These alerts can give the public precious seconds to take protective action before the shaking arrives.

Oregon Office of Emergency Management leans forward to assist, offers safety tips.

Resumption of outdoor contact school sports, with protocols in place, to be allowed in schools that have returned to classrooms for at least limited in-person instruction. Governor issues challenge to parents and coaches: “If our school gyms, fields, and weight rooms are to reopen, we owe it to Oregon’s children to make sure our classrooms, libraries, and science labs fully reopen as well.”

Oregon’s Office of Emergency Management urges residents to be prepared for flooding, landslides and power outages