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A magnitude 5. 9 earthquake struck about 100 miles off the Oregon coast this morning but no serious damage or injuries were reported. The quake occurred at...
PORTLAND — A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck about 100 miles off the Oregon coast this morning but no serious damage or injuries were reported.
The quake occurred at 7:44 a.m. 112 miles west of Port Orford, according to Angel Gutierrez, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey in Golden, Colo.
The quake was relatively shallow, about 6 miles down, and no tsunami alert was issued as a result, Gutierrez said.
Minor earthquakes are common in that region of the Pacific Ocean along the Cascadia subduction zone.
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