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20 December 2006Shake it up, babyI didn't notice it, but Monty did, and she lives over there: there was an earthquake in eastern Oklahoma County about an hour ago. It was a large boom followed by a small ground tremor, and an estimated 2.5 on the Richter scale, said the Oklahoma Geological Survey. What was the boom? They haven't said yet.
Nothing that will make a Californian shudder, but the state is riddled with fault lines, and seismic disturbances are even harder to predict than the weather.
Personally, I can think of better ways to have my world rocked. Posted at 9:46 PM to City SceneOh yeah. I felt it. It was like a quick peek into the earthquake box before just-as-quickly closing the lid, followed by the obligatory "whoa". Posted by: Shawn at 11:57 PM on 20 December 2006I remember a few years back that they reported booms that were attributed to earthquakes down in the southern part of the state. People down in the Lawton area thought that it was from Ft Sill but some atate agency came out and said that they were due to minor tremblors. That is all I remeber about it, can't even remeber how many years ago that was. Posted by: anomdragon at 1:10 AM on 21 December 2006We had an earthquake sometime ago in Chiang Mai, Thailand, that was the same way. There were three huge BANGS then the ground shook. We thought at first a plane had crashed near the airport. It registered 4.0. Posted by: Rick at 2:15 AM on 21 December 2006I didn't feel or hear anything. They said Midwest City, but what part? Posted by: OkieLawyer at 7:05 AM on 21 December 2006They're still trying to get a grip on where it was; the epicenter is not defined, largely because there isn't a defined fault line through this area. (Anyone who wants to turn in a report of the quake can do so here.) Mike McCarville is saying that the worst of it was around I-240 and Sooner Road. On the bright side, you'll never fall into the ocean. Posted by: Mister Snitch! at 11:45 PM on 22 December 2006 |