mag. 5.6 oklahoma-- is this the beginning?

[nicholas fowler]

I hope and pray no one here is affected by thus temblor. I notice Oklahoma has been hit by a series if tremors lately, but feel we may be  seeing the start of what they are getting prepared for. wonder what FEMA will make of it?

Sunday, November 06, 2011 at 03:53:10 UTC Saturday, November 05, 2011 at 10:53:10 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	35.599°N, 96.752°W
Depth	5 km (3.1 miles)
Region	OKLAHOMA
Distances	34 km (21 miles) NNE of Shawnee, Oklahoma 63 km (39 miles) SSE of Stillwater, Oklahoma 68 km (42 miles) ESE of Guthrie, Oklahoma 71 km (44 miles) ENE of OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 13.9 km (8.6 miles); depth +/- 3 km (1.9 miles)

[pat staley]

It is on a known fault line. Wait and see game.

[Tammy Fielder]

The Wilzetta Fault is the one giving them concern right now.  I'm worried that it will affect the New Madrid.  It was in November 1811 when it gave and we had the same preceding conditions.

[Kim B]

The earth is buckling.

[pat staley]

The earthquakes are still happening in OK.  Two in the last hour.  3.7   3.3

[nicholas fowler]

based on New York time I estimate the earthquake happened roughly at 10.43 your night time, am I right? use the world clock in the url below

 

http://www.atomic-clock.org.uk/world-time.php

[Tammy Fielder]

What I want to know is if these quakes are on or near a fault line?  We know that fracking is going on nationwide and I am not sure if this is a side effect of this or not.

[Kim B]

Oh I am east coast eastern U.S standard time.

[nicholas fowler]

one thing we have ti bear in mind is the depth. I assume if it near the surface relatively it will feel worse. also the thought comes to me, , won't the kind of rock strata affect how the earthquake propagates? this presumably will make a difference to how it is felt. I am not a geologist though.

[Lorraine Nemec]

Here are testimonies from from the quake, last night there were 17 now there are 30

http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/Testimonies/comments.php?id=243157

[Angela]

Earthquake hit about midnight local time.