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Oregon got a little reminder from the Pacific Ocean early Monday morning that yes, we are still very much living in earthquake country.
A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off the Oregon coast at 4:35 a.m. Monday, shaking an area of the Pacific roughly 175 miles southwest of Eugene. The quake happened at a depth of about 6 miles, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The good news: officials say there is no tsunami threat.
The National Weather Service and tsunami officials reported that no tsunami warning, advisory, watch, or threat was in effect following the quake. In other words, the ocean rumbled, Oregon checked the alerts, and
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