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Earthquake experts believe there’s little to fear from swarm of nearly 70 quakes off the central Oregon coast

December 8, 2021

By LEE J. SIEGEL and CNN for YachatsNews.com A swarm of nearly 70 small to moderate earthquakes rattled under the seafloor 250 to 290 miles off the central Oregon coast Tuesday and Wednesday. Fifteen of them measured between magnitude 5.0 and 5.8. A few coastal residents reported feeling the largest jolts, which measured up to 5.8 in magnitude. The

Feds award $12.5 million to continue building earthquake warning system, including Oregon coast

August 20, 2019

The U.S. Geological Survey announced Monday it had awarded $12.5 million to the University of Oregon and six other universities to continue setting up an earthquake early-warning system along the West Coast. The UO’s share of $1.6 million will primarily be used to finish placing seismometers along the central and southern Oregon coasts, said Leland O’Driscoll, project manager of