A pretty big one, lasted a good 30 seconds
Quote from: swake on November 05, 2011, 10:56:29 PM
A pretty big one, lasted a good 30 seconds
Yep, knocked some stuff off a cabinet I had. That was well impressive and I bet if in the same vicinity this was closer to a 5.5
Felt it this time. No damage but fun to see the family freak out.
I was watching the TV and felt that one. The lamps in the living room were definitely moving. 5.2! Biggest I've been through.
Must be global warming. ;D
Quote from: Red Arrow on November 05, 2011, 11:10:14 PM
I was watching the TV and felt that one. The lamps in the living room were definitely moving. 5.2! Biggest I've been through.
Pretty darn rattly around here, but nothing really moved, just swaying and rattling.
Felt that one! Bunk beds almost fell over upstairs!
It thought it was a gust of wind until I started shaking pretty good.
Wow, just wow. Lasted at least 30 seconds here in midtown. FOX23 reported 5.2 (the record is 5.5)
Well, at least we are absolutely certain it's not hydraulic fracturing..... ;)
Anyone know how much stronger a 5.2 is compared to the 4.8 earlier?
Quote from: ZYX on November 05, 2011, 11:28:34 PM
Anyone know how much stronger a 5.2 is compared to the 4.8 earlier?
Not exactly but it is a logarithmic scale. ie. 6.0 is 10 x 5.0.
USGS updated it to magnitude 5.6, which is a new record.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/b0006klz/us/index.html
That's a good sized earthquake. I wonder if it caused any damage?
Quote from: ZYX on November 05, 2011, 11:54:06 PM
That's a good sized earthquake. I wonder if it caused any damage?
Some reports via Twitter that the Lincoln County Emergency Mgmt team reports 'significant' damage in Lincoln County.
From what I've read online this one was in Sparks 15 miles from Prague.
Google earth puts it 3.26 miles from this mornings. I was actually sitting here talking to my significant other about this morning's, and going over the news reports on it, when this one hit. I just got to laugh at her starting to freak out.
Oral was dead when they buried him, wasn't he? ;)
Quote from: dbacks fan on November 06, 2011, 12:11:54 AM
Oral was dead when they buried him, wasn't he? ;)
Watch Herbstreit's face at :11. Looks like he took a dump!
Quote from: patric on November 05, 2011, 11:17:27 PM
Wow, just wow. Lasted at least 30 seconds here in midtown. FOX23 reported 5.2 (the record is 5.5)
Well, at least we are absolutely certain it's not hydraulic fracturing..... ;)
Interesting paper from the USGS on this very subject from the first of the year in Elmore City south of OKC.
http://www.ogs.ou.edu/pubsscanned/openfile/OF1_2011.pdf (http://www.ogs.ou.edu/pubsscanned/openfile/OF1_2011.pdf)
Quote from: Hoss on November 06, 2011, 12:24:23 AM
Watch Herbstreit's face at :11. Looks like he took a dump!
Absolutely hilarious.
I just had somebody text me that a roof caved in on a house at 171st and Garnett. They said that nobody was injured.
I live in midtown and didn't A) feel any of the quakes and B) didn't have any sort of "damage" i.e. picture frames crooked, items moved around on shelves, etc. My neighbor texts me "did you feel that?" and I didn't know what they were talking about...
Quote from: SXSW on November 06, 2011, 12:42:37 PM
I live in midtown and didn't A) feel any of the quakes and B) didn't have any sort of "damage" i.e. picture frames crooked, items moved around on shelves, etc. My neighbor texts me "did you feel that?" and I didn't know what they were talking about...
Did you have anything to drink last night? Because I can't imagine anyone not feeling that.
Quote from: swake on November 06, 2011, 02:10:27 PM
Did you have anything to drink last night? Because I can't imagine anyone not feeling that.
Maybe if you were a sound sleeper and lived on an at-grade slab on the first floor. I live on pier and beam and was on the phone with my brother (who lives in BA on at-grade) and he told me he likely wouldn't have know it was happening had he not been out in the garage while on the phone with me. I also live close to the airport, so glass-rattling jets do come by occasionally. But this was completely different. Watched my computer monitor rocking, then heard the rumble and felt the floor 'rolling'. A little unnerving, actually.
Quote from: swake on November 06, 2011, 02:10:27 PM
Did you have anything to drink last night? Because I can't imagine anyone not feeling that.
Earlier in the day at the OU game. :)
We got home around 10 pm and watched the end of OSU-KSU. Didn't feel a thing. Our house is a 1924 one story bungalow in Swan Lake. We were at a friend's house in Nichols Hills Friday night and didn't feel it there either but we were sleeping at the time. I did feel the one in October last year though.
I told my wife I wish I had been awake during the previous quake. My wish was granted. My dog starting barking moments before it hit and I got up to see what she was barking at. She felt the quake early.
It was a shaker rather than a roller. No damage, but it sure makes you feel small.
Quote from: AquaMan on November 06, 2011, 10:06:02 PM
No damage, but it sure makes you feel small.
I never feel small.
Quote from: swake on November 06, 2011, 02:10:27 PM
Did you have anything to drink last night? Because I can't imagine anyone not feeling that.
Dang it ! I did have one to many beers on Saturday. I was awake when the little one hit at 2:13 A.M. It sounded like someone staggered into the hall wall. Nothing that big. But my boy's tell me that their beds shook for about 30 seconds Saturday night when the 11:00 oclock one hit. I was passed smooth out. To many damn good football games on Saturday. Thats my excuse and I'm sticking to it.
Just fly another good sized one.
Quote from: ZYX on November 07, 2011, 08:49:44 PM
Just fly another good sized one.
Yep, not as big as Saturday night, but I was sitting on my den floor and definitely felt it...
Another one just a few minutes ago. Is this going to be an every other day thing now? This one wasn't a hard shake, more like my son was jumping up and down upstairs.
It was a 4.7. Nowhere near like Saturday night.
Felt and heard it here near 111th & Memorial. The computer monitor shook visibly and the windows rattled a bit.
Felt it, and freaked me out. In all my 20+ years in Tulsa, I have never actually felt, far less heard an earthquake like the last few we had here.
Quote from: Red Arrow on November 07, 2011, 09:01:09 PM
Felt and heard it here near 111th & Memorial. The computer monitor shook visibly and the windows rattled a bit.
I did too at the same location. Were you in my hood tonight?
Quote from: guido911 on November 07, 2011, 09:20:14 PM
I did too at the same location. Were you in my hood tonight?
How quickly you forget. I live in the addition by the S.E. corner of 111th & Memorial. Big lots and trees, modest size houses. I get to make a right turn to go north on Memorial driving to work in the AM.
Quote from: ZYX on November 07, 2011, 09:01:00 PM
It was a 4.7. Nowhere near like Saturday night.
By almost a factor of 10 due to the logarithmic scale.
Quote from: Red Arrow on November 07, 2011, 09:38:54 PM
How quickly you forget. I live in the addition by the S.E. corner of 111th & Memorial. Big lots and trees, modest size houses. I get to make a right turn to go north on Memorial driving to work in the AM.
I thought you were at 121st. Sorry. I LOVE that location where you are at. I ride my bike through your hood all the time. I think we live less an 1/2 mile from each other.
Quote from: guido911 on November 07, 2011, 09:52:26 PM
I think we live less an 1/2 mile from each other.
Little bit more, it's 0.6 mi by streets to the intersection of 111th & Memorial.
Quote from: Red Arrow on November 07, 2011, 09:57:45 PM
Little bit more, it's 0.6 mi by streets to the intersection of 111th & Memorial.
And I live a little over 2 miles south. Yay, let's
stock stalk each other! ;)
Thanks dback.
Quote from: ZYX on November 07, 2011, 10:08:28 PM
And I live a little over 2 miles south. Yay let's stock each other! ;)
Stock? You mean we can buy, sell and trade you guys? ;)
Quote from: dbacks fan on November 07, 2011, 10:17:59 PM
Stock? You mean we can buy, sell and trade you guys? ;)
You need a special permit.
I am very expensive. ;D
Quote from: ZYX on November 07, 2011, 10:08:28 PM
And I live a little over 2 miles south. Yay let's stock each other! ;)
I don't know why but I thought you were south of the river.
Weird, I'm actually getting used to the quakes now.
Just FYI, the resident insurance expert informs me that when you can actually buy earthquake insurance (companies have their own moratoriums, so it could be 5 days to 60 days, or never depending on your carrier) confirm what your deductible is. 5 to 10% of the replacement value of your home is a common deductible. The best explanation I heard on the moratorium was this: "Until the earth settles out, companies are going to be loath to write new coverage. It's sort of like selling a fire policy on a burning house."
Assuming your replacement value is $200K on your home, you could burn through $20,000 worth of dryvit or brick and foundation repair pretty quickly. It's sort of like major medical for your house, they don't want to pay for a bunch of menial crack filling.
Read your policy close. Virtually none of the "stock" policies written for Oklahoma will cover earth movement or earthquake. She's telling me if we have an 8.0 and your house is flattened, you are S.O.L. unless earthquake is a stated peril in your policy. Contents may be covered but dwelling won't. I suspect lenders may start requiring quake coverage as they are just as SOL as you are if the worst case happens.
And no, I'm not shilling for anyone, simply bringing an issue to the forefront that you might want to take a close look at.
Yay ! I felt the one last night at 8:49 P.M. I was sitting on the bed and it felt like my dog was pushing up against the bed.
Earthquakes in Oklahoma, tornados, thunderstorms, flash floods and an election today in a year with -30 temps and an entire summer over 100. I'm telling you; Mother nature does not like it when you smear margerine on her muffin.
Quote from: DolfanBob on November 08, 2011, 08:37:51 AM
Yay ! I felt the one last night at 8:49 P.M. I was sitting on the bed and it felt like my dog was pushing up against the bed.
I was on the couch. I felt it with my butt well before I noticed the sound or anything shaking around the house.
I wonder if I can market my butt as a quake early warning. My butt may be John Travolta on Phenomenon.
Quote from: carltonplace on November 08, 2011, 08:56:52 AM
Earthquakes in Oklahoma, tornados, thunderstorms, flash floods and an election today in a year with -30 temps and an entire summer over 100. I'm telling you; Mother nature does not like it when you smear margerine on her muffin.
It's George W Bush's fault.
Edit: fix typo
Quote from: Red Arrow on November 08, 2011, 09:32:16 AM
It's George W Bush's fault.
Edit: fix typo
He margerined her muffin?
Quote from: Townsend on November 08, 2011, 09:47:59 AM
He margerined her muffin?
No, that was Chancellor Merkel from Germany he was trying to do something with....
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on November 08, 2011, 10:35:38 AM
No, that was Chancellor Merkel from Germany he was trying to do something with....
Had another 3.6 today, less than an hour ago. Only a few seem to have felt it here (I didn't). Seems like the aftershocks are wearing off. All of em are coming from one small area, kinda scary
(http://earthquake.usgs.gov/eqcenter/recenteqsus/Maps/US2/35.37.-98.-96.gif)
Wonder if Doomsday is buried there or something
Quote from: custosnox on November 08, 2011, 01:54:49 PM
Had another 3.6 today, less than an hour ago. Only a few seem to have felt it here (I didn't). Seems like the aftershocks are wearing off. All of em are coming from one small area, kinda scary
Wonder if Doomsday is buried there or something
Lex Luthor is testing his equipment to slide the coast of California into the ocean.
;D
Anyone remember this movie?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0072750/
This could be what's coming next...
Quote from: custosnox on November 08, 2011, 01:54:49 PM
Had another 3.6 today, less than an hour ago. Only a few seem to have felt it here (I didn't). Seems like the aftershocks are wearing off. All of em are coming from one small area, kinda scary
Wonder if Doomsday is buried there or something
Maybe they are
all pre-shocks...
Sorry, just wanted to distract you from the asteroid that's supposed to pass between us and the moon tonight.
Quote from: patric on November 08, 2011, 02:09:35 PM
Sorry, just wanted to distract you from the asteroid that's supposed to pass between us and the moon tonight.
I'm more concerned about that since I plan on being somewhere between the moon and New York City.
Quote from: patric on November 08, 2011, 02:09:35 PM
Maybe they are all pre-shocks...
Sorry, just wanted to distract you from the asteroid that's supposed to pass between us and the moon tonight.
I thought that was supposed to be tomorrow? The article I read said the ninth, but didn't say the time.
meh, could be pre, but since they have been decreasing in strength (so far) since the 5.6, I'll accept the idea that they are after
Quote from: patric on November 08, 2011, 02:09:35 PM
Maybe they are all pre-shocks...
Sorry, just wanted to distract you from the asteroid that's supposed to pass between us and the moon tonight.
We dodged the rock.
QuoteWASHINGTON -- You won't want to close your eyes, you won't want to fall asleep. If scientists are wrong, not even Ben Affleck can save you.
An asteroid the size of the U.S.S. Nimitz passed by Earth Tuesday. NASA's Near-Earth Object Program says the impact of the rock, dubbed 2005 YU55, would equal a 4,000-megaton blast and create 70-foot high tsunami waves, CBS News reports.
That's near 200,000 times more powerful than the atomic bombs dropped on Hiroshima or Nagasaki.
NASA predicted the murderous cosmic body will miss our planet by about 202,000 miles. That's about 0.85 times the distance to the moon, NASA says. The last time an asteroid this size came this close to Earth was in 1976, and it shouldn't happen again until 2028 -- provided we're still here.
The asteroid passed by around 6:28 p.m. Tuesday.
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=884&sid=2624431
Quote from: carltonplace on November 08, 2011, 08:56:52 AM
Earthquakes in Oklahoma, tornados, thunderstorms, flash floods and an election today in a year with -30 temps and an entire summer over 100. I'm telling you; Mother nature does not like it when you smear margerine on her muffin.
The frogs are due in at 3:00pm on Wednesday. The locusts should arrive around 6:00pm on Thursday.
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on November 08, 2011, 08:52:49 PM
The frogs are due in at 3:00pm on Wednesday. The locusts should arrive around 6:00pm on Thursday.
Which time zone? I want to be ready.
Quote from: Red Arrow on November 08, 2011, 08:57:41 PM
Which time zone? I want to be ready.
Central time.
4:00 pm and 7:00 pm Eastern time. Let the left coast figure it out for themselves.
Quote from: heironymouspasparagus on November 08, 2011, 08:59:31 PM
Let the left coast figure it out for themselves.
Think they can without some help?
Quote from: Red Arrow on November 08, 2011, 09:00:25 PM
Think they can without some help?
Who cares?
I actually do like Oregon, quite a bit, though, so maybe we can help them.
Got Oregon coverd, sent the message out on telegraph and pony express.