5.1 Quake Hits Hawaii's Big Island today:

http://www.coloradoan.com/article/20090414/UPDATES01/90414028

We are long overdue here in Oregon and Washington. Just my opinion.

The experts say a great subduction quake occurs off the NW coast every 300-500 years. The last one was in 1700. Yikes!

Craig--Are you in your bomb shelter waiting for someting to happen? Remember "occupy until I come". That's what Jesus said.

Low to those living and playing in Ocean Shores, Wa. when the Cascadia subduction Quake hits ! You got about 20 to 30 minutes to hit the first logging road going UP some hilltop off the Copalis Hwy to avoid the 150 foot tidal wave !

No bomb shelters to hide in from a quake in that region of the Planet, thank you very much !

I was on the air in Eugene in 2005 when there was a brief tidal wave warning off the Oregon coast, and because we had a translator on the coast, went on the air with it. That was a surreal experience to say the least. My recollection was that some residents panicked and made some poor choices. This is a real problem to say the least.

ya,

On the Oregon coast, much of it South of places like Otis/Lincoln City have the coast range foothills riding right next to US 101. It is easier in those areas to literally run up a hill on the east side of 101 high enough to escape a tidal wave.

The Northern Oregon coast and much of the south and central Washington coast is another kettle of fish ! Those populated areas are on tidal flats or lowland areas only a few feet above sea level,Cannon Beach, Seaside , Tillamook , much of Astoria and all of Warrenton , although there are some pretty high hills on the east side of 101 in the northern part of downtown Astoria that you could get up fast and out of the way.

Then you cross over into Washington, Ilwaco, Long Beach and most of the way up the coast would be wiped out along with a population that couldnt get to high ground fast enough !

It was a scary thought back in the late 90s when our family used to vacation , summers , in a beach house in Ocean Shores...belonged to one of my 'Ex's' Aunts.

Speaking of Tidal Waves, its been very earthquake active 200 miles off the Oregon Coast lately. Take a look at these figures from USGS. Note the quakes were all in the PM time period:

4.2 April 8th 11:44PM. 260 miles from Yachats.
3.8 April 9th 12:39PM. 270 miles from Yachats.
4.0 April 9th 3:42PM. 256 miles from Yachats.
3.9 April 9th 9:37PM. 281 miles from Yachats.
4.1 April 10th 4:04PM. 265 miles from Yachats.
4.2 April 10th 10:18PM. 225 miles from Yachats.

Speaking of poor choices, Gold Beach tried to fight ODOT and prevent them from placing Tsunami Warning signs along Hwy 101.

Wednesday April 15, 2009.

2.6 quake Epicenter 8 miles N.NE. of West Richland Washington. Depth 15 miles, boardering the Hanford area near the Yakima River.

Aftershock Thursday, 1.0 @ 5am.

ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ. Yahn.

Wow Al, just like the China Syndrome! That 1.0 aftershock must have been something!

I insisted that we purchase earthquake insurance when we moved to Beaverton in 1998.

We are at 500 feet and about 60 miles from the coast. I still wake up some nights and imagine an earthquake.

We were on travel in December when the snow hit this area. Hopefully, we'll be away for the earthquake.

Cable access TV ran earthquake instructions a bunch of times when we first moved here. The question is not "if" but "when" an earthquake will occur in Oregon.

........I felt left out of this string ! ....

Another earthquake 200 miles off the Oregon Coast. The largest of them all:

4.7 April 15th 7:18PM. 252 miles from Yachats.

Plus a 3.1 reported in Nevada's Area 51 today at 12:24PM.

That's nice. Didn't feel anything. Remember Occupy until He comes. The earth is always shifting around. Get used to it. Regards to all. steve.

I have earthquake insurance too, AND a solid rebar reinforced poured concrete foundation that goes down 12 feet in some places (12' below basement level). We're on a hill too and building inspector insisted footings be placed on bedrock.

Still, I prefer no earthquake before my time here is up.

Two Quakes today in the Maupin, Oregon area:

3.6 April 20th 2:41PM. 7 miles from Maupin.
2.1 April 20th 2:59PM. 8 miles from Maupin.

This thread is pretty funny. Thousands of quakes of 3.0 or lower happen everyday!

Yes, and Maupin , Oregon is a pretty place funny too ! I bet I could make money on an LPFM there.

"Thousands of quakes of 3.0 or lower happen everyday!"

Yes and you'll note I don't mention those quakes lower than 3.0, unless it's in a grouping of larger quakes.

Some rockin' off the Alaskian coast today. Thanks goodness they were not big enough to cause a Tsunami warning:

4.3 May 15th 9:38AM. 80 miles SE of Old Harbor.
4.7 May 15th 10:24AM. 80 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.6 May 15th 10:38AM. 65 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.9 May 15th 10:46AM. 81 miles SE of Old Harbor.
4.5 May 15th 11:23AM. 82 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.8 May 15th 11:59AM. 70 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.1 May 15th 12:03PM. 52 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.5 May 15th 12:47PM. 44 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.3 May 15th 2:55PM. 70 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.8 May 15th 5:35PM. 78 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.4 May 15th 7:00PM. 62 miles SE of Old Harbor.

THREE 5.+ QUAKES OFF THE COAST OF ALASKA IN ONE DAY! Same area as yesterday but this time they're BIGGER and they are more of them. Take a look below:

3.0 May 16th 12:45AM. 43 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.3 May 16th 5:29AM. 57 miles SE of Old Harbor.
5.0 May 16th 10:21AM. 82 miles SE of Old Harbor.
5.9 May 16th 10:22AM. 34 miles SE of Old Harbor.
5.2 May 16th 10:37AM. 71 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.6 May 16th 10:44AM. 76 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.2 May 16th 10:55AM. 59 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.8 May 16th 11:16AM. 89 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.8 May 16th 11:20AM. 72 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.2 May 16th 11:56AM. 60 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.9 May 16th 1:29PM. 70 miles SE of Old Harbor.
3.9 May 16th 4:30PM. 71 miles SE of Old Harbor.

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Nice here in Vegas. Craig- They are in the middle of nowhere. Regards, Steve. Call me Craig--it's toll free.

"They are in the middle of nowhere."

Is the Oregon Coast or Crescent City, California in the middle of nowhere? You have forgotten about the 1964 Alaskan Quake, which these current quakes are in the same vicinity. A Tsunami killed Twelve people in Crescent City, while four children were killed on the Oregon Coast at Beverly Beach State Park. Other towns along the Pacific Northwest coast and Hawaii were damaged. Minor damage to boats reached as far south as Los Angeles.

Here is a picture of Crescent City, California after the Tsunami hit:

http://blog.wellsfargo.com/GuidedByHistory/images/tsunami_1.jpg

I have been facetious in some of my posts on this thread, but the truth is the WA/OR coasts are not anywhere ready for a major tsunami. Lessons should have been learned from Indonesia disaster of '04. Fact is, the same thing could, and will happen here eventually. Like I said, the average major subduction quake off our coast is 300-500 years, with the last one in 1700. I'm not an alarmist, but I do believe better planning must be in place. Whether this happens in 2200, or tomorrow, who knows.

There's a spot off Hwy 101 south of Port Orford, north of Gold Beach overlooking the ocean and you can see the entire landform just cascading into the Pacific ocean in slow motion. Any little earthquake or decent sized tsunami will trip it into fast motion that will make headlines across the world. Attempts to rebuild hwy 101 will be laughable for a few years after.

Same situation in CA, just south of SF in San Mateo County. There's an area of US101 called "Devils Slide" that (after being rebuilt for the umpteenth time) will soon have a completed bypass. The engineers finally threw in the towel and bored tunnels through the mountains. Expensive, but it was the only answer. Mother Nature wins again.
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/06/07/BAM6114QD9.DTL

It looks like a $330 million dollar project for a relatively short bypass. Interesting.

Here's the latest on the Alaskan Quakes yesterday from AP:

THE 5.9 MAGNITUDE IS EXPECTED TO BE UPGRADED TO A 6.1 ! That's getting into the scary category. Here's the complete story:
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ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- Alaska's Kodiak Island is being slammed by a swarm of earthquakes -- one with a magnitude of at least 5.9.

Richard Buckmaster, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo., says the southeast region of the island was hit Saturday by 20 earthquakes with magnitudes of 2.6 or greater.

He says the 5.9 magnitude quake is expected to be upgraded to 6.1.

The quakes are centered southeast of Old Harbor, but there have been no reports that they've been felt.

The earthquakes follow two light quakes that struck the same area less than an hour apart Friday.

Buckmaster says the area is seismically active because the Pacific and North American plates intersect along the island and neighboring Aleutian Islands chain.

4.7 Quake Hits LA - Causes Minor Damage.

This from the LA Times:

http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-quake18-2009may18,0,490840.story

Craig, do you have earthquake insurance? I know I do.

I really would have hated to be one of the people in that Starbuck's (see the LA Times Story linked above) when those big pieces of glass started coming down! In this scenario, getting under one of the tables would have provided some quick and relatively effective protection. However, in a stronger quake where heavy stuff starts coming off the ceilings, one might have been crushed by getting under that same table.