PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, Colo., reports a magnitude 4.2 earthquake Thursday off the Oregon coast. There were no reports that it was felt or caused damage.
Geophysicist Randy Baldwin says the quake was centered about 312 miles west-southwest of Portland at a depth of about six miles — shallow in earthquake terms.
He says quakes of that magnitude are common in that area, part of the Juan de Fuca Plate.
The earthquake information center is part of the U.S. Geological Survey.
