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National Weather Service says no tsunami threat after 5.5 quake off Oregon coast

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The National Weather Service says there is no tsunami threat following a magnitude 5.5 earthquake off the Oregon coast.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck at 4:35 a.m. about 175 miles southwest of Eugene, Oregon, at a depth of about 6 miles in the Pacific Ocean.

National Weather Service says no tsunami threat after 5.5 quake off Oregon coast (KVAL/SBG)

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The earthquake occurred in the Blanco Fracture Zone, a seismically active area where hundreds of earthquakes occur each year.

There have been no reports of residents along the southern Oregon coast feeling the quake.

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