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Meigs says Central Oregon will feel little if an earthquake strikes from the Cascadia Subduction Zone, the fault line beginning from northern California and extending to southern British Columbia.

A powerful earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0 struck off the coast of Northern California late Thursday morning local time, according to the US Geological Survey.

The quake struck on the San Andreas fault, which runs along the coast line. In Oregon, areas impacted for the tsunami warning appeared to stretch from the southern Oregon Coast north toward Florence.

Earthquakes and tsunamis are a looming presence in Oregon. According to experts, "the big one" — a magnitude 8.0 or higher earthquake — is imminent from the Cascadia Subduction Zone off the coast.