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Two Minor Earthquakes Shake Dallas-Fort Worth Area
Fox News ^ | 10/31/2008 | Fox News

Posted on 10/31/2008 5:43:16 AM PDT by Dallas59

DALLAS — Two minor earthquakes have shaken the Dallas-Fort Worth area, but no significant damage has immediately been reported.

The U.S. Geological Survey says an earthquake with a 2.5 magnitude was reported at 11:25 p.m. Thursday, centered in the Grand Prairie area.

The agency says a slightly stronger quake, at 3.0 magnitude, occurred at 12:01 a.m. Friday, centered in Irving.

Law enforcement agencies across northern Texas say they received some 911 calls from people who had felt the quakes.

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TOPICS: US: Texas
KEYWORDS: earthquake; texas
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I heard what I thought was an 18 wheeler rumble by but that was it.
1 posted on 10/31/2008 5:43:17 AM PDT by Dallas59
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To: Dallas59
May be Louisiana conducted an underground nuke test?
2 posted on 10/31/2008 5:46:39 AM PDT by Red_Devil 232 (VietVet - USMC All Ready On The Right? All Ready On The Left? All Ready On The Firing Line!)
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To: Dallas59

the obamanation voters coming in for tuesday


3 posted on 10/31/2008 5:47:45 AM PDT by southlake_hoosier (.... One Nation, Under God.......)
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To: Red_Devil 232

Or maybe what they’ve been saying on the radio about Mars is true!!!!


4 posted on 10/31/2008 5:48:29 AM PDT by Dallas59 (Redistribute Obamas Wealth)
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To: Dallas59

I’m in Grand Prairie, and I work nights, so I’ve been up and here in the house at the computer all night. I never heard or felt a thing. If that’s what earthquakes are like, I’ll take one over a tornado any day.


5 posted on 10/31/2008 5:54:06 AM PDT by HHFi
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To: HHFi

If you were in a big earthquake you wouldn’t say that. :)

At least with tornadoes there is some warning.

I didn’t think Texas had any fault lines???


6 posted on 10/31/2008 5:56:34 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (READ MY LIPSTICK!!! I'm praying for Sarah Palin - Keep the vultures away from her.)
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To: Dallas59

Very odd... USGS reports an additional 3.0 quake due north east of OK City last night as well...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US10/32.42.-100.-90.php


7 posted on 10/31/2008 5:56:53 AM PDT by dandelion
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To: WestCoastGal

There is the Balcones Fault that runs along i-35 between Austin and San Antonio


8 posted on 10/31/2008 5:59:52 AM PDT by Rightly Biased (Courage is not the lack of fear it is acting in spite of it<><)
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To: Dallas59

Two in a row is never good...Could be a foreshock for a massive shaker...Ground starts turning to liquefaction, an if it keeps shaken, the ground just turns oatmeal like substance, and buildings and houses just start bobbing around and they eventually start sinking into the goo.


9 posted on 10/31/2008 6:01:25 AM PDT by dragnet2
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To: Rightly Biased

Ohhhhhh great. LOL


10 posted on 10/31/2008 6:07:27 AM PDT by WestCoastGal (READ MY LIPSTICK!!! I'm praying for Sarah Palin - Keep the vultures away from her.)
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To: Dallas59
Tooo close to the New Madrid fault line for my comfort.
11 posted on 10/31/2008 6:08:52 AM PDT by Just mythoughts (Isa.3:4 And I will give children to be their princes, and babes shall rule over them.)
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To: Dallas59

Didn’t feel a thing.


12 posted on 10/31/2008 6:09:01 AM PDT by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: Robert A. Cook, PE

Ping.


13 posted on 10/31/2008 6:13:10 AM PDT by Deaf Smith
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To: WestCoastGal

There are fault lines all over. There’s one up through the Arbuckle mountains just north into Oklahoma, near Davis and the surrounding area.


14 posted on 10/31/2008 6:16:48 AM PDT by kenth (Will Rogers never met Barack Obama.)
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To: Dallas59

PacMan Jones? Is that you?


15 posted on 10/31/2008 6:17:39 AM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: Glenn

It was probably from Mark Cuban throwing a temper tamptrum after seeing how bad the Mavericks are going to suck this year.


16 posted on 10/31/2008 6:18:42 AM PDT by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: dfwgator
seeing how bad the Mavericks are going to suck this year

I'm convinced Cuban loves misery.

17 posted on 10/31/2008 6:19:51 AM PDT by Glenn (Free Venezuela!)
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To: Dallas59

OK, I confess, it was me, after my dinner of Tex-Mex tacos and bean burritos, with extra hot sauce.


18 posted on 10/31/2008 6:20:09 AM PDT by Licensed-To-Carry (Time to dig out the pitchforks and torches...............)
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To: Dallas59

Iran testing a couple more nukes... nothing to see here... move along...


19 posted on 10/31/2008 6:20:46 AM PDT by conservative_guyz
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To: WestCoastGal
I was looking at an earthquake graft awhile back and Texas gets a lot of them. They were listed as “man made” though :’)
20 posted on 10/31/2008 6:30:32 AM PDT by CindyDawg (Pray before you vote.)
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