Earthquake swarm.. what is going on off the coast of Oregon?

a reply to: Ghostsdogood
Agreed, I’m 1.5 hours from the coast in Southern Oregon… but volcanos 🌋 a plenty

originally posted by: dawnstar
By any chance, could there be a volcano there ready to blow its top?

Yes, that is a theory being proposed on the news out here

Eta the Cascades are full of volcanic peaks

a reply to: BlueJacket
My son sent me a text a little while back saying it was up to I think 55 earthquakes now.

originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: BlueJacket
My son sent me a text a little while back saying it was up to I think 55 earthquakes now.

Yes, I just got home from oral surgery (ugh) and the wife showed me 2 pages of quakes mostly in the high 4s and 5s. I haven’t seen that kind of activity here ever since I first moved out here in 1998

I was just looking at the US earthquake map and saw 3 quakes today in 3.0 range in White’s City NM, thats near the Carlsbad Caverns system. Growing up in southern NM, thats pretty much unheard of. And there was a 4+ in Kansas of all places.

Weird. Hold onto your hats, this might be getting bumpy? Just what we need.

a reply to: BrujaRebooted
Of course now the news is saying it’s a super active fault and doesn’t pose any concerns…
That is when I pay closer attention 😉

originally posted by: dawnstar
By any chance, could there be a volcano there ready to blow its top?

There are underwater volcanos all along the coast and some have been going for years now.

2016 map of active vents
www.nytimes.com...

Looks like it could be around this one
April 29, 2015
PMEL and Oregon State University(OSU)/CIMRS scientist Bill Chadwick and Scott Nooner at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (UNCW) have successfully forecast the latest eruption of Axial Seamount, an active submarine volcano located about 300 miles off the coast of Oregon. Based on a swarm of earthquakes and large vertical movements of the seafloor, the eruption started on April 24, 2015.

www.pmel.noaa.gov...

Yet another one who speaks about probable earthquake, and he also is known to be quite accurate.



Maybe it’s time to keep an eye on things.

originally posted by: valerias
Come across this in Twitter, if Oregon is on West Coast would the earthquakes be related to the ring of fire?

Everything on the coasts are involved with the hot areas of the Ring

a reply to: SeaWorthy
Any chance we could have a baby island born off the coast of oregon?

originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: SeaWorthy
Any chance we could have a baby island born off the coast of oregon?

Would take a pretty large eruption to emerge from those depths, so I sincerely hope not in this case.

originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: BlueJacket
My son sent me a text a little while back saying it was up to I think 55 earthquakes now.

303 quakes now

a reply to: Ghostsdogood

Oh well... guess I shouldn't hope for that then, should I?

a reply to: BlueJacket

They still hitting the 5.0 and above range?

originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: BlueJacket

They still hitting the 5.0 and above range?

Yes, 4s and 5s some lower too, but it’s certainly the highest level of activity I’m aware of, compared to 600 in 10 days…303 in less than 1 seems significant to me.

Eta: I miss having TrueAmerican and the other quake watcher from the old days

a reply to: BlueJacket

Well, the volcano in Indonesia did blow its top good... maybe it was good enough to destabilize the plates?
I don't know.. Hawaii had a decent sized earthquake either before or soon after this swarm started also.

originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: SeaWorthy
Any chance we could have a baby island born off the coast of oregon?

I was thinking just that!

a reply to: BlueJacket


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originally posted by: dawnstar
a reply to: Ghostsdogood

Oh well... guess I shouldn't hope for that then, should I?

I guess we could hope the earthquakes move a little closer to shore, and THEN sprout the island.

That could be cool.

The current earthquakes aren't very far from shallow water, which is also the reason I worry that a tsunami warning wouldn't provide sufficient warning in this case.

The earthquakes appear to be located about midway up a VERY steep and deep/tall seabed cliff.

a reply to: Ghostsdogood

I have a thing about islands and the west coast of the country. Having one pop up would support my childhood delusions.