Posted by Lowell on May 06, 2001 at 17:28:41:
Hi Bob, All your comments are correct within my knowledge. Petra, however is also correct. Earthquakes at this depth in Oregon are quite rare. I did a search for all earthquakes in the state of Oregon with depths less than 40 km (this was 52 km). Since 1970 there have been only 7 such events reported (excluding today's) with Ml>=2.5 (that's about 1 every 4 years). I am listing the prior such events here: MO DAHRMNSCYEAR LAT LONG DEPTH MAG 11 19 7 4 37 1976 44.999 -120.960 84 3.1 6 22 7 41 56 1981 44.536 -123.796 58 2.5 6 25 7 21 29 1987 42.553 -124.971 74 3.0 4 1 3 1 42 1989 44.443 -124.223 55 2.8 6 11 12 0 34 1989 44.480 -124.800 42 3.3 12 4 22 15 19 1993 42.330 -121.950 58 5.8 12 30 1 52 60 2000 44.737 -123.170 61 2.6
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