Posted on 11/12/2014 1:44:18 PM PST by Crazieman
Strong, pronounced shaking felt in Wichita. Likely felt in Tulsa, OKC, and probably as far away as Kansas City
It was a 4.8.
I didn’t feel it in Wichita.
M 4.8 - 13km S of Conway Springs, Kansas
Wednesday, November 12, 2014 9:06 PM
PAGER - GREEN ShakeMap - V DYFI? - VII
Time
2014-11-12 21:40:00 UTC
2014-11-12 15:40:00 -06:00 at epicenter
Location
37.275°N 97.616°W
Depth
2.90 km (1.80 mi)
I don’t even know why they report these things. Quakes happen all the time all over the place.
I was out in California last spring and went into a restaurant and the waitress asked if we felt the quake that just happened. We didn’t even notice anything. She was all shook up so to speak.
We have bigger shakes from trains rumbling by out here on the farm. Heck, even the wind shakes the house harder.
Although I certainly understand living in quake country, along a serious fault line, would cause one to be very sensitive to such events.
We have bigger shakes from trains rumbling by out here on the farm. Heck, even the wind shakes the house harder.
Wind?
In larger quake events, highrises oscillate back and forth as thousands hold their breath, cars bouncing off their suspensions and your living room bouncing up and down like a trampoline. Truth is a 5.5 or so at or near epicenter can make ya think the world is coming to an end. To be honest, the last big one I was in, I thought we were under attack. No joke.
Local news quoted the Oklahoma Geological Survey as 5.3.
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