A 9.0 quake hit Oregon 309 years ago today | KATU.com - Portland, Oregon | News: "This is a press release courtesy of the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries:
Today marks the 309th anniversary of the last, great Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake to strike the Pacific Northwest.
Scientific research in Oregon, Washington and Japan tells us that at 9 p.m. on Jan. 26, 1700 AD, a magnitude 9.0 earthquake, centered about 75 miles offshore, ruptured along a 600 mile long fault, running from Northern California to Southern British Columbia, causing untold damage and destruction to the Pacific Northwest coast and the Native American tribal communities that made the coast their home."
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