Earthquake

[Boomer.....]

Did you guys feel that? By far the strongest quake I have felt. Our work building was shaking for a good 3-5 seconds.

[Soonerwake]

Did you guys feel that? By far the strongest quake I have felt. Our work building was shaking for a good 3-5 seconds.

Felt it at TAFB.

[allanace16]

Yeah..... In all honesty I was scared something far worse was going down....

[Jello Biafra]

Felt it at TAFB.

yeh same here thought a plane dropped

[Tulsa_Fireman]

See my "Holy Crap" thread. I felt it, too.

Where's everyone at? Sand Springs, here, just outside of Tulsa.

[Dio]

We felt it in Mustang, and some guys we work with said they felt it in Tulsa

[Ton Loc]

Downtown OKC in the Chase building. Crazy you felt it in sand Springs

[OU Engineer]

Felt it very strongly on southside Norman

Buddy told me pictures fell off the walls in Gaylord college of journalism

[Collier11]

Yea I felt it in Norman, I thought a plane had crashed as well...man that was crazy

[Theskipster]

Looks like a magnitude 4.5 just south of lake thunderbird. North of E Imhoff and East of 84th Ave

[yankee]

i was still half asleep. half asleep + earthquake = trippy. that's what i get for hitting the snooze button. :mad:

my facebook wall just blew up too lol. OMG EARTHSHAKE!!!!1

[Collier11]

unreal, 4.5...I gotta admit folks, that was a pretty scary deal.

[yermom]

first i thought it was thunder, then i thought something was hitting my house...

[starclassic tama]

man i didn't feel a single thing in edmond...

[Collier11]

Yep, arent these often followed by more? Lake Thunderbird Tsunami watch out!

[yankee]

i know the scale goes up to 10...but i feel like a 4.5 is pretty frickin big around these parts. most of the ones i remember reading about were usually in the 3's...

[Tulsa_Fireman]

Reports from TFD Headquarters that as far as the Citiplex towers in Tulsa, shaking on the upper floors.

Reports from local news agencies say it was felt as far as Bartlesville.

[Oldnslo]

The wife unit and her colleagues felt the quake at the Tulsa County Courthouse. I'm 1/2 mile east of that and got 0.

[Soonerborn03]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/us2010ciay.php

Says the epicenter was east of Norman. Makes sense. It shook me hard for a few seconds on the east side of Norman.

[SteelClip49]

and here I thought Jones was the epicenter for it all. 6 months ago I believe at the OUHSC I felt a little one, about a 3 pointer.

This one I barely felt only because I am so used to the 7.4 quake I was in back in 1991 in Los Angeles on a family trip.

[soonersweetie]

stepdaughter said it shook whole house in Sand Springs. Felt it shake pretty good in downtown Tulsa where I work too.

[meoveryouxinfinity]

Felt it very strongly on southside Norman

Buddy told me pictures fell off the walls in Gaylord college of journalism

same here, off hwy 9 and 12 st it was pretty strong.. not far from the epicenter. and pictures fell off the walls here.

[Sooner98]

I am no longer an earthquake virgin.

[Fraggle145]

first i thought it was thunder, then i thought something was hitting my house...

Me too.

[Fraggle145]

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[Okla-homey]

Felt it at 6th and Main in Tulsey,

[Mjcpr]

I felt it in downtown Tulsa as well.

[Lott's Bandana]

i know the scale goes up to 10...but i feel like a 4.5 is pretty frickin big around these parts. most of the ones i remember reading about were usually in the 3's...


The scale isn't linear...its ____________<someone insert type, I don't know the name.

Means a 4 is twice as strong as a 3 is twice as strong as a 2.

Therefore, just imagine what that 8+ felt like in Chile recently.

[Bourbon St Sooner]

Earthquake in Okie? I guess the Mayans were right.

[soonerbub]

Shook around 10 seconds near OKC airport

[sooner518]

felt it in north Fort Worth, TX..... just a small rumble and 3-4 seconds of shaking.

[Boomer.....]

Word is that people felt it from south Kansas to Dallas. :eek:

[Williesan]

15th & Boulder in the old Texaco building. Felt the whole floor shake. Wife felt it out in Sand Springs too.

I've heard several good lines about it already:

"If that was 'BOOMER!', I'd hate to feel 'SOONER!'"

"There's a confirmed report of an earthquake in Norman. Unconfirmed reports say that Mark Mangino was expected to land there sometime today." :eek: (Thanks Marc for that one. ;) )

From the Tulsa Drillers Facebook:
"That wasn't an earthquake, Chuck Norris just roundhouse kicked Texas."

OK - time to get back to work...

Williesan

[OhU1]

Looks like a magnitude 4.5 just south of lake thunderbird. North of E Imhoff and East of 84th Ave

About the same area as the spring tornados. As Collier said, watch out for the Lake Thunderbird Tsunami. What's next for east Norman? Maybe meteor strikes? A volcano? :P

[Sooner98]

The scale isn't linear...its ____________<someone insert type, I don't know the name.

Means a 4 is twice as strong as a 3 is twice as strong as a 2.

Therefore, just imagine what that 8+ felt like in Chile recently.

Exponential?

[yermom]

logarithmic

4 is 10 times stronger than 3

4.5 is ~3x stronger than 4

[Theskipster]

Exponential?

That's right for what he described but the Richter scale is logarithmic and actually each increase of one is 10 times higher than the next. So a 5 is 10 times higher amplitude than a 4, a 100 times higher amplitude than a 3, and a 1000 times more than a two.

E: Oops used power instead of amplitude. The energy released is a 31x greater for each number jump.

[Boomer.....]

I heard that Dale Hall was evacuated due to possible roof collapse.

[olevetonahill]

Heh, I was raised in Cal. remember sittin in class when one would hit, we would all raise our feet and Let the desk vibrate around like Bumper cars :D


OH and I dint Feel **** here in Wister :P

[HBick]

Campus Update:

Price Hall evacuated immediately after earthquake
Gaylord Hall had pictures fall down in offices and cracked a few, no evacuation

Students in Dale Hall's 2nd floor are being held due to fear the Skylight over the main staircase could shatter, possible crack.

I was in Gaylord in class and the building shook pretty violently for about 15 seconds, my first initial fear was that a bomb went off since that was the only thing I could compare it too.

Professors were running up and down the halls making sure everyone was okay haha, but so far, no major damage on Campus. People in the South Oval were panicking, that was kind of funny.

But anyone heard anything about the Vista in downtown Norman? Building was closed two years ago for fear an earthquake over magnitude 3.0 could cause it too collapse

Bob Moore Chopper 4 HD is flying over Campus

[badger]

I think they are re-listing it as 4.3 magnitude

[jumperstop]

Gah, wish I didn't sleep through the only earthquake I will probably have the chance to feel

[SouthFortySooner]

I am no longer an earthquake virgin.

been my line since it happened too.

[SoonerJack]

man, we never had earthquakes in Oklahoma when I lived there. :-(

Hope y'all are ok.

[Crucifax Autumn]

I didn't feel ****.

[oudavid1]

I was asleep up here in NW OKC, didnt feel anything.

[yankee]

apparently it's been upgraded to a 5.1 :cool:

http://www.newsok.com/magnitude-5.1-earthquake-shakes-oklahoma/article/3504094?custom_click=lead_story_title

[yermom]

that's awesome. heh.

i was thinking it was going to have to be up there since i've never felt one before, and people in Tulsa were feeling it too

[Collier11]

I am no longer an earthquake virgin.

But still a normal virgin :D

[badger]

My bro said that U.S. Geological Survey still lists it at 4.3, but the Oklahoma Geological Survey upped it to 5.1.

[Collier11]

wow

[Dio]

My bro said that U.S. Geological Survey still lists it at 4.3, but the Oklahoma Geological Survey upped it to 5.1.

West Coast bias!!!

[soonerbrat]

Downtown OKC in the Chase building. Crazy you felt it in sand Springs

hey neighbor...i'm downtown OKC across the street from you.

shook the building pretty good...

[Lott's Bandana]

My bro said that U.S. Geological Survey still lists it at 4.3, but the Oklahoma Geological Survey upped it to 5.1.


...and Bama just claimed a 14.

[Ike]

USGS lists the depth of the earthquake at 7.9 Km with an uncertainty of ± 9 Km.


There is a small, but non-zero probability that this earthquake occurred above ground! :eek: ;)

[GottaHavePride]

Heh. Stupid statistics.

[Tulsa_Fireman]

USGS lists the depth of the earthquake at 7.9 Km with an uncertainty of ± 9 Km.


There is a small, but non-zero probability that this earthquake occurred above ground! :eek: ;)

One point one kilometers above ground! They're going to kill us all!

[nmajdan]

I think we Oklahomans were excited about the 'quake. Take a look at the "responses" column here compared to the other earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/archives.php. Those are user submissions by people that felt the quake recording where they were, how long it lasted, etc.

[Lott's Bandana]

I think we Oklahomans were excited about the 'quake. Take a look at the "responses" column here compared to the other earthquakes: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/archives.php. Those are user submissions by people that felt the quake recording where they were, how long it lasted, etc.


We're so used to WX events and being informed about every little thing, surprises are fun!

[Tulsa_Fireman]

The Tulsa World had a live chat thing set up right after it happened. I tried to post my experience but they didn't let it through when I tried to tell everyone that the earthquake tipped over my trash cans and knocked up my dog.