Holy crap

[Lynn]

Holy Crap. Supposed to have tornados here, not earthquakes.
About 30 min. ago had a 5.3 (my guess is it may be revised up a bit... they rarely stay at the first assessed number) earthquake about 20 miles from here. Lasted 30 seconds and my monitor was still shaking.

[scuncio]

Wow, not something I would expect in OK. You kinda get used to them living in CA, but I'd be freaking out if one ever rattled Michigan.

[mssl72]

Are they fracking in Oklahoma??

[Jim_Hauls]

Ground zero for eathquakes in the US is Oklahoma.

Fracking is the reason why.

@ http://www.cbsnews.com/news/60-minut...n-made-causes/

@ http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-...302-story.html



Jim

[scuncio]

I figured it was fracking related. Historically, OK has not really been seismically active, has it?

[scuncio]

I guess this chart pretty much tells the story:

[Xplantdad]

The Midwest is no stranger to earthquakes. Missouri (in 1811-1812) ranks in the top 20 of all time largest earthquakes in the US:









See also here: New Madrid earthquakes!!


Glad everyone is okay! [img]<<GRAEMLIN_URL>>/beers.gif[/img]

[earntaz]

I've experienced one big earthquake while stationed on northern Honshu -- that is something you will never forget ... very helpless feeling. All you can hope for is that it quits!! TAZ

[flyingn]

nothing worse then fracking earthquakes.

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[92646]

I am born and raised in California. If you hang around long enough we can show you what a proper earthquake should feel like.