ASSOCIATED PRESS: Officials say no tsunamis will be triggered by the trio of earthquakes that hit off the Oregon Coast.
ASSOCIATED PRESS: Officials say no tsunamis will be triggered by the trio of earthquakes that hit off the Oregon Coast.
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake struck at 12:52 a.m. and a second quake measuring magnitude 5.5 hit at 4:46 a.m. Monday morning. A third smaller earthquake — magnitude 4.3 — struck at 1:07 a.m.
Paul Caruso, with the U.S. Geological Survey, says the quakes hit a fault that is west of the Oregon and Washington coast. They were about 330 miles west of Salem. (A USGS map offers more specifics on the three quakes).
