A 6.0 magnitude earthquake happened off the Oregon Coast on Wednesday.
The quake occurred approximately 173 miles off the coast of Bandon at approximately 1:15 p.m. Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The shallow quake occurred about 6.2 miles below the Earth’s surface.
The U.S. National Tsunami Warning Center reports that no Tsunamis are expected as a result of the offshore quake.
Washington state emergency management officials posted on social media that while it can be scary to see a 6.0 magnitude quake happening near the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the one Wednesday was in the Blanco Fracture Zone, where quakes are quite common.
The Cascadia Subduction Zone is a 600-mile-long (965-kilometer) fault just off the coast that runs from Northern California to British Columbia. Tectonic stresses have been accumulating in the zone for more than 300 years, and seismologists say it could rupture at any time, causing a megaquake and tsunami.
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