Posted on 11/05/2011 9:06:07 PM PDT by optiguy
That one felt bigger here in south OKC than yesterdays.
I can't imagine that anyone with half a brain would believe that fracking shale would cause an earthquake. The amount of energy required to cause a 5.2 earthquake, which is the equivalent of more than 480 metric tons of TNT, is not possible when fracking.
Besides Shale is soft compared to bedrock. I don't believe that shale rubbing together would cause seismic activity on that scale.
It’s Okie Godzilla waking up about 10,000 feet down, ready to play his part in the End Times. As an Oklahoman, my job will be to tell him, “Start walking east or west til you get to the ocean - those are the folks you’re mad at.”
” I can’t imagine that anyone with half a brain would believe that fracking shale would cause an earthquake. “
Libs - who, by definition, have half-a-brain (or less), believe it as a matter of faith....
A friend in Sedalia, MO felt it. We were sleeping at the time, and we are near a railroad line, so if it wasn’t BIG here, I wouldn’t feel it. I am in northern MO.
Prayers for folks in OK and hopes that Mother Nature is finished adjusting her girdle for a while.
You Sooners just need to stop fracking around. It’s only gonna lead to trouble.
According to Google Earth, Tahlequah is 108 miles from the epicenter.
Injection wells are not the same as fracking. Do educate yourself on the specifics, please, before going off all half-assed and whole-stupid on this subject.
It would. I live in SE Iowa and it’s estimated a quake that size would drop every building standing. It’s worse as you go east because the soil and bedrock are more conducive to transmitting shock waves, so the effect is more pronounced with a given size quake.
I’m in NW Illinois and felt nothing, but my pet bird freaked out about this time.
And all at the same depth.
I didn’t feel it here in the Plano area, but hearing this now explains why my dog zipped past the kitchen and rushed under my bed — refusing to come out 5 min. later when I tucked myself in for the night.
Shake, rattle and roll !
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7CXFXB4uknI
Another 4.0 - http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usb0006ku4.php
Magnitude 4.0
Date-Time Sunday, November 06, 2011 at 15:07:06 UTC Sunday, November 06, 2011 at 09:07:06 AM at epicenter
Location 35.546°N, 96.896°W
Depth 5 km (3.1 miles)
Region OKLAHOMA
Distances
24 km (14 miles) N of Shawnee, Oklahoma
57 km (35 miles) E of OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma
59 km (36 miles) SE of Guthrie, Oklahoma
61 km (37 miles) NE of Norman, Oklahoma
Location Uncertainty
horizontal +/- 13.2 km (8.2 miles); depth +/- 0.9 km (0.6 miles)
Parameters
NST= 76, Nph= 88, Dmin=108 km, Rmss=1.29 sec, Gp= 32°,
M-type=”Nuttli” surface wave magnitude (mbLg), Version=5
Same one I posted...
Same one I posted... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2803300/posts
And yet another one...
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
Region: OKLAHOMA
Geographic coordinates: 35.478N, 96.864W
Magnitude: 3.3 M
Depth: 5 km
Universal Time (UTC): 6 Nov 2011 18:26:56
Time near the Epicenter: 6 Nov 2011 12:26:56
Local standard time in your area: 6 Nov 2011 12:26:56
Location with respect to nearby cities:
4 km (2 miles) SE (126 degrees) of Meeker, OK
7 km (4 miles) NNW (337 degrees) of Johnson, OK
15 km (10 miles) SSW (195 degrees) of Sparks, OK
61 km (38 miles) E (90 degrees) of Oklahoma City, OK
298 km (185 miles) N (359 degrees) of Dallas, TX
ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
________________________________
event ID : US b0006kvi
This event has been reviewed by a seismologist at NEIC
For subsequent updates, maps, and technical information, see:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006kvi.php
or
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/
National Earthquake Information Center
U.S. Geological Survey
http://neic.usgs.gov/
There’s a couple of video’s of the Quake on YouTube,
Earthquake Caught on Video During Oklahoma-Paranormal Investigation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBkNQnIvTSQ&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUFP5PrYEi0&feature=youtu.be
Okalahoma totally ROCKS!!
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