Earthquake shakes central Oregon Coast

[Ron Green]

I was awakened at 11:07 pm Wednesday by the shaking of my house, now determined to be a 4.7 (Richter scale) earthquake. No damage has been reported as of 7:30 am Thursday.

[TahitiNut]

1. Well, that's just fun-sized.

Any injuries or propertry damage from under 5.0 would sure be anomalous. (Although I sure recall times I awoke with heart pounding when those 'little' quakes gave me a wake-up call.)

[LauraK]

2. When I read "central Oregon coast"....

I thought the Willamette valley must have fallen into the ocean. Then I realised I wasn't under water.

[TahitiNut]

3. It's unusual for the Willamette Valley ...

... to not be under some water, isn't it? :evilgrin:

Eugene sure doesn't get the name "Emerald City" because it's dry.

[RobertSeattle]

4. USGS Info

http://neic.usgs.gov/neis/bulletin/neic_miai.html

[Parche]

5. earthquake

That is very weird, I live in Portland and had a nightmare
last night, everything was shaking like an earthquake, but we
are over 100 miles from Newport
It was very un nerving and frightening

[Ron Green]

6. I think the connections with the earth and the subconscious

are very deep and strong. We had another little quake about 6 weeks ago, and the one last night immediately took me back to the spot where I'd been then.

[utopian]

7. I hope that's the end of it

I'm going to the coast tomorrow. Don't want to have to use the tsunami escape routes.

[happynewyear]

8. hell thats nothing

Try the Loma Prieta at ~8.0 ... now that will open your eyes!

:D

[Ron Green]

9. Yeah, I was thinking about that one,

and imagining the crazy fear that all those folks in California must have felt then. And how the mind-set must be when you know it can happen to you, big-time, without warning.

[Terran]

10. I lived in SF at the time

It wasn't fun. At all.

Most vivid memory: looking down Market toward downtown from Van Ness at night and seeing not a single light on anywhere, just the headlights on cars.