Wow! Earthquake!

[StoopTroup]

Just had the biggest Earthquake I've ever had in Oklahoma....

[Zin]

Holy crap, that was big.

[OUHOMER]

my whole house just shook
just now

[jumperstop]

Yeah no ****

[Memtig14]

Still going!

[StoopTroup]

Channel 8 that was carrying the oSu Game was just talking about the one last night when this one hit.....

[soonerinstlw]

The irony is that they are talking about last night's on Channel 5 and have not even acknowledged this one.

[Petro-Sooner]

Felt it big in Norman.

[StoopTroup]

I thought my Wife had just rocked my World again. :D

[Blue]

Nice knowin ya Oklahoma! New Madrid! Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!

Seriously, stay safe guys.

[AlboSooner]

that was scary scary. what's going on around here?

[70sooner]

no ****. I'm in Tulsa and out house just shook and this one lasted about 30 seconds.


damn...

[delhalew]

That startled the **** out of me. The kids slept through it.

[The Ghost of Mex]

This coupled with Broyles...end times.

[OUHOMER]

Mine was in south Mustang

[Tiptonsooner]

Felt it in Tipton....

[jumperstop]

Kirk was on air when it happened

[StoopTroup]

Tulsa's Earthquake was > OKC's :D ;)

[SoonerLaw09]

That was a good one...dude.

I grew up in Cali and this sort of thing was old hat. Never 'spected it to follow me, but...first that one last year and now this.

Bizarro world.

[Soonerus]

Norman's was big...

[Boomer.....]

Wow! Whole house was shaking for a good 20-30 seconds.

[soonerinabilene]

Slightly felt it all the way down here in abilene

[SoonerLaw09]

Small Richter scale footprint...prolly 4.5 or so, no damage. But that sucker lasted a good minute.

[StoopTroup]

The Wife and i were cuddling when the one hit last night.....

Tonight we weren't but I was thinking that kind of "Hell just froze over" for oSu?

[hawaii 5-0]

Wrong thread?

5-0

[Memtig14]

That was a good one...dude.

I grew up in Cali and this sort of thing was old hat. Never 'spected it to follow me, but...first that one last year and now this.

Bizarro world.Then how big do you think this was?

[jumperstop]

Kirk was on air when it happened

He was like I'm not kidding you Reece, I think I was just in an earthquake. They thought he was crazy..

[Therealsouthsider]

...no worries guys, just the ripple effect out of stoolwater from blobert jumping up and down on the sidelines when ksu's last pass fell incomplete

ss

[SoonerLaw09]

yeah, it's the end times. All you fooz better get right with the Almighty. I mean it.

[StoopTroup]

Small Richter scale footprint...prolly 4.5 or so, no damage. But that sucker lasted a good minute.


Last nights was 4.7 and this one tonight....it was bigger IMHO and it lasted longer too.

I'm gonna guess it's in the 5's.

[SoonerLaw09]

Then how big do you think this was?

See above.

[Wishboned]

Those were just aftershocks from that hard hitting LSU/Alabama game.

[Blue]

5.2!

[StoopTroup]

Just a great event after a Day of Football.

This is what happens when TAMU leaves the Big XII for the SEC.

[SoonerLaw09]

Last nights was 6.7 and this one tonight....it was bigger IMHO and it lasted longer too.

I'm gonna guess it's in the 5's.

Could be. See I missed last nights. I was crashed out, so was the fambly. If that's the case, tonight was prolly an aftershock from last night.

[Prodigal]

about 5.2 according to ch8

[Blue]

With a 4.7 and 5.2 I'd be worried they were foreshocks.

[Partial Qualifier]

In west norman, I thought my house was falling down at 10:50pm, that was by far the strongest earthquake ive ever felt.

my whole house was shaking and rolling so I ran outside... the ground was vibrating

[Memtig14]

5.2

[SicEmBaylor]

that was scary scary. what's going on around here?
The apocalypse is upon us.

[StoopTroup]

STEP caused a 5.2.

That's some Pimpin' kind of shake down baby!

[SoonerLaw09]

The apocalypse is upon us.

Werd.

[Memtig14]

With a 4.7 and 5.2 I'd be worried they were foreshocks.
It's GROWING.......it's GROWING!!!


No, seriously....is that the way it happens?

[SoonerLaw09]

I farted. Sorry.

[SoonerKnight]

2012 early????

[OU Adonis]

With a 4.7 and 5.2 I'd be worried they were foreshocks.

Is that like shocks with protective skins on it?

[StoopTroup]

Is California still attached to Baja?

[WhiteRiverSooner]

We felt it here in NW Arkansas this time.

[70sooner]

5.2 according to channel 8, here in Tulsa

[Blue]

It's GROWING.......it's GROWING!!!


No, seriously....is that the way it happens?

google foreshocks.

Surprised Rustoleum didn't cave in over herbie. Musta been Bamas Ego falling back to earth.

[StoopTroup]

Could be. See I missed last nights. I was crashed out, so was the fambly. If that's the case, tonight was prolly an aftershock from last night.



Channel 8 KTUL in Tulsa reporting 5.2 and it lasted around a minute. Last nights was 4.7 and around 10-15 seconds. They are saying it was felt in Kansas City tonight

[SoonerLaw09]

This is really nothing dudes...when it gets over about 7.5, that's when the real action starts. We don't have big enough fault lines here to worry about that stuff.

Just chalk it up as another adventure.

[StoopTroup]

We felt it here in NW Arkansas this time.


Still blow up? :D ;)

[soonerinstlw]

Channel 8 KTUL in Tulsa reporting 5.2 and it lasted around a minute. Last nights was 4.7 and around 10-15 seconds. They are saying it was felt in Kansas City tonight

My sister lives in KC and said she felt it.

[SoonerMom2]

I will second that Norman's was big. We spent almost five years in So Cal and never felt an earthquake. Felt one in MA and two in Ohio.

[StoopTroup]

This is really nothing dudes...when it gets over about 7.5, that's when the real action starts. We don't have big enough fault lines here to worry about that stuff.

Just chalk it up as another adventure.



It was my understanding that we have the largest fault line in North America. ????

[delhalew]

LOL. I had the tv paused. Came back to it and laughed at Herbie. Didn't hear a word Reese said...

[OU Adonis]

It was my understanding that we have the largest fault line in North America. ????

The New Madrid is yes I believe so.

[StoopTroup]

It shook my kids up a bit. I don't think they like Earthquakes at all......

I think what bothered my was how long it lasted. Pretty Weird.

[BetterSoonerThanLater]

someone earlier said that mangino had rolled into town. well, maybe he just left

[delhalew]

It was my understanding that we have the largest fault line in North America. ????

It's a big mofo. Did you ever go to Meers and get a burger and a seismographic readout...lmao. I don't think they do that anymore.

[Peach Fuzz]

Felt pretty decent west of Clinton too.. desk and bottles were dancing like it was a scrip club

[soonergirlNeugene]

Sure hope they weren't foreshocks. Anything following a 4.5 and a 5.2 would not be pretty.

[SoonerMom2]

New Madrid fault is south of St. Louis along the Mississippi River.

[Mazeppa]

no ****. I'm in Tulsa and out house just shook and this one lasted about 30 seconds.


damn...

Better stay out of that out house during an earthquake! hah

[AlboSooner]

and they happen at night time for some reason

[Partial Qualifier]

that was fahreeky

[Tiptonsooner]

It was my understanding that we have the largest fault line in North America. ????

you are correct

[SoonerCLF]

That was a pretty impressive roller for Oklahoma. Had a nice bass wave to go with it.

[StoopTroup]

The New Madrid is yes I believe so.


http://www.scchealth.org/docs/ems/images/newmadridmap.jpg

[SoonerMom2]

If you are going to stay in your house with an earthquake get under a doorway with a load bearing wall.

[Blue]

True but a big new Madrid quake would be devestating.

Its wierd the Okla quakes are always in the same spot. Sparks/Shawnee area.

[AlboSooner]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7573/34018210150434697781760.jpg

Kirk's earthquake face.

taken from shaggy

[Petro-Sooner]

Slickensides!!!

[Soonerjeepman]

holy crap..I think I felt it in KC..about 15 to 20 min ago...seriously...sitting on bed and the bed shook...(LOL..no, no women here..ugh)

I thought it was the wind...

[BoulderSooner79]

The biggest I've ever been in our here in CA is 5.8 and it was a real shaker.

[Soonerjeepman]

Earthquake rattles KC area
Posted: Nov 05, 2011 11:16 PM CDT Updated: Nov 05, 2011 11:25 PM CDT
By DeAnn Smith, Digital Content Manager - email
INDEPENDENCE, MO (KCTV) -

A moderate earthquake in Oklahoma rattled nerves in the Kansas City area Saturday night.

The 5.2 earthquake struck just east of Oklahoma City in the same area as a quake earlier Saturday.

But this time the quake was also felt in the Kansas City area including Brookside and Independence. Local law enforcement agencies reported a flood of telephone calls.

KCTV5 Meteorologist Tom Wachs said it was a moderate earthquake but unusual for the Midwest. The earthquake was about three miles underneath the earth's surface.

Refresh this page for updates on this developing story.

[70sooner]

now they are saying it was a 5.6

[Blue]

Fun fact:This would've been the second largest ever officially recorded in Oklahoma, behind only a 5.5 near Oklahoma City back in 1952

The fault is the Wilzetta fault?

Edit: Nevermind. Broke the record.

[SoonerKnight]

3 miles down is that good or bad? WTF does that mean anywhoo?

[SoonerMom2]

That is one record I could have gone without breaking!

[StoopTroup]

Our Golden Retriever kind of seems a bit freaked out too. He came in and wanted to hang out and not leave my side.

[Blue]

The shallower the quake the worse the damage. 3 miles is relatively shallow. I'm no earthquake expert, but I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night.

[Soonerfan88]

Wow, I had just pulled up to the gas pump when my car started shaking. I thought it was just a bad cross wind until I read this.

[StoopTroup]

I bet this fella is in therapy by now.....


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jngG9Q_L95c

[bringit]

and what is the premium for an earthquake policy in OK?

[Wishboned]

Lenny Bruce is not afraid.

[StoopTroup]

lol




http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-UdGEmZxxM

[Lott's Bandana]

Upgraded to a 5.6 now.

[prrriiide]

Herbstreit was on-air when it hit. He looked like a defensive tackle just grabbed his arse. Pie-eyed. Funny as chit!!!

[SoonerCLF]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szrNAepH-4g

Herbstreit's reaction... His eyes get huge about 12 seconds in..

[OU_Sooners75]

This is really nothing dudes...when it gets over about 7.5, that's when the real action starts. We don't have big enough fault lines here to worry about that stuff.

Just chalk it up as another adventure.

They say the fault lines here in Oklahoma can produce upwards to 6.0+

How the land and buildings are around here, I think a 6.0 would be a wild ride!

[SoonerMom2]

According to Channel 9's message board, it was felt in Chicago.

[sooner59]

MOAR!!! MOAR!!!!

[soonergirlNeugene]

Wow. That is seriously messed up. Hopefully, Herbstreit's pants got the worst of it.

[70sooner]

and what is the premium for an earthquake policy in OK?


more than it was an hour ago......

[Whet]

According to Channel 9's message board, it was felt in Chicago.

I didn't feel anything

[70sooner]

Better stay out of that out house during an earthquake! hah

If you are going to stay in your house with an earthquake get under a doorway with a load bearing wall.


after I realized what was going on, I got the wife and the kid under a doorway and I got under another one.

next time, we go outside.....

[soonergirlNeugene]

This just in....series of quakes begin as Oklahoma finally decides to dump Texass into the ocean.

[Dan Thompson]

Time to make up some emergency kits, you know, water, canned food, band aids, can opener, etc.

Put it in a place where a earthquake can bother it.

[En_Fuego]

I live just south of Sparks, Okla and I can tell you it was............

7CXFXB4uknI

[HSC-Sooner]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXjK0jMeWY

The funniest earthquake video I've seen so far came from a cow poke fan. LOL!

[LASooner]

If you are going to stay in your house with an earthquake get under a doorway with a load bearing wall.

They tell people that so that emergency people can easily find the bodies by looking for the door jams.


Further proof OU belongs in the PAC-12

[TulsaSooners]

They tell people that so that emergency people can easily find the bodies by looking for the door jams.


Further proof OU belongs in the PAC-12

Lol...well played sir!

[LASooner]

http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/7573/34018210150434697781760.jpg

Kirk's earthquake face.

taken from shaggy


This so needs to be a new smiley to go next to Gary England's

[SicEmBaylor]

I think some of you people are overreacting just a weeee too much.

[70sooner]

I think some of you people are overreacting just a weeee too much.

maybe it no big deal in Ft Gibson, but it was here in Tulsa......

[AlboSooner]

I think some of you people are overreacting just a weeee too much.

There go, you always feel that need to be against the majority. If the majority would have under-rreacted, you would have lectured on the importance of taking earthquakes seriously.

[Lott's Bandana]

Herbie was causing all kinds of paranormal activity last night:



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ewY89j3MFjI

[Flagstaffsooner]

Time to make up some emergency kits, you know, water, canned food, band aids, can opener, etc.

Put it in a place where a earthquake can bother it. Dont forget...

2502

[cleller]

Sparks is an unknown ghost town, for good reason. I grew up west of Sparks, left for 25 years, now live east of Sparks. Not even a gas station close. Now the place has to be famous for this.
I bet I've felt, heard 6-10 little rumbles in the last 4 hours. Luckily the best carpenter you could ever find built my house two years ago. I helped and tried to learn. So far, everything is fine, but this can't go on without some kind of damage. I'm still in disbelief.

[70sooner]

the Santa Fe used to go thru Sparks and I know a guy who has the Sparks yard limit sign, but I've never driven thru there, myself.....

[SoonerMom2]

They tell people that so that emergency people can easily find the bodies by looking for the door jams.


Further proof OU belongs in the PAC-12 They told us that all the time when we lived in SoCal in Yucaipa. I wanted to go to the PAC-12 -- would have enjoyed visiting SoCal for USC and UCLA.

[tulsaoilerfan]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVXjK0jMeWY

The funniest earthquake video I've seen so far came from a cow poke fan. LOL!

LMAO that dude is Randy Prahl and he lives here in Henryetta

[tulsaoilerfan]

Sparks has some huge bike rallies in the summer from what i hear

[101sooner]

This is really cool:


http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/fxc/oun/graphicast/image3.gif

[jumperstop]

This is really cool:


http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/fxc/oun/graphicast/image3.gif

That's pretty crazy.

[StoopTroup]

I wonder if that Poke fan recorded the Earthquake on his Reel to Reel.....LMAO....

Deer Lawd.....It's an Earthquake ! ! ! ! LMFAO!

[StoopTroup]

This is really cool:


http://www.srh.noaa.gov/images/fxc/oun/graphicast/image3.gif


Would be cool to see the radar on Tulsa Area too as I swear...that one really freaked my kids out. We were all talking and standing around together when it hit and their eyes got as big as Herbies....even freakier was that the news was talking about it when it hit too and we were all watching it.

A memorable event that our kids will talk about the rest of their lives. What's kind of cool is my Daughter is really into science and now she has firsthand experience of what an earthquake is like. I'm glad she didn't have to learn what an earthquake was like from a 7.0.....lol

[Lott's Bandana]

I was in a 5.8 in Tokyo many years ago. This was very similar and the instant is began, the memory of previous quakes kick in and there is no doubt as to what is happening.


Last night I was standing on a backyard patio facing east...all of a sudden it felt like I was skateboarding, left....right....left....right. Didn't make much noise though. Not as much as last year's 5.4 that was 4 miles from my house. (makes sense, I suppose.)

[jumperstop]

Would be cool to see the radar on Tulsa Area too as I swear...that one really freaked my kids out. We were all talking and standing around together when it hit and their eyes got as big as Herbies....even freakier was that the news was talking about it when it hit too and we were all watching it.

A memorable event that our kids will talk about the rest of their lives. What's kind of cool is my Daughter is really into science and now she has firsthand experience of what an earthquake is like. I'm glad she didn't have to learn what an earthquake was like from a 7.0.....lol

Unfortunatly she'll probably get more chances than she wants. I have a feeling that this might be a semi regular thing now. Things like this happen in cycles and seem to be happen more frequently instead of less frequently... I don't know if this is why but I heard someone talking about all the drilling here and how that could have an effect.

[Sooner98]

http://a8.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/s320x320/319932_10150359431375805_569455804_8292185_3552379 28_n.jpg

[yankee]

Anyone know the name of the fault that runs through that area? I know about the Meers one in the SW part of the state. Not sure if this is related to that.

[HSC-Sooner]

Anyone know the name of the fault that runs through that area? I know about the Meers one in the SW part of the state. Not sure if this is related to that.

It's the Wilzetta Fault, also known as the Seminole Uplift.

[LiveLaughLove]

I don't know if this is why but I heard someone talking about all the drilling here and how that could have an effect.

Oh for crikeys sakes! Let me put your worries to rest. Its not because of drilling, global anything, Venables, the one armed man, or space aliens! Its because the earth moves, pretty fast actually. Its not static, and the universe around isnt static.

So in the immortal words of somebody, stuff happens.

[PhilTLL]

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5391/herbstreitafghangirl.jpg

(attr: me!)

[70sooner]

she is much better looking than Herbie. Course that pic of her was taken many years ago, so no telling what she looks like now....

[jumperstop]

Oh for crikeys sakes! Let me put your worries to rest. Its not because of drilling, global anything, Venables, the one armed man, or space aliens! Its because the earth moves, pretty fast actually. Its not static, and the universe around isnt static.

So in the immortal words of somebody, stuff happens.

I never said I was worried....just curious and did not know....

[8timechamps]

I never said I was worried....just curious and did not know....

Oh, you were worried! And in turn, I was worried that you were so worried.

[C&CDean]

http://img690.imageshack.us/img690/5391/herbstreitafghangirl.jpg

(attr: me!)

I remember reading somewhere that she was stoned to death for being a ****ing infidel or some such horse****.

[LiveLaughLove]

I remember reading somewhere that she was stoned to death for being a ****ing infidel or some such horse****.

National Geographic actually found her in some village in afghanistan and took some more pics of her and her family. As of then at least, she was still alive. It was a few years ago now. And alive might be stretching it living there.

[jkjsooner]

National Geographic actually found her in some village in afghanistan and took some more pics of her and her family. As of then at least, she was still alive. It was a few years ago now. And alive might be stretching it living there.

Yep and she aged about 40 years or more in the 20 or so year that had past. I guess wars and Taliban will do that to you.

[StoopTroup]

More recent pictures of her were featured as part of a cover story on her life in the April 2002 issue of National Geographic and she was the subject of a television documentary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_documentary), entitled Search for the Afghan Girl, which aired in March 2002. In recognition of her,[/URL] National Geographic set up the Afghan Girls Fund, a charitable organization with the goal of educating Afghan girls and young women.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl#cite_note-7"] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl#cite_note-6) In 2008, the scope of the fund was broadened to include boys and the name was changed to Afghan Children's Fund

http://www.cameranaked.com/images/GreenEyed-AfghanGirl-Today.jpg

[70sooner]

sonofabiatch, another tremor here in Tulsa....

[SoonerCLF]

USGS just put it on their website... 4.7 near Prague

[Soonermagik]

I feel like we should just go to the PAC now... we have earthquakes, so that should qualify us as members.

[Peach Fuzz]

That one got me almost as good as the last!

[BeaSooner]

What the frac is going on with all these earthquakes?!?!?!?!?!

[salth2o]

More recent pictures of her were featured as part of a cover story on her life in the April 2002 issue of National Geographic and she was the subject of a television documentary (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Television_documentary), entitled Search for the Afghan Girl, which aired in March 2002. In recognition of her,[/URL] National Geographic set up the Afghan Girls Fund, a charitable organization with the goal of educating Afghan girls and young women.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl#cite_note-7"] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghan_Girl#cite_note-6) In 2008, the scope of the fund was broadened to include boys and the name was changed to Afghan Children's Fund

http://www.cameranaked.com/images/GreenEyed-AfghanGirl-Today.jpg

Time and life in the desert were not kind to her...

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2002/04/afghan-girl/index-text

[70sooner]

I remember seeing that. Not an easy life, especially for a female.

as an aside...

Earthquakes are more common here than most Oklahomans realize.

In a typical year, dozens of quakes shake the Sooner State. But, their frequency seems to be picking up quite quickly.

According to the Oklahoma Geologic Survey, more than a thousand earthquakes shook Oklahoma in 2010, and the state is on pace to top 1,200 in 2011.

The recent string of quakes all occurred along the Wilzetta fault line, which runs through Lincoln, Pottawatomie and Creek Counties. The Wilzetta fault is known as a strike-slip fault. Earthquakes happen on this type of fault when two land masses slide past each other horizontally.

[SoonerMom2]

I felt it here in Norman -- three in three days is a little much but this was not as bad as Saturday which seemed to go on forever.

[TrophyCollector]

Luckily the best carpenter you could ever find built my house two years ago.

Jesus built your house???

[The Maestro]

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/298181_2578394904177_1383516015_32972219_442490707 _n.jpg

[jkjsooner]

http://a2.sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/298181_2578394904177_1383516015_32972219_442490707 _n.jpg

Do me a favor. If and when you're diagnosed with an ailment that will ultimately lead to your death (most likely from choking) let us all know so we can laugh at you.

[SoonerTerry]

Do me a favor. If and when you're diagnosed with an ailment that will ultimately lead to your death (most likely from choking) let us all know so we can laugh at you.

second that

[Peach Fuzz]

Wow get over it...

[kevpks]

Traber is on the air right now talking to Al about a "seismatologist" he saw on TV. Amazing.

[HateTheWhorns]

Thank goodness there was an earthquake.

I had just returned from the A&M game (to Richardson, TX) and right before 11:00 pm my 15 yr old daughter came out of her upstairs room and said she wasn't going back in there because it was possessed. She was sitting in bed reading and her room started swaying side-to-side with her light fixture was swinging back and forth. I kiddingly told her it must have been an earthquake. The next day, we found out it was and she was thrilled to know there were no paranormal activities going on in the house. Strangely though, we did not feel it downstairs at all.......go figure.

[jumperstop]

Thank goodness there was an earthquake.

I had just returned from the A&M game (to Richardson, TX) and right before 11:00 pm my 15 yr old daughter came out of her upstairs room and said she wasn't going back in there because it was possessed. She was sitting in bed reading and her room started swaying side-to-side with her light fixture was swinging back and forth. I kiddingly told her it must have been an earthquake. The next day, we found out it was and she was thrilled to know there were no paranormal activities going on in the house. Strangely though, we did not feel it downstairs at all.......go figure.
I don't know if I would have felt it if I hadn't heard it first....