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Scientists mystified as 20 earthquakes hit Oklahoma in one day
Daily Mail Reporter and Ap ^ | 11:50 EST, 18 February 2014

Posted on 02/18/2014 11:50:59 AM PST by BenLurkin

Residents of Oklahoma were left feeling rattled over the weekend after a strong of some 20 earthquakes as powerful as 3.5 magnitude rocked the central part of the state on Saturday alone.

Areas north of Oklahoma City felt the brunt of the temblors, which some say were accompanied by startling booms like the sound of an explosion.

The mystery earthquake wave now has residents fearing for their personal safety and the security of their property. Meanwhile, scientists have been left scratching their heads over the quakes, which are becoming more frequent each day.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Science
KEYWORDS: catastrophism; earthquake; earthquakes; oklahoma; quakes; seismology
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To: HiJinx
Replace ‘strong’ with ‘string’ and I suspect you’ll see what the author intended to write...

Yes. I see that now. My point still stands, however. :o)

41 posted on 02/18/2014 2:38:01 PM PST by Tenacious 1 (My whimsical litany of satyric prose and avarice pontification of wisdom demonstrates my concinnity.)
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To: wbill
I tossed a cold bucket of water on the panic party.

You should have called 9-1-1: "There's an earthquake!"

Operater: "Yeap. What do you expect us to do about it?"
42 posted on 02/18/2014 3:07:41 PM PST by TomGuy
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To: Yosemitest

Interesting. I’ve never seen anyone associate flares with earthquakes before. Concerning geomagnetic storms, is an ejection headed this way and what class?


43 posted on 02/18/2014 3:17:47 PM PST by familyop (We Baby Boomers are croaking in an avalanche of corruption smelled around the planet.)
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To: Doc Savage

Oh you’re a good one! :D


44 posted on 02/18/2014 3:43:53 PM PST by ducttape45
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To: familyop

That’s a very interesting article, and I bookmarked it for future reference. Many of the comments after the article are enlightening also.


45 posted on 02/18/2014 3:58:07 PM PST by ducttape45
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To: BenLurkin

Quakes in OK are not that abnormal.

Now didn’t Georgia have a 4.5 just a few days ago? Now THAT is strange.


46 posted on 02/18/2014 4:38:21 PM PST by VeniVidiVici (Play the 'Knockout Game' with someone owning a 9mm and you get what you deserve)
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To: familyop
I'm an amateur on the subject.
The man that did that video is far more knowledgeable on the subject than me.
Go to that video again and click on his pen-name and them research his latest video uploads.
I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for.
But I'd take the religious uploads with a grain of salty.
47 posted on 02/18/2014 6:13:51 PM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Yosemitest
I'm an amateur on the subject.

Don't quit your day job. ; )

48 posted on 02/18/2014 7:23:14 PM PST by MD Expat in PA
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; cardinal4; ColdOne; ...
Thanks BenLurkin. Looks like Partisan Media Shilling and Meme-building on behalf of anti-frackers (IOW, OPEC supporters and Obarnacles).

49 posted on 02/18/2014 7:51:58 PM PST by SunkenCiv (http://www.freerepublic.com/~mestamachine/)
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To: BenLurkin

Of course there is no reason to deal with facts and science taking into consideration that the epicenter of these quakes is at least 5 kilomaters deep and there is not a single well in the area deeper than 2 kilometers and no significant fracturing activity in the area.

There is no such word as FracKing.

You fracture (no K) and frac (again no K) and the act of creating a fracture is fracing (still no K)


50 posted on 02/18/2014 8:25:55 PM PST by Sequoyah101
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To: MeshugeMikey

Are you saying a guppy wagging it’s tail can’t sink a cruise ship?


51 posted on 02/18/2014 8:59:49 PM PST by GOPJ ( America's drifting into totalitarianism because the left's exploitation of social failures.Greenfi)
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To: DManA

the fracking leftists couldnt care less about the facts of the REAL WORLD


52 posted on 02/18/2014 9:08:49 PM PST by MeshugeMikey (Where are The Weapons Of Mass Global Climate Change Destruction?)
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To: GOPJ

something along those lines yes!

it must be halliburton


53 posted on 02/18/2014 9:22:23 PM PST by MeshugeMikey (Where are The Weapons Of Mass Global Climate Change Destruction?)
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To: BenLurkin

Nature is jealous of the Oklahoma wrestling squad.


54 posted on 02/18/2014 10:37:06 PM PST by Jack Hammer
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To: BenLurkin

A lot of times people don’t even notice a 3.5 earthquake.


55 posted on 02/19/2014 4:42:18 AM PST by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is)
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To: MD Expat in PA

Retired people don’t have a job.


56 posted on 02/19/2014 5:11:24 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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To: Obadiah

Do you remember the earthquake that hit DC and Virginia in 2011? The last I heard, they were going to name the crack in the earth that caused it Bush’s Fault.


57 posted on 02/19/2014 6:39:57 AM PST by Berosus (I wish I had as much faith in God as liberals have in government.)
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To: familyop
Check this out: I think you'll enjoy it.
58 posted on 02/21/2014 1:30:55 AM PST by Yosemitest (It's Simple ! Fight, ... or Die !)
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