The earth moved . . .

[PrairieSpyder]

The Earth moved for me this morning . . . .

Unfortunately I was alone. We had an earthquake about 15 minutes ago! Shook the bed and I heard what sounded like something hitting the outside of the house. I haven't heard the local news yet, but I'm sure they'll be talking about it.

(OK . . . sure . . . . it's nothing to y'all in California, but in Kansas it's news.)

[BLUEKNIGHT911]

Patti, Have you checked the Spyder .... ....... Mike

[vided]

looks like it knocked the color right out of the grass.

hope there's no damage

[Bob Denman]

And here I was: ready to offer my congratulations!

I didn't hear anything of this on the news yet today: I'll start paying attention!

[billybovine]

So a magnitude 3.2. Centered near Medford Oklahoma.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...6juk#executive

[cuznjohn]

it was just on the news. it was in PAWNEE OK and it was a 5.6 magnitude

[Bob Denman]

5.6 That's a pretty decent-size rumble...

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2...homa/89824558/

[PrairieSpyder]

looks like it knocked the color right out of the grass.

hope there's no damage

Nah. That got some help from NY!

[billybovine]

So it looks like the 3.2 mag one was an aftershock. That's big enough too.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...6jxs#executive

[PrairieSpyder]

So a magnitude 3.2. Centered near Medford Oklahoma.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...6juk#executive

Apparently that was a different one. Here's the one we felt here:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...6jxs#executive

[JKMSPYDER]

​I saw a news report a few months ago that earthquakes in OK may be caused by fracking. Before that technology, OK rarely had earthquakes.

[PrairieSpyder]

​I saw a news report a few months ago that earthquakes in OK may be caused by fracking. Before that technology, OK rarely had earthquakes.

I don't buy that theory, myself. There's a fault that runs from Oklahoma City to Omaha and there are occasional earthquakes in this region. My dad says they had small quakes when he was a kid.

According to USGS the quake this morning was 6.6 km deep. Fracking is usually just a couple thousand feet down.

[Chupaca]

If your new to them they are scary especially in a wood frame home. Had one here a few months ago but then this is california though down here they are less. Coming from Peru where they are more common kinda used to them but in a wood frame I still get nervous.....

[cuznjohn]

they just said it was felt in Nebraska

[Bob Denman]

6.6 km deep?
(just about 4.1 miles for the non-metric among us... )

That doesn't sound as if it's too particularly deep... Is it?

[cuznjohn]

i almost married a girl once over a earthquake. i thought i was in love

[ARtraveler]

The Earth moved for me this morning . . . .

Unfortunately I was alone. We had an earthquake about 15 minutes ago! Shook the bed and I heard what sounded like something hitting the outside of the house. I haven't heard the local news yet, but I'm sure they'll be talking about it.

(OK . . . sure . . . . it's nothing to y'all in California, but in Kansas it's news.)

Saw that on the net this AM. 5.6 in the Oklahoma area. That is a very noticeable quake. They are saying no lives lost, but a lot of residual damage done.

There is also a large fault (the New Madrid) that runs N/S through Missouri. Also said that if that one happens--it will be a real biggy.

Glad to hear that you all right even though shaken up a bit.

[Bob Denman]

I was trying to think of the name of the Town near that one: Thanks!

[ThreeFeet]

Had my teeth rattled a tad this am around 0708. The monitor on my old pc was wiggling good.

[BoilerAnimal]

A little background info.

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/contactus...e_05022014.php

[dlby]

Yep
That fracking caused a quake that could be felt in 6 states

And cow farts are a major contributor to climate change

But im still trying to figure out what caused the glaciers to pull out of Indiana & leave us these great State Parks?

Spyder farts probably

I love R&R put another dime in the jukebox baby!

[tjmcs64]

I live in Enid Ok. about 60 miles away from Pawnee and it shook me awake the bed shook for what seemed a minute but was probably 20 or 30 seconds. Here's an article that explains what they think is causing these quakes .
http://news.stanford.edu/2015/06/18/...illing-061815/

[Joe T.]

It was a pretty good shaker. We lived in SoCal for almost 25 years. We were ~16 miles from the Northridge quake - 6.9. That was a REAL quake.

But, the 5.7 (now revised from 5.6) last week in Pawnee was respectable. It sure got our attention here in Wichita!

Joe T.