Earthquake Felt in Oklahoma and Parts of Kansas, Arkansas, 5.3

USGS

5.3 Km w of Cushimg OK. 6.1 is the depth.

This is a developing story.

There was a pre shock 3.1 KM ENE of Perry OK, at a depth of 5.0.

Oklahoma is the location of multiple earthquakes due to fracking almost daily, but this strength is not common.


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@OklahomaProblems

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a reply to: reldra

it is?

a reply to: tikbalang

It is what?

one of the biggest yet. Hope everyones o.k.

a reply to: canucks555

I do too.

originally posted by: reldra
a reply to: tikbalang

It is what?

I get the feeling he meant:

is the location of multiple earthquakes due to fracking almost daily

edit on 6-11-2016 by alphabetaone because: (no reason given)

a reply to: alphabetaone

Ok, I see that now. The answer is probably YES.

Never been in one.

Are buildings damaged?

Scary stuff

Thnx for bringing this to my attecion

Felt here in AR as well...

I saw it come over the webicorder here ds.iris.edu...

at the same time that the pipes in my walls rattled and my can of Coke was "dancing" on the table. I hope that`s the last one (that big anyway) ... never a good feeling when they hit.

a reply to: reldra

I do wonder though, if instead of from fracking, it is the New Madrid Seismic zone letting off some steam.

That is big then and because the depth was so shallow, I am not surprised. Glad you are ok.

originally posted by: alphabetaone
a reply to: reldra

I do wonder though, if instead of from fracking, it is the New Madrid Seismic zone letting off some steam.

It might be both. Fracking certainly doesn't help. The small ones have been daily in OK for a couple years now.

This article is from 2015 regarding a 4.5 near Cushing:

“The Department of Homeland Security has gauged potential earthquake dangers to the hub and concluded that a quake equivalent to the record magnitude 5.7 could significantly damage the tanks. Dr. McNamara’s study concludes that recent earthquakes have increased stresses along two stretches of fault that could lead to quakes of that size.”

www.nytimes.com...

This quake is a 5.3 wonder if any container damage?

originally posted by: reldra

originally posted by: alphabetaone
a reply to: reldra

I do wonder though, if instead of from fracking, it is the New Madrid Seismic zone letting off some steam.

It might be both. Fracking certainly doesn't help. The small ones have been daily in OK for a couple years now.

Yea. That's why I questioned it, small one's from shale drilling are pretty much business as usual, but when I first saw your title, I immediately thought New Madrid....though you're right, fracking and leaving all those vacuums doesn't help at all.

a reply to: SeekingDepth

Possibly. I will look at state twitter. I wish TrueAmerican was online.

originally posted by: Mandroid7
Never been in one.

Are buildings damaged?

Scary stuff

Thnx for bringing this to my attecion

I have been in a few. Lived in the Bay Area. Looking for more news.

I just looked at the twitter of the Oklahoma Governor, Mary Fallin and saw this:

OK Governor Twitter

Angel ‏@shabbyangel Nov 5Pawnee Oklahoma just had 3 fracking quakes in a row and the governor Mary Fallin could care less.

So, aparentl that was yesterday. No coment form the governor's twitter as of yet.


CNN and FOX net sites, nothing.

USGS lowered it to a 5.0 . Not buying that. Look at all of the "felt it reports" and the distance and intensity it was felt as. Those things, and how it felt here don`t add up.

All of those reports tell a very different story.

There is a sorta funny twitter account that represents itself as the Oklahoma continuous earthquakes

Oklahoma Earthquake

Oklahoma Earthquake ‏@OklaEarthquake 6m6 minutes agoOklahoma Earthquake Retweeted News BatIf you were told by politicians to pray, you are doing it wrong. Like hookers telling you to be abstinent.