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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 21 > Major Oregon quake believed more likely

Major Oregon quake believed more likely

By The Associated Press / The Bulletin
April 21, 2009

PORTLAND — Geologists now say there is a 10 to 14 percent chance of a major earthquake and tsunami hitting the Oregon Coast within the next 50 years, putting the coast through a disaster like that Hurricane Katrina brought in 2005 to the South.

Instead of thinking such quakes take....

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