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A new earthquake hits Turkey, as teams still respond to earlier catastrophic quake
Turkish authorities say a magnitude 6.4 earthquake, followed by a magnitude 5.8 tremor, struck the Antakya region around 8 p.m. local time Monday. The quake was also felt in Syria.
4.4-magnitude earthquake shakes Linn County
People reported feeling the quake as far away as Longview, Washington.

Coastal Washington tribe creates higher ground by building tsunami tower, first of its type here
There is a new option to escape a tsunami if you’re on the southwest coast of Washington when the Big One strikes. The Shoalwater Bay Indian Tribe on Friday dedicated a 50-foot tall evacuation tower in Tokeland, Washington. Tribal leaders and the Federal Emergency Management Agency said the new tsunami refuge platform should be an example and inspiration for other vulnerable coastal communities.
Cluster of earthquakes registers off of Oregon Coast, poses no threat
The quakes were too far away and too shallow to cause a tsunami, according to a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center.

By air and by bike, Northwest civilian pilots and cyclists rehearse delivering aid after ‘The Big One’
A huge dress rehearsal for regional earthquake disaster relief was supposed to happen next week until the ongoing pandemic forced its cancellation. The scrubbed Cascadia Rising exercise would have involved more than 22,000 participants – chiefly U.S. soldiers, sailors and airmen as well as state, local and tribal emergency planners. Some smaller drills are going ahead this weekend and next featuring civilian volunteers who will demonstrate unusual ways aid may get to Pacific Northwest earthquake survivors.
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Rehearsing for Northwest ‘Big One’ on a room-sized chess board
Close to 200 federal, state and tribal emergency preparedness planners gathered around a giant map of the Pacific Northwest recently to rehearse and critique the federal response plan for "The Big One." The three-day Cascadia earthquake discussion exercise partially replaced a much bigger planned dress rehearsal that was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Inflation plagues effort to earthquake-proof Burnside Bridge in Portland
Portland's downtown bridges aren't expected to survive a Cascadia subduction zone earthquake. So Multnomah County wants to tear down and rebuild the Burnside Bridge so it's earthquake-proof. But inflation has pushed the price tag up to $1 billion.
No tsunami threat from 5.9 earthquakes off Oregon Coast
A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck about a hundred miles off the coast of Oregon early Friday, and the aftershocks included another 5.9 quake
Magnitude 5.7 earthquake hits off Oregon Coast, no tsunami
A magnitude 5.7 earthquake struck about 127 miles (204 kilometers) off the Oregon coast early Tuesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Earthquake fault near Portland more active than previously thought
Researchers at Portland State University have dated three large historic earthquakes along the Gales Creek fault near Forest Grove.