Topic: earthquake

A 4.0, 276 miles directly west from Eugene.

I might not be able to predict earthquakes, but I could definitely see the signs of a summer storm yesterday afternoon. The sky was gray, the air humid and rain was clearly on the way. So, evidently, was lightning. In Damacus, two men were struck while outside, apparently having a conversation. There were also reports of a small tornado. So do you know what to do when lightning...

A few hours ago we had a 5.1 earthquake 255 miles out from Barview, Oregon. Just a few minutes ago we had a 4.4.

The National Emergency Technology Guard (NETGuard) mobilizes a corps of volunteers with technology experience who could help out after a disaster. Sen. Ron Wyden of Oregon discusses the effort with NPR (audio). It is funded by the Department of Homeland Security. NET Guard teams may assist local communities in temporarily reconstituting voice, data, and other communications systems. The... Wireless River Monitoring, Underwater MIMO, McSignage, Emergency Com Gets WiFi/Sat Link, Taiwan Earthquake Knocks Out Cables, Remote O...

We got a very cool delivery today...several t-shirts that were used by the Portland Chinese Times to raise money to support China earthquake relief efforts. Here you see the t-shirt modeled by our devastatingly handsome HR volunteer, Jeff. (Hi Jeff!) At our annual meeting, we honored the entire Portland Chinese community for all their fundraising efforts. All told, they raised close to $60,...

Zaha Hadid's Shiekh Zayed Bridge... it is time to up the ante on the new I-5 Columbia River crossing On Tuesday night it was announced that the Columbia River Crossing Taskforce has recommended that an entirely new bridge be built to replace the aging pair of bridges that constitute the only remaining lift spans on I-5. What hasn't been discussed much are the opportunities...put, we need a new span because; traffic volume and the need for light rail... plus in a major earthquake the current bridges (on...

Some think I'm a pig, the MCP kind for the breast motion article yesterday.This morning I received an email from a friend talking about the bad weather in the mid-west. She writes: The Ohio farmer said his place was not flooded, but it rained so hard that it has pounded the ground into concrete. He doesn't think the corn will continue to grow. He said his neighbor was wiped out in a...Monday. The pig, who weighed nearly 150 kilograms (330 pounds) at the time of the magnitude-8.0 earthquake on May 12, had lost two thi...

Today we had a mere 2.5 magnitude earthquake off of the coast of Oregon. Yesterday we had a 3.8, nothing like the 4.9 we had last Saturday, or the 6.9 Eastern Honshu, Japan experienced....

map 2.7 3.2 2008/06/20 01:46:08 45.129N 120.934W 20.2 12 km ( 8 mi) ESE of Maupin, OR Maupin Earthquake Mover Mike Update: