AGNESS, Ore. (AP) - A magnitude-3.8 earthquake was reported early Friday in southwestern Oregon and was felt by residents in rural Curry County.
No damage or injuries were reported.
A U.S. Geological Survey report placed the epicenter of the 5:53 a.m. temblor 26 miles northeast of Gold Beach, near Agness, the end of the line for whitewater rafters floating the wilderness section of the Rogue River.
“I thought a tree fell and hit my deck,” Steve Berlant, owner of the Old Agness Store, told The Grants Pass Daily Courier (https://bit.ly/1bnlydd).
Berlant said several people stopped by the store to ask if he had felt the temblor.
Harry Smedes, a professor in the environmental studies department at Southern Oregon University, said the temblor was minuscule in the scheme of earthquakes.
“A magnitude-3 quake is felt indoors by some people, and a magnitude-4 quake is felt by most people outdoors, with no structural damage,” he said. “This quake was between the two magnitudes, so no damage expected.”
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