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.