More than 50 earthquakes have shaken the ocean floor off the Oregon coast in the past two days. But scientists say the earthquake swarm has a low risk of threatening life or property on land.

A magnitude 4.0 earthquake was recorded off the southern Oregon coast Tuesday, four days after a 4.4 quake was detected in the same area, the U.S Geological Survey reported. It occurred shortly ...

And Oregon is hardly the only region of North America overdue for a large earthquake: The Lake Tahoe region on the California-Nevada border is home to the West Tahoe Fault, which generally sees a ...

NEWPORT, Ore. — More than 50 small-to-moderate earthquakes struck far off the Oregon coast since Tuesday morning, but there is no threat of a tsunami, the National Weather Service (NWS) said ...

The Blanco Transform Fault Zone off Oregon's coast is famously active, and it has not disappointed in the past 24 hours, generating at least 50 earthquakes, including two at a 5.8 magnitude.

60 earthquakes strike off Oregon coast, with largest reaching magnitude 5.8 By Amy Graff , Senior News Editor Updated Dec 8, 2021 1:48 p.m. More than 50 earthquakes were recorded across 24 hours ...

CORVALLIS, Ore. -- Scientists at Oregon State University say a new analysis of a 200-mile-long fault line off the southern and central Oregon coast shows it is more active than the San Andreas ...

Oregon doesn’t see the same seismic activity associated with California and cities like San Francisco, but the city of Portland is surrounded by earthquake faults. Research out of Portland State ...

Meigs says Central Oregon will feel little if an earthquake strikes from the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the fault line beginning from northern California and extending to southern British Columbia.

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Friday’s 4.4 earthquake in Linn County is an excellent reminder for Pacific Northwest residents to prepare for the potential 9.0 “megathrust” earthquake that could ...

You can take a breath of relief — the earthquakes that occurred in the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon coast this week are not a precursor of the “Big One.”. Several earthquakes rattled the ...

An earthquake shook off the Oregon coast Wednesday afternoon. The earthquake struck in the Pacific Ocean, more than 170 miles west of Bandon, Oregon at 1:15 p.m. local time, according to the U.S ...