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klynam
15th of January 2010 (Fri), 10:15
Oklahoma City had a 4.0 earthquake just after 9:20am this morning.

Just fyi...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2010rmbm.php
20droger
15th of January 2010 (Fri), 10:26
A little shaking is OK.


(Sorry, I know I should have, but I just couldn't resist.)
xarqi
15th of January 2010 (Fri), 15:35
I didn't know the Richter scale went that low.
Well, I guess I did, but I've never before seen anything that low reported as an "earthquake".

Breaking news!
Some cups heard rattling in OKC!
Startled kitten rescued from tree!
;)
birdfromboat
15th of January 2010 (Fri), 15:43
4.0 is described as " fealt by most people, slight damage, some dishes and windows broken, some cracked plaster, trees disturbed. 60,000,000 BTu released."
Doesn't really sound like a walk in the park, you can bet someone is an unhappy camper in OKC today.
xarqi
15th of January 2010 (Fri), 16:35
4.0 is described as " fealt by most people, slight damage, some dishes and windows broken, some cracked plaster, trees disturbed. 60,000,000 BTu released."
Doesn't really sound like a walk in the park, you can bet someone is an unhappy camper in OKC today.

NEWS FLASH!
Trees disturbed in OKC quake!

"4.0 - 4.9: Noticeable shaking of indoor items, rattling noises. Significant damage unlikely."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale

"3.5 - 4.2: Just about noticeable indoors"
http://www.matter.org.uk/schools/content/seismology/richterscale.html

"2.5 - 5.4: Often felt, but only causes minor damage."
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/UPSeis/magnitude.html

"3.5 - 5.4: Often felt, but rarely causes damage."
http://www.seismo.unr.edu/ftp/pub/louie/class/100/magnitude.html
LoganJ
15th of January 2010 (Fri), 17:03
I didn't know the Richter scale went that low.
Well, I guess I did, but I've never before seen anything that low reported as an "earthquake".

Breaking news!
Some cups heard rattling in OKC!
Startled kitten rescued from tree!
;)

Still an Earthquake bud.
xarqi
15th of January 2010 (Fri), 17:09
Still an Earthquake bud.

I'm not disputing the fact, just the significance.
mbellot
15th of January 2010 (Fri), 19:24
I'm not disputing the fact, just the significance.

The significance is they usually come in groups.
Karl Johnston
15th of January 2010 (Fri), 19:38
Nostradamus is appearing to be right. That's significantly creepy.
mbellot
15th of January 2010 (Fri), 22:53
Nostradamus is appearing to be right. That's significantly creepy.

I actually saw a "documentary" on History not too long ago about a couple of guys who predicted and then found the location of an extremely remote Mayan shrine on an island in the middle of nowhere.

Pretty freaky what the Mayans had figured out so long ago.


Honestly, the timing would be perfect. My oldest daughter doesn't turn 13 until two months after the end of the world. :D
Lazuka
16th of January 2010 (Sat), 00:35
Nostradamus is appearing to be right. That's significantly creepy.

You're right, we've never had earthquakes before, he was onto something :P
SiaoP
16th of January 2010 (Sat), 03:33
As long as my glass isn't on a tripod during that it's all gooood.
20droger
16th of January 2010 (Sat), 09:08
You're right, we've never had earthquakes before, he was onto something :P
As the song says, it ain't necessarily so!

The lower Great Plains and Mississippi valley have been hit by earthquakes, some quite severe. I suggest you google the New Madrid Earthquake.
20droger
16th of January 2010 (Sat), 09:09
As long as my glass isn't on a tripod during that it's all gooood.
You just need better IS.
Wsman2
16th of January 2010 (Sat), 17:21
California has been a little busy the past couple weeks.

Keep track of earthquake activity here: USGS Earthquake Hazards Program (http://earthquake.usgs.gov/).
xMClass
16th of January 2010 (Sat), 17:25
Nothing new to me.


Damn California.. :lol:
joeseph
16th of January 2010 (Sat), 18:18
I didn't know the Richter scale went that low.
Well, I guess I did, but I've never before seen anything that low reported as an "earthquake".
there may have been a couple out your way this morning... (or yesterday morning, or the morning before that...)

see: http://www.geonet.org.nz/
Tdragone
26th of January 2010 (Tue), 01:25
Nothing new to me.
True that!
I'd much rather live my life and deal with an EQ if it happens than spend hours on tornado alert or evacuating from a hurricane's expected path or stuck at home after a blizzard.

I have a bike and rollerblades in my truck, emergency supplies in several places.. and I don't have to keep one ear on the weather channel to know what's coming.

I just hate it when they hit at night... because you know there will be aftershocks to wake you up too!