Map, Compass & GPS

Map, Compass & GPS
Wild flowers along Fall Creek on the way to the Green Lakes - Oregon

Thursday, August 2, 2012

Oregon Eartquake

From the Oregonian.

Last year's Tohoku deadly earthquake and tsunami in Japan decimated a swath of the country. Across the ocean, Oregon escaped major damage.

But an earthquake of similar magnitude is in store for Oregon at some point, and scientists at Oregon State University have raised the warning flag again -- they predict it could be soon -- in a
new report. In fact, the probability of a major quake in the next 50 years could range as high as 40 percent.

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