tsunami.

Don Blakeman of the center in Golden, Colo., said preliminary measurements put the magnitudes at about 5.1 and 4.9 and said the quakes hit at 6:44 a.m. and 6:49 a.m. Monday.

He said the depth of the quakes at the epicenters, a few miles apart, probably was about 6 miles into the earth's crust and that such quakes in that area are fairly common.

He said some coastal residents may have felt them but the center had not received any such reports.

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