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17 Oklahoma earthquakes of 2.6 magnitude or greater recorded since Thursday's 4.7
TulsaWorld.com ^ | 21NOV2015 | Althea Peterson

Posted on 11/21/2015 8:55:55 AM PST by Jack Hydrazine

Three earthquakes of 3.0 magnitude or greater shook an area just northwest of Medford in Grant County within a 15-minute time period Thursday evening.

The first and biggest of the three, a 4.1 magnitude temblor, hit at 4:40 p.m. and could be felt as far as the Tulsa area to the east and Wichita, Kansas, to the north, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The measurement initially went out as a 4.6 magnitude quake, but was quickly amended to 4.1 on the Geological Survey's website.

Two more earthquakes followed from the same area between 8 to 9 miles northwest of Medford. A 3.1 magnitude quake hit at 4:53 p.m., followed by a 3.9 quake two minutes later. About 45 miles to the southwest near Helena, another quake erupted at 5:09 p.m., this time with a 3.3 magnitude. The quake was recorded about 7 miles northwest of Helena. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission announced Friday plans to shut off four disposal wells within 3 miles of the earthquake activity near Crescent on Thursday. Two quakes were recorded, one of which was a magnitude 4.0.

The plan also called for a 50 percent volume reduction at seven Arbuckle disposal wells. Operators at other nearby wells also were put on notice to be prepared for possible changes in operation.

A 4.7 magnitude Oklahoma earthquake Thursday -- the largest recorded in the state since 2011 -- caused the Oklahoma Corporation Commission to shut down or reduce capacity at 25 disposal wells.

However, the state's quake activity has continued since that milestone temblor, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The USGS recorded 17 Oklahoma earthquakes since the 4.7, including a 4.0 magnitude near Crescent, and the 4.1 magnitude near Medford. The quakes recorded as low as 2.6 magnitude (two Thursday near Cherokee and Medford), but also include six recorded earlier today:

- 2.7 magnitude 6:07 a.m. about 9 miles south-southwest of Cherokee

- 2.8 magnitude 9:42 a.m. about 15 miles north-northwest of Fairview

- 3.1 magnitude 3:11 p.m. about 15 miles east of Cherokee

- 3.2 magnitude 2:06 a.m. about 18 miles north-northwest of Fairview

- 3.5 magnitude 12:12 a.m. about 9 miles southwest of Cherokee

- 3.5 magnitude 5:22 a.m. about 9 miles southwest of Cherokee.


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To: Jack Hydrazine

These bloody groundhogs are getting out of control.

Who the hell vetted them? Homeland?


21 posted on 11/21/2015 10:26:16 AM PST by JEDI4S (I don't mean to cause trouble...it just happens naturally through the Force!)
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To: JEDI4S

My first thought..... sod poodles fornicating .......


22 posted on 11/21/2015 11:39:04 AM PST by Squantos ( Be polite, be professional, but have a plan to kill everyone you meet ...)
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To: machogirl

Nemaha Ridge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nemaha_Ridge

The Nemaha Ridge (also called the Nemaha Uplift) is located in the Central United States. It is a buried structural zone associated with a granite high in the Pre-Cambrian basement that extends from approximately Omaha, Nebraska to Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The ridge is associated with the seismically active Humboldt Fault zone. It is also associated with the Proterozoic Midcontinent Rift System, which extends into northern Kansas about fifty miles west of the Nemaha.[1]

Along the Nemaha Ridge is a series of faults referred to as the “Nemaha Fault Zone”.[1] The long term uplift along the ridge has been attributed to isostatic uplift due to the anomalously thick crust adjacent to the Midcontinent Rift.[2]


Now I’m wondering why this ridge and the Humboldt Fault zone have become so active.


23 posted on 11/21/2015 4:15:31 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Cold Heart

You caught that one. Good eye!


24 posted on 11/21/2015 4:16:52 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

hmm, the Craton Plate moving and poking up?


25 posted on 11/21/2015 4:58:47 PM PST by machogirl
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To: Jedidah

bookmark Okla Fault Lines (google)


26 posted on 11/21/2015 7:09:40 PM PST by charlie72
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To: Jack Hydrazine
Now I’m wondering why this ridge and the Humboldt Fault zone have become so active

Could it be..............
SATAN?!

Oklahoma Removes Ten Commandments Monument From The State Capitol

God will NOT be mocked.

27 posted on 11/23/2015 12:24:29 PM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: Mercat
New Madrid

Nope.....500 miles WEST of New Madrid.

28 posted on 11/23/2015 12:25:14 PM PST by DCBryan1 (No realli, moose bytes can be quite nasti!!)
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To: DCBryan1

The shaking started in 2008.


29 posted on 11/23/2015 8:05:47 PM PST by Jack Hydrazine (Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
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