South Oregon Coast s Loeb State Park Opens to Camping
Published 05/01/21 at 5:45 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Brookings, Oregon) – A famed and favorite state park at the southern edge of the Oregon coast gets its camping back after a year of revenue shortfalls and COVID restrictions. Alfred A. Loeb State Park near Brookings reopens its campground on May 17, allowing visitors to once again to reserve campsites, cabins and group picnic areas starting at 6 a.m. May 3 for all stays May 17 and beyond.
(Photo courtesy Oregon State Parks)
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Cluster of Seven Quakes Off Oregon Coast, Some Within Minutes
Published 04/29/21 at 5:55 PM PDT
By Oregon Coast Beach Connection staff
(Bandon, Oregon) – A rather large cluster of underwater quakes hit off the Oregon coast Thursday morning, with four of them within minutes of each other. A total of six occurred between 3 a.m. and 6:30 a.m., while a seventh happened mid afternoon on Wednesday. (Graphic courtesy USGS)
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All of them were about 180 miles west by northwest of Bandon, concentrated in a radius of several miles. Each happened along the Blanco Fracture Zone – which is physically connected to the greater Cascadia Subduction Zone but not directly related to it.