OK - 5.6 earthquake shakes Oklahoma Saturday: strongest in history of state

[GeeEm]

September 3, 2016


Record-tying Oklahoma earthquake felt as far away as Arizona


A record-tying earthquake in the edge of Oklahoma's key energy-producing areas rattled the Midwest from Nebraska to North Texas on Saturday, and likely will bring fresh attention to the practice of disposing oil and gas field wastewater deep underground.


The United States Geological Survey said a 5.6 magnitude earthquake happened at 7:02 a.m. Saturday in north-central Oklahoma, on the fringe of an area where regulators had stepped in to limit wastewater disposal. That temblor matches a November 2011 quake in the same region.


An increase in magnitude 3.0 or greater earthquakes in Oklahoma has been linked to underground disposal of wastewater from oil and natural gas production.

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People in Kansas City and St. Louis, Missouri; Chicago; Gilbert, Arizona; Fayetteville and Little Rock, Arkansas; Des Moines, Iowa; Memphis, Tennessee; and Big Lake in southwest Texas, all reported feeling the earthquake. Dallas TV station WFAA tweeted that the quake shook their studios, too.


Pawnee County Emergency Management Director Mark Randell said no buildings collapsed in the town of 2,200 about nine miles southeast of the epicenter. "We've got buildings cracked," Randell said. "Most of it's brick and mortar, old buildings from the early 1900s."



http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/09/03/earthquake-shakes-swath-midwest-from-missouri-to-oklahoma0.html

 

[davehead21]

We live there and felt it. We were still in bed and it felt like one of the cats had jumped hard on the bed. I sat up to see what happened then another jolt and right away I got dizzy; had to lie back down a minute until it passed. I was relieved to go on line and find out what happened. I think it was felt as far north as Sioux City.

I live in KC and we definitely felt it here. SO many people I know said that they thought it was their dog/cat shaking their bed/chair. :giggle:

Crazy. Kind of sad I slept through it...ha! I've never felt an earthquake before.

I know it's crazy but I have ALWAYS wanted to experience an earthquake, I think I even posted that when this thread was first started, so I am really glad I was up and around this morning to feel it. The clothes in my closet were literally swaying back and forth - so crazy. My dog was not impressed at all though...lol.

 

[Inthedetails]

I got on online too, (twitter) and I was shocked and how many states were feeling it! My son in Dallas had texted me right away, so I knew Texas, but I saw pretty much all the states from there through the midwest had felt it. At that point I started to get mad and just waited to see how long it would take for our Governor Fallon to do something or make a statement. sigh.

"The Oklahoma Corporation Commission is telling operators to shut down 35 disposal wells that may have played a role in a 5.6-magnitude earthquake that shook at least six states Saturday, Gov. Mary Fallin said.

The disposal wells, which are linked to fracking and other industries that need to dispose of toxic waste water by injecting it deep into the earth, have recently drawn concern that they may actually induce earthquakes.

'This is a mandatory directive,' Fallin said."

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http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/03/us/oklahoma-earthquake/

 

[i.b.nora]

Its becoming more and more obvious that this was not a 'normal' earthquake.

We need to quit messing with our planet.

 

[wfgodot]

Just look for the politicians with red-back dollar notes clotting in their teeth.