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earlywinegareth
10-13-2010, 08:10 AM
Bunch of folks at Tinker are freakin' out. I'm guessing a 4.5. Felt like the whole building just went over a speed bump.

redrunner
10-13-2010, 08:10 AM
OMG I just felt it. Here at NW 178th and May

Double Edge
10-13-2010, 08:10 AM
I'm west and it was pretty strong over here. My first.

cdbthunder
10-13-2010, 08:11 AM
Did anyone feel the earthquake this morning in Moore ? I live around SE 34th and Broadway and my wife and I were sitting at the dining room table @ 9:06am and felt our whole house shake and then some small aftershocks afterwards.

adaniel
10-13-2010, 08:11 AM
Just felt it at 12th and Walker. Thought it was an explosion.

BigBadBen
10-13-2010, 08:14 AM
119th & Portland. Agree with adaniel, thought it was an explosion too.

MrZ
10-13-2010, 08:14 AM
Shook the whole house near SW 89th & May. Ran outside and all the neighbors were freaking out. Wheeee!

redrunner
10-13-2010, 08:16 AM
Friend on twitter is reporting earthquake in Tulsa too

JerzeeGrlinOKC
10-13-2010, 08:16 AM
Wow, we're at 63rd and Broadway, whole lotta shakin'!

Double Edge
10-13-2010, 08:16 AM
It started kind of like a sonic boom, without the boom.

cdbthunder
10-13-2010, 08:17 AM
We felt it in Moore near SE 34th and Broadway, our whole house shook and then some small aftershocks. WOW !

Midtowner
10-13-2010, 08:19 AM
Tulsa friends on my Facebook are talking about the same thing.

Double Edge
10-13-2010, 08:23 AM
4.5, six miles east of Norman

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

BG918
10-13-2010, 08:23 AM
Felt it in Tulsa, 71st & Yale

BigBadBen
10-13-2010, 08:23 AM
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquak...us2010ciay.php


4.5 Magnitude
Centered 6 Miles East of Norman

corwin1968
10-13-2010, 08:24 AM
Felt it really strong at SW 44th and Portland area. Many people in the same building didn't hear or feel a thing.

king183
10-13-2010, 08:24 AM
Down in Norman and felt it. Pretty big. First thing I thought: "Please let the Devon tower be okay."

osu cowboy
10-13-2010, 08:25 AM
El Reno and south, Minco,etc felt it.

stick47
10-13-2010, 08:27 AM
Yes I felt the initial tremor here in Mustang near HWY 152 & Czech Hall Rd. Shook the house pretty good. Actually thought it was a sonic boom but no airplanes visible when I went out & looked.

megax11
10-13-2010, 08:27 AM
Was on the phone with a friend who lives in Mustang and felt it.

I live around 59th and May, and my whole house shook. My bird went to ape ****. I was walking into the kitchen when it happened.

Why are quakes in Oklahoma getting worse and worse... Is this 2012 nonsense real or something?

Swake2
10-13-2010, 08:29 AM
Felt in Tulsa and Jenks, 71st and Lewis and 121st and Peoria

jmarkross
10-13-2010, 08:31 AM
My guess was 4.5 here in Norman...looks like that was the prelim...been through many of them including Northridge...and this one was a substantial! Not at all common--the two big jolts were the surprising part...swaying movement is more common around this area...fascinating...

BDP
10-13-2010, 08:36 AM
Why are quakes in Oklahoma getting worse and worse

http://www.usatoday.com/money/economy/2010-10-12-oklahoma12_CV_N.htm

They brought it with them.

MrZ
10-13-2010, 08:36 AM
Talking to a friend in Ardmore who said it shook her building. My sister lives within 10 miles of the epicenter and she was in her car and had zero idea it happened when I called her.

NickFiggins
10-13-2010, 08:37 AM
Its 4.5 and epicenter was at Lake Thunderbird about 5 miles east of my home (24&Lindsey area). It shook all the walls of my house and I felt if the jolting continued then the walls were gonna come down.

king183
10-13-2010, 08:40 AM
The Mayans were off by two years. Get to your boats now!

okclee
10-13-2010, 08:40 AM
3rd largest in Oklahoma history. Biggest earthquake since 1952 there was a 5.5 in El Reno.

flintysooner
10-13-2010, 08:42 AM
3rd largest in Oklahoma history. Biggest earthquake since 1952 there was a 5.5 in El Reno.
I definitely remember the 1952 earthquake. This one was pretty amazing but not nearly as much as the 1952.

jmarkross
10-13-2010, 08:44 AM
The Mayans were off by two years. Get to your boats now!

Well...the Mayans did not survive so well--so might want to think twice about their advice...

MadMonk
10-13-2010, 08:45 AM
Felt it here downtown. Nothing earth-shattering though. Felt like someone dropped a heavy box on the floor next to my office.

PennyQuilts
10-13-2010, 08:45 AM
Just east of Mustang - house shook, dogs freaked, loud BOOM. Husband ran outside to see if there was a gas explosion or something. We are on a single level with a heavy slab foundation and things still shook.

Urbanite
10-13-2010, 08:46 AM
I live in Lakeview Towers on the 5th floor and the whole building shook and vibrated for about 5-10 secs, really eerie feeling!

earlywinegareth
10-13-2010, 08:49 AM
If you felt it, you can report your experience here: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/dyfi/events/us/2010ciay/us/index.html

Almost 4,000 reports already from Wichita Falls,Texas to Wichita, Kansas.

soonerfan_in_okc
10-13-2010, 08:51 AM
right by OU's campus, it was crazyyyyy. and Dale hall on campus has been "destabilized" or whatever. the police have caution tape around it.

bandnerd
10-13-2010, 08:52 AM
Felt it, heard it. We were in the middle of a standardized test :P Might not have heard/felt it otherwise!

My desk shook and the fan swung a little bit from the ceiling. Very cool. Most of the teachers here seemed to feel it, too.

Richard at Remax
10-13-2010, 08:53 AM
I was disappointed to find out it was a real earthquake and not THE Earthquake

http://lucytheblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/earthquake.jpg

corwin1968
10-13-2010, 08:55 AM
This was my first earthquake and I have a newfound respect for them. I can't imagine what I felt going on for 5, 10 or 15 seconds!! That would be terrifying! I also can't imagine a stronger earthquake!

BDP
10-13-2010, 09:00 AM
I'm guessing a 4.5.

BTW, nice call. Someone owes you a cookie.

bandnerd
10-13-2010, 09:04 AM
Looks like there might be damage. From Oklahoma Scholastic Media, via my Facebook;

Osm Oipa: For our student journalists covering the earthquake: There apparently is damage in Norman. We have a witness report that Dale Hall Tower on the OU campus sustained damage and the second floor is currently closed.

earlywinegareth
10-13-2010, 09:06 AM
BTW, nice call. Someone owes you a cookie.

USGS downgraded to a 4.3, but I still feel like a slept at a Holiday Inn Express. :kicking:

Matt
10-13-2010, 09:13 AM
I was disappointed to find out it was a real earthquake and not THE Earthquake

http://lucytheblog.files.wordpress.com/2008/04/earthquake.jpg

Almost posted this same thing. http://img26.imageshack.us/img26/6869/lolgb.gif

I'm just glad the earthquake didn't send anyone to meet. . . The Undertaker.

stick47
10-13-2010, 09:16 AM
Obviously it was caused by pulling those Chilean miners out of the ground...

jmarkross
10-13-2010, 09:20 AM
This was my first earthquake and I have a newfound respect for them. I can't imagine what I felt going on for 5, 10 or 15 seconds!! That would be terrifying! I also can't imagine a stronger earthquake!

I was 4.5 miles from Northridge epicenter in 1994...was sound asleep and was thrown into the wall on the east side of my bed and then heard glass breaking everywhere...extremely violent for 38 seconds...about...a VERY long time. You cannot walk about during these events--quite unlike you see on TV, you hang on wherever you are.

Kerry
10-13-2010, 09:26 AM
I am stunned about how far away it was felt. People from Dallas to Kansas City to Louisanna felt it enough to report it. For the record, I did not feel it here in Jax.

metro
10-13-2010, 09:31 AM
I didn't even feel it up here by Casady, I'm surprised people much further away are reporting it.

flintysooner
10-13-2010, 09:32 AM
USGS downgraded to a 4.3, but I still feel like a slept at a Holiday Inn Express. :kicking:Leonard Geophysical showing 5.1 mbLg but site server still swamped. I couldn't find another Cleveland County earthquake - pretty interesting.

jmarkross
10-13-2010, 10:04 AM
I think over 4.5 myself...

ultimatesooner
10-13-2010, 10:21 AM
I didn't feel it but people 15 feet away from me did

Doug Loudenback
10-13-2010, 10:37 AM
I was sitting at my computer in Mesta Park and, while I don't think that I heard anything, I certainly felt it ... it felt as though someone just walked behind the desk chair I was sitting in and bumped into it as the back of the chair was pushed forward a bit. I looked behind me to see if I had an unknown visitor or something. My wife who works in Norman at OU later called and asked if I'd heard/felt it ... pretty big down there ... and it was then that it dawned on me what had happened. No ghosts in my house, after all ... at least, they didn't cause the "bump" this morning.

yukong
10-13-2010, 10:39 AM
USGS has now upgraded it to 5.1. Second largest in state history. Largest was 5.5 in El Reno in 1952. It was strong here at my house in Surrey Hills. Quite an interesting experience.

TulsaRobert
10-13-2010, 11:14 AM
I'm in downtown Tulsa, and it felt like a good 6-8 seconds of mild shaking here. Enough to make things on my desk rattle.

Architect2010
10-13-2010, 11:27 AM
I didn't even feel it up here by Casady, I'm surprised people much further away are reporting it.

Me too. I was at UCO and no one felt it here. We were in the middle of a design presentation so we all have to be super quiet, and nothing happened at 9:06. Iono, maybe it's because the class is slightly below ground. I want to experience a mild one.

Dustin
10-13-2010, 11:28 AM
DAMN!!!!!!! I was asleep! I really wanted to feel my first earthquake.

earlywinegareth
10-13-2010, 11:42 AM
I am stunned about how far away it was felt. People from Dallas to Kansas City to Louisanna felt it enough to report it. For the record, I did not feel it here in Jax.

Sorry you missed out on the fun, Kerry. USGS site shows some very far away reports...Denver, Tucson, Mobile, and now Myrtle Beach???

Kerry
10-13-2010, 11:55 AM
Sorry you missed out on the fun, Kerry. USGS site shows some very far away reports...Denver, Tucson, Mobile, and now Myrtle Beach???

Screw it - maybe I did feel it. Yea - thats the ticket - I did feel it. Where is that link to report it? Do I win a prize for being the furthest away?

metro
10-13-2010, 11:57 AM
People feel what they want to feel. Sensationalism

Debzkidz
10-13-2010, 11:57 AM
I'm in Edmond, just north of Danforth, near 1-35 and I felt and heard it. I thought it was an explosion. I could see the walls shaking and the house was making some popping/cracking sounds. It sounded like a big truck rumbling by, but there was nothing there. I was walking around the house looking to see if could figure out what happened/if there was damage, when DH called from downtown to make sure everything was okay. He said he was sitting at a table in a breakfast meeting, when all the dishes on the table started rattling.

OKCisOK4me
10-13-2010, 11:58 AM
Was on the phone with a friend who lives in Mustang and felt it.

I live around 59th and May, and my whole house shook. My bird went to ape ****. I was walking into the kitchen when it happened.

Why are quakes in Oklahoma getting worse and worse... Is this 2012 nonsense real or something?

I live in the very same area and you are correct. It was worse than the one in March. Both of them, I was laying in bed and half awake but I could feel the difference in this one! It wasn't just my bed this time, it was the whole condo, lol!

Kerry
10-13-2010, 12:01 PM
People feel what they want to feel. Sensationalism

That was the point of my last post. I am pretty sure no one in South Carolina or Arizona felt it if people much closer didn't.

OKCTalker
10-13-2010, 12:23 PM
I got a new roof after the May 16th hailstorm. Do I now get a new foundation?