Earthquakes Strike Oregon, Utah and Vancouver Island Coast

Vancouver Island Earthquake: 5.7 Earthquake Recorded Off Vancouver Island Coast, No Tsunami

February 4, 2012

LALATE – A strong earthquake in Canada today has struck west of Vancouver. Within the hour, a 5.7 magnitude quake struck British Columbia, Canada. No reports of injuries have yet to be detailed by local news. No tsunami threat has been issued.

Today’s quake struck at 12:05 PM local time Saturday, USGS reports to news. The quake was centered near Vancouver Island. USGS indicates to news that the quake had virtually no depth, striking eight miles below the earth’s surface. As a result, the quake was felt across a wide area.

The quake was centered roughly one hundred fifty miles west of Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada. The quake was roughly the same distance from Neah Bay, Washington State.

USGS indicates to news that the quake was one hundred seventy-two miles west of Forks, Washington. It was also approximately two hundred miles from Saanich and Vancouver.

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In January, the same region was struck with a 3.4 magnitude quake. That quake was centered west of Gifford Pinchot National Forest and north of Mt Hood National Forest. The quake was east of Woodland, Battle Ground, and Salmon Creek, USGS indicates to news.

Today’s quake is located close to last September’s earthquake near Vancouver Island. That quake registered a strong 6.4 magnitude and was centered just off the coast of Vancouver Island. Initial news reports, indicating a 6.7 earthquake, were thereafter downgraded.

Oregon Earthquakes Today Continue North West Activity

February 4, 2012

LALATE – Two Oregon earthquakes today have continued activity in the U.S. northwest Saturday. After residents in Utah, Texas and even Puerto Rico experienced quakes earlier this Saturday, Oregon coastal residents experienced two moderate quakes. Thirty minutes later, the strong Canada earthquake previously reported on LALATE struck near Washington state.

Two Oregon coastal earthquakes struck Saturday February 4, 2012. For a highly active Saturday morning, Brandon residents and nearby Barview both experienced quakes shortly before noon today.

USGS reports to news that a 3.0 magnitude quake struck thirty-two miles from Brandon this morning, at 11:34 am. The quake had a nominal depth, only three miles below water level. The offshore quake was thirty-six miles from Barview, USGS reports to news. It was forty miles from Coos Bay. Local news puts the quake roughly one hundred miles from Eugene and two hundred miles south of Portland.

USGS reports that, seconds later, a second separate quake registering 4.3 magnitude stuck further west of Brandon. This second quake was ninety-four miles west of Brandon.

USGS reports this offshore quake was fifteen miles below the earth’s surface. It was roughly one hundred miles west of Coos Bay, one hundred twenty-eight miles north west of Brookings, and one hundred forty miles northwest of Crescent City. The quake was also two hundred miles south of Salem. No reports of injuries have yet to be indicated to news.

In related news, earlier this morning, a 3.2 magnitude struck Puerto Rico. The quake was roughly sixty-miles west of San Juan, local news indicates. It was thirty-nine miles from Hatillo as well.

Utah Valley Rattled by 3.7 Quake

February 4, 2012

Salt Lake Tribune - A minor earthquake struck north-central Utah Saturday morning, its epicenter located about 7 miles east of the Utah Valley community of Woodland Hills and under the Wasatch Mountain Range.

The University of Utah Seismograph Stations noted that the 3.7-magnitude temblor was felt not only in Woodland Hills but the neighboring communities of Salem, Spanish Fork and Provo. However, no injuries or property damage were reported.

The quake registered on monitors at 4:27 a.m. MST and had a depth of about 3 miles.

At least three less-intensive aftershocks followed the initial quake, seismologists said.