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<strong>Title: </strong> <a href="/link.php?id=32249" target="_blank">Scientists baffled by unusual swarm of hundreds of quakes off Oregon coast</a> (click to view)

<strong>Category:</strong> <a href="/news/topic/9-science" target="_blank">Science</a>
<strong>Posted By: </strong> <a href="/modules.php?name=Your_Account&op=userinfo&username=Hyack" target="_blank">Hyack</a>
<strong>Date: </strong> 2008-04-12 16:40:35

[TattoodGirl]

It will be good surfing...hehehehe

[sasquatch2]

I can see the protests now---the US is increasing it's territory----imperialism.....

[dog77_1999]

Could this be the start of the Big One?

[sasquatch2]

dog77_1999

$1:

Could this be the start of the Big One?

That is a possibility. Earth-quakes in Alaska have disturbed Cascade volcanos. This conceivably could trigger "The Yellowsone Supervolcano". That is a scary prospect----long dormant and overdue----It's last great eruption 450 million years BP nearly exterminated early man.
Losing california is a minor consideration by comparison.