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OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 03:51 AM Apr 2013

Earthquakes this morning

Breaking News ?@BreakingNews 23m
Update: Magnitude 4.3 earthquake hits Oklahoma City metro area, minutes after 3.0 quake - USGS http://on.doi.gov/118etdl
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Breaking News ?@BreakingNews 32m
Magnitude 3.0 earthquake rattles Oklahoma City metro area - USGS, @News9 http://on.doi.gov/118dfif
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OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
1. I think a total of three
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 03:56 AM
Apr 2013

From what I can read..
3.0 magnitude earthquake about 4 miles SW of Chandler.

SGS reports SECOND early morning earthquake at 1:56 a.m. was a 4.3 magnitude just outside OKC near Luther.

USGS now listing a THIRD earthquake, a mag 2.8, near Boley, OK.

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TexasTowelie

(111,279 posts)
9. If it gets more intense, then you might have the perfect excuse to buy new dishes for the house.
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:43 AM
Apr 2013

I imagine that you broken a few in fits of rage throwing them on the floor with two Republican senators.

Take care!

AndyA

(16,993 posts)
16. I slept through it, but someone else in the house said they woke up for some reason
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 08:42 AM
Apr 2013

I read a report that ties fracking in Oklahoma to some of these bigger earthquakes. I know Oklahoma has earthquakes, but when the oil companies denied any connection, that pretty much confirmed for me that there's something to it. It doesn't take much imagination to see how all that water and chemicals injected under high pressure has to have some detrimental effects besides polluting the water, soil, etc.

longship

(40,416 posts)
4. Stay safe, OKNancy.
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:11 AM
Apr 2013

But don't worry too much. These are small quakes. I lived in SoCal for a decade. We'd experience small ones all the time. Only two were scary. One, 7.2, went on for half a minute of gentle rocking. Another, a smaller one scared the crap out of me because it was very sharp, sudden shaking.

The others were common occurrences.

Regardless, stay safe.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
7. thanks.. they are far enough that there is no worries
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:13 AM
Apr 2013

here in Tulsa. We had an outbreak last year too. That one really rattled the house and the dishes.
It's just kind of a weird event in Oklahoma. :0

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
8. a 4th one...
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 04:34 AM
Apr 2013

news story :
http://www.news9.com/story/21987133/multiple-earthquakes-shake-oklahoma
OKLAHOMA CITY - Several earthquakes have rattled central Oklahoma in the early morning hours of Tuesday.
The first quake was reported around 1:45 a.m. an estimated 3 miles west of Chandler. The United State Geological Survey say this was a 3.0 quake.

Fifteen minutes later a strong 4.3 earthquake shook the Oklahoma City metro area. This earthquake woke many residents up and shook buildings from Oklahoma City to Stillwater.
No damage or injuries were immediately reported. The USGS says this quake was located 29 miles east and northeast of Oklahoma City near Luther.

At 2:15 a.m. a third quake was reported by the USGS. This one a 2.8 magnitude near Boley, Oklahoma.

One minute later a fourth early morning quake shook the area of Luther and Choctaw. The USGS says this one was a 3.3 quake.

kath

(10,565 posts)
11. And another one about 3 minutes ago. felt and heard it - not nearly as intense as the one 1 1/2 yrs
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 06:20 AM
Apr 2013

Ago.
those ones are believed to have been due to the underground disposal of drilling waste water.

OKNancy

(41,832 posts)
14. this one, I guess
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 06:54 AM
Apr 2013

US Geological Survey lists FIFTH Oklahoma earthquake a short while ago as a magnitude 4.2 near Luther.

Major Nikon

(36,814 posts)
12. I'm in a hotel room in OKC
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 06:34 AM
Apr 2013

During the first one I was just about to tie the sheets together and climb out the window. Another one woke me up this morning.

yesphan

(1,586 posts)
18. Woke me up
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 11:30 AM
Apr 2013

in Norman. My first thought was poltergeist as my be jolted for just a second.
I was kind of hoping for poltergeist.

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