Small Quake Shakes Southern Oregon Cascades

Published 1:05 pm Tuesday, March 26, 2013

Oregon Public Broadcasting

A small earthquake was detected in the southern Cascade Range in southwestern Oregon.

A map shows the location of the Monday, March 25, earthquake.

Pacific Northwest Seismic Network

A map shows the location of the Monday, March 25, earthquake.

The Mail Tribune newspaper reports that the U.S. Geological Survey measured the mild quake at magnitude 2.7 at about 2 p.m. Monday.

The epicenter was 21 miles east of Shady Cove, 2.7 miles below the surface, in an area of mild earthquake activity north of Mount McLoughlin.

Chuck Glaser of the National Weather Service in Medford says the agency hasn’t heard of anyone who even felt it.

This story originally appeared on Oregon Public Broadcasting.

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