Saturday, October 10, 2015

Oklahoma earthquake - M4.4, possibly up to M5.8

A long time since I wrote something about OK in the main blog.  This is a deep normal earthquake with only an Intensity of 5 right above it.  Distant stations reported a high magnitude, but the local effects were light, so they downgraded it.

ROSF66.3246.4aeP2015/10/10 09:31:32.2-0.3T99.81.80mb 5.7
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QUIF66.5946.8aeP2015/10/10 09:31:34.0-0.2T73.31.52mb 5.7
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SGMF66.7846.3aeP2015/10/10 09:31:35.1-0.3T120.11.92mb 5.8
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GRR67.6945.5aeP2015/10/10 09:31:40.9-0.3T79.11.96mb 5.6
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FLN67.7245.0aeP2015/10/10 09:31:41.30.0T13.10.48mb 5.4
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I love when this happens, and this is the biggest discrepancy yet.


There is a huge felt area.  Had this been a thrust, you would have seen something.

Add.  Ok, I'm at the cottage now and have snagged a cell connection.  It will only last a few minutes.  This was an 'upside down' earthquake in that the main hammer went down to the centre of the earth.  The stations that reported an almost 6 are probably on the other side of the world.  With this earthquake, I predict the 'closer' will come within a year.  That's the earthquake which either destroys the city, or blows up all the oil tanks.

Add2 - Followed by a 4.5 strike-slip near Cushing.  I'm in the land of no internet, so I can't do much on this one.

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