OK earthquake?

[jaybreak]

Ben reported on a mild earthquake hitting parts of OK in today's daily update.

Ed - did you notice it at all? It was in the OKC area, close to midnight.

[forrealone]

I got notification this AM - I am registered with USGS for that.  It did not appear there were any reports of "effects" but then Ed lives there, I don't.  He he

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/.../executive


OK is the recipient of that kind of activity from fracking, but lately there have been quakes with greater magnitude than has been previously reported that I recall anyway.

Guess we shall wait for Ed to let us know..

[Veloyce Hurst]

We did not feel it. Our fancy bed dampens that stuff.  A lot of my friends from all over Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas felt it.

[forrealone]

Must be a nice bed!  

Wow, folks felt it? That's impressive that they did.....

[Veloyce Hurst]

Must be a nice bed!  

Wow, folks felt it? That's impressive that they did...

Really nice.  Most of my friends said their bed, chairs and others stuff was moving.

[Ed Hurst]

Yeah, earthquakes was one of my specialties when I taught Geography. I spent years reading the entire massive bookshelf produced by the scientific surveys of the Great Alaska Earthquake in the 1960s. I even understood some of what I read .

On the one hand, one end of the Humboldt Fault is close by, and it has been activated by fracking, but the state cracked down on it, so that has been reduced lately. On the other hand, the weakening of earth's magnetic field is generating a lot of unusual seismic activity. I feel certain this is connected to the latter.

And yes, we have a platform bed with a massive thick foam mattress. It's actually on the cheap end of what's available, but we love it. We can't even feel each other moving much lying side by side. Keep in mind, I'm not a lightweight by any stretch of the imagination. So, it would have to be a really hard shake to wake us up with noise more than movement.

[jaybreak]

Ed the Tank Glad to know you are all okay.

We have little idea how much the weakening magnetic field is letting in all the EM energy from the sun and whatever else is shooting through space. I mean, some people do, but it's not reported on very much except for people like Ben. It makes sense that things that have been quiet suddenly start popping off when encountering those sudden intakes of energy.

Sometime in the early 90s I remember there was a small earthquake overnight when I was still living with my parents in MA. I believe it had to do with the Clinton-Newbury fault line, which travels right near where I lived. It happened overnight and it didn't wake me up.

https://www.upi.com/Archives/1990/01/23/...633070800/