UPDATES, 8:45 a.m.:
- Seismologist Lori Dengler discusses the quake.
- Aftershocks! There have been at least three so far — a 4.9, a 2.4 and a 5.2.
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UPDATE: Downgraded to 6.5. Still!
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A pretty big earthquake — 6.8! — struck offshore just before 7 a.m. this morning, and seems to have been felt all around the region. The house rocked back and forth pretty slowly here at LoCO HQ. A long, rolling wave.
More information at the USGS.