4.0-Magnitude Quake Shakes Okla.

[cory777]

Source: KOCO.com

Strongest Quake In State In 12 Years

by Wendell Edwards, KOCO.com

POSTED: 11:22 am CST January 15, 2010
UPDATED: 11:29 am CST January 15, 2010

OKLAHOMA CITY --
A 4.0-magnitude earthquake shook central Oklahoma on Friday morning, scientists with the Oklahoma Geological Survey confirmed to KOCO-TV in Oklahoma City.

The first of what may have been multiple quakes shook at 9:18 a.m. Its epicenter was three miles northeast of Jones, OGS officials said.

Read more: http://www.koco.com/news/22246890/detail.html

[CTyankee]

1. Did Oklahoma make a pact with the Devil?

I expect a statement from the Reverend Robertson any minute now...

[JVS]

6. I'm sure their football team did!

[fl_dem]

32. LOL.. hey I!

Bradford wouldn't have been injured in game one of the season had that kind of deal been struck. But that was funny!!

[maxsolomon]

7. yes.

his name is Howard Schultz and OK is cursed for taking the Sonics from Seattle. for all time!

[DebbieCDC]

16. Good point maxsolomon

Maybe Gawd is trying to tell Clay Johnson something.

[BonnieJW]

18. Inhofe made the pact.

[Crowman1979]

23. Oral Roberts' 900 ft. Jesus caused the quake!

Sorry, I had to throw that in for laughs. :D

[cbgb2112]

28. ROFL!!!

[madokie]

37. I am the devil

shore 'nuf

[Blandocyte]

42. Bah ha ha!

Give that poster a see-gar!

[Tempest]

2. Queue Pat Robertson in 5-4-3-2-1

n/t

[hlthe2b]

3. Run, Inhofe & Coburn.... Run!

(no offense to the good folks of Oklahoma, who I--of course-- wish no harm)

[Walk away]

4. Did they do some kind of deal with the Devil? nt

[damntexdem]

27. Only a memorandum of understanding.

And looking at Inhofe, I wonder whether even "understanding" is a relevant term.

[rocktivity]

5. God's curse on Pat Robinson?

:scared:
rocktivity

[MissDeeds]

8. Three quakes in one week

Haiti, then today along the coast of Venezuela, now Oklahoma...is it normal for quakes to occur in several different areas in a relatively short period of time? Yikes.

[Myrina]

9. ... if ultimately they're along the same fault line or tectonic plate ...

... I don't see why not ... it would be like a ripple effect of a tear in a pants-seam.

:shrug:

[MissDeeds]

11. Thanks for the info

That makes sense. :hi:

[closeupready]

10. Actually, it isn't that uncommon. Earthquakes actually happen every day.

It's just because of Haiti's disastrous one that the media picks up these stories whereas normally, they don't even make the back page.

[LoKnLoD]

17. Hundreds of Earthquakes happen a week

Most are usally pretty mild. This is a cool website you can see all the earthquake in the world on any given day, its mostly realtime too. http://earthquake.usgs.gov/

[snappyturtle]

21. CA too....near Bakerfield...3.6. nt

[DeSwiss]

30. Earthquakes happen every single day....

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/

[havocmom]

35. you might be amazed at how many quakes there are each day or so

http://www.iris.edu/seismon/

edited to add: red circles are quakes within past 24 hours
orange circles, quakes within past week
yellow circles, quakes within past two weeks

There's a whole lotta shakin goin on most of the time

[Raschel]

12. One last week in California, then big one in Haiti, plus 5.6 in Venezuela.

[avaistheone1]

36. Two last week in California.

[Buzz Clik]

13. 4.0? We had a 4.0 in Indiana a few years back while we were sleeping....

... It was terrifying, I tell ya! The bed was shaking so hard that I was convinced that the cat had just jumped up onto it.

:scared:

[Ian David]

14. The only state without a single "Blue" County. n/t

[DebbieCDC]

15. Gawd must be angry at the Sooners

[ipfilter]

31. We felt his anger in the first half of OUr first game this year.

Boomer Sooner.

[Bette Noir]

19. We Californians eat 4.0 earthquakes for breakfast.

Quakes here don't even make the local news unless they're at least a 5.0.

[Warpy]

20. I've noticed OKC has a lot of quakes, mostly 2,0-3.0

There are probably hidden faults deep down all over the North American plate.

[El Supremo]

22. Haiti's was 1000 times stronger.

Go back to sleep.

[Not Sure]

24. I wonder if there's any gas drilling in the vicinity of the epicenter

We've had several earthquakes in north central Texas in the past year (all of them very mild), but this is a pretty geologically stable area from what I understand. Central Oklahoma isn't much of a departure from my area, at least no to my eyes.

We've seen a tremendous amount of gas drilling in the areas where the earthquakes occurred. I don't recall if any hard and fast link was made between hydraulic fracturing (part of the drilling process in the Barnett Shale) and earthquakes, but to an apathetic cynic like me, no gas wells equal no earthquakes; gas wells equal earthquakes. I'd be very interested to see if there's any connection at all.

[Robeysays]

29. The midwest has a history of seismic activity...

New Madrid 1811

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1812_New_Madrid_earthquake

[AtheistCrusader]

33. New Madrid Seismic Zone.

Look it up. Have some toilet paper handy. Last time it let loose, within a month it hit the same place with 3 8.0+ events. With all the unreinforced brick masonry in that area of the country, if it cuts loose now the death toll will be enormous. That area has a history of triple-quakes too.

Last time, the Mississippi River ran backwards for a while due to uplift. Shook the White House and rang church bells in Chicago.

Many believe that fault system is overdue...

[snooper2]

39. I don't know about gas drilling..

but I REALLY didn't want my fence posts to move so I dug down about 234 miles :rofl:

[ccinamon]

25. God just told the Christians he doesn't like their hateful and hate-filled

attitudes and comments.

[damntexdem]

26. Well, insofar as a 4.0 can be said to "shake" anything -- maybe "stimulate" would be better said.

They must have a MOU with a minor imp. ;-)

[Ed76638]

34. I was hoping for Virgina

You know, a wee bit closer to Regent University.

[TheCentepedeShoes]

38. I seem to recall

the 5.5 quake of 04-09-52 that centered on El Reno (per USGS) and felt over a wide area
We lived in Braman, due north of OKC and just short of the KS line
However, being only 3 1/2 at the time I don't really know if it's my rememberer that is in play or just remembering hearing about it
I have this vague sense of being outside in the babysitter's yard and falling down when the ground started shaking
It did some damage like toppled chimneys and cracked walls

[ChicagoSuz219]

40. Judging from all the jokes...

...I'm guessing everyone's okay. Hope so, anyway.

[w8liftinglady]

41. research whether there is a lot of natural gas drilling-here are some links...

http://edburnett.wordpress.com/
In central Texas,we have seen a large increase in earthquakes in the Barnett Shale area...including DFW...where a large amount of natural gas drilling occurs

[cartach]

43. Hope it shook

some sense into their heads.

[krabigirl]

44. 4.0 is nothing but maybe out in OK it's more noticable.