It appears that while California, and lately Oklahoma, gets the earthquake attention up the coast there's slipping and sliding, too. A 5.8 quake off the Oregon coast in unlikely to have stirred the seafloor enough to cause tsunami concerns but it is a reminder that the San Andreas is not the only action on the west coast. The tiny Juan de Fuca plate is getting squished by both the Pacific and North American plates and pressures will be relieved. Today was a reminder. A 5.5 aftershock continued the adjustment.
The other quakes on today's list are on the boundaries, where earthquakes belong.
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