Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral IndustriesNew preliminary mapping, which may still be fine-tuned, outlines the probable reach of various sized tsunamis that could hit Cannon Beach When a ...

The official map of Oregon's tsunami inundation zone is 20-years old.  A lot has changed over those years, however, including the sophistication of computer modeling.

The state had just published a revised tsunami map for Gold Beach, ... Japan's Experience Shifts Oregon's Earthquake And Tsunami Predictions. In 2011, a devastating 9.0 earthquake hit Japan.

The Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industries in collaboration with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has completed a map of tsunami hazard areas in the Gold Beach ...

The coastal DEMs are part of the U.S. Tsunami Forecast and Warning System. The new Oregon DEMs will support efforts by the Oregon Department of Geology and Mineral Industry to map tsunami ...

Scientists spent four years creating the 131 maps, which show tsunami inundation zones in the event of a distant tsunami and a local tsunami, such as one originating from the Cascadia Subduction ...

GEARHART, Ore. -- New maps show there's less high ground than previously thought for refuge from the most serious earthquake and tsunami projected along Oregon's northwest coast, leaving cit ...

TILLAMOOK, Ore. – Many people on the Oregon and Washington coast were terrified early Tuesday morning after the Tsunami Warning Center placed them under a Tsunami Watch.The threat came after a 7 ...

State geologists have released new maps of the town on Oregon’s north coast that show a large tsunami generated off the Oregon coast could inundate a much larger area than previously believed.

The earthquake happened at 10:44 a.m., 56 miles east of Petrolia, California, Oregon state officials said. The first warning of a tsunami was sent out at 10:49 a.m. by the Tsunami Warning Center ...

Both events produced ‘distant’ tsunami that were triggered thousands of miles away, but eventually reached the Oregon coast ~9.5 and 4 hours after the earthquakes, respectively.