Oklahoma rattled by shallow 5.1 magnitude earthquake

AP News
Sat, 03 Feb 2024 15:14 UTC

A 5.1 magnitude earthquake shook an area near Oklahoma City late Friday night, followed by smaller quakes during the next several hours, the U.S. Geological Survey reported.

The earthquake struck at 11:24 p.m. and was centered 8 kilometers (5 miles) northwest of Prague, Oklahoma, about 57 miles (92 kilometers) east of Oklahoma City, the agency said.

Residents across the state from Lawton to Enid to Tulsa reported feeling the shaking to the U.S.G.S.

The initial earthquake was followed by at least eight smaller temblors through Saturday morning, ranging in strength from magnitude 2.5 to 3.4, according to the geological survey.

State and local emergency officials did not immediately return phone calls for comment early Saturday, but no major injuries or damage were initially reported.

The earthquake was shallow — just 3 kilometers (1.8 miles) deep, according to the USGS — and temblors that hit close to the surface can make the shaking more intense.

At least six earthquakes, including two greater than magnitude 4.0, were recorded near another Oklahoma City suburb in January. In April, a magnitude 4.0 earthquake was among a series of six that struck the central Oklahoma town of Carney, about 40 miles (64 kilometers) northeast of Oklahoma City.

A 5.7 magnitude earthquake struck Prague in 2011, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of the state's strongest recorded earthquake site in Pawnee, which registered a magnitude 5.8 in 2016.

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steven23 · 2024-02-03T18:31:42Z

lets hope they dont get a 1811/12 earthquake but the signs are ominous [Link]
Another bright comet is due next summer/autumn with two big solar eclipses crossing the USA just like in 1811

ReRan · 2024-02-04T00:06:09Z

steven23 This could get interesting! The article you linked did not say, but I wonder if it had any influence on the volcano that erupted some time after that, and caused the year without a summer in the northern hemisphere, 1816.

Thanks.

steven23 · 2024-02-07T08:59:17Z

[Link] Longer Setting, 1812-2124 Communities across British North America not only felt the cold of 1816-17, but also experienced a longer period of harsh weather beginning as early as 1811. In his study of central Canada, Timothy Ball noted that "between 1800 and 1810 the climate was relatively benign, holding promise of better conditions and times in the 19th century. The promise was short-lived as temperatures began to decline in 1811, a trend that was to continue through to 1818".50 A.J.W. Catchpole studied river freeze-up and break-up dates recorded in the annual logs of the Hudson’s Bay Company. He similarly concluded from this data "that in the second decade of the nineteenth century cold summer weather was not initiated after the eruption of Tambora in April 1815, but was first apparent in 1811 and 1812".51 From this analysis it is clear that erratic weather was common in the years preceding 1816.25 The years 1812 and 1814, along with 1817, were the stormiest of the decade, while the years from 1819 through 1821 were below average for the period examined (see Figure Five). Although Long Reach’s geography made it particularly susceptible to stormy weather, during these years the storm frequency was not only greater but storms were also especially fierce. On 4 June 1812, for example, Crawford noted that "this day there was a provecy that the world [would] be at an end – the most severe storm that was ever [known] in June By the oldest inhabitant". Just over two years later, on 24 June 1814, Crawford remarked that "this storm is the Coldist that Ever we have had in this place at this season it blew so hard and cold that it distroyd most of the Cucumbers and brok down the Corn".52

ReRan · 2024-02-07T16:18:21Z

steven23 Thanks for that!

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