5.6 Quake Hits Shawnee, Oklahoma (Sat. Nov 5, 2011 at 10:53 p.m.)

USGS ^ | November 5, 2011 | USGS

[gunsequalfreedom]

Magnitude 5.6

Date-Time 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

[Netizen]

The quakes started in 1811 and ended in spring 2012. A powerful quake was also felt in and around Caracas, Venezuela, killing around 20,000 people in March 2012.

Premonitions or typos?

[Razzz42]

These are really shallow quakes, only about 3 or 4 miles deep. Makes’em that much closer to home. So to speak.

[ransomnote]

Is it or isn’t it New Madrid related. I read that it is an unrelated set of faults but then this is from wiki:

“In a report filed in November 2008, The U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency warned that a serious earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone could result in “the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States,” further predicting “widespread and catastrophic” damage across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and particularly Tennessee, where a 7.7 magnitude quake or greater would cause damage to tens of thousands of structures affecting water distribution, transportation systems, and other vital infrastructure.[22] The earthquake is expected to also result in many thousands of fatalities, with more than 4,000 of the fatalities expected in Memphis alone.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Madrid_Seismic_Zone

This list of states matches the list shown on Drudge, I think

[Scram1]

It’s Ronald Reagan’s fault. He was there once just a short distance from St. Gregory’s. And there is always the old standby curse of the Shawnee Chief Cornstalk for an explanation—one of my distant relatives survived one of his documented massacres.

[CaptSkip]

I really do not think these OK quakes are New Madrid related. If New Madrid's fault system were the cause, the epicenter would be somewhere in that system, where the slip/energy was the source.

The areas in Central Oklahoma where there have been quite a few earthquakes over the last few years, is a unique and known seismic area.

The intensity of these latest shakers, I believe, is related to something more profound. But what?

I'm thinking the asteroid coming close next week and other solar system events are the causes.

[Ezekiel]

Hmmm, near Prague. Ah so close to “plague”. You know how those l’s and r’s can get jumbred up.

[Dusty Road]

“Someone was blaming it on fracking for oil.”

Only those with no fracing sense about fracing would make such a comment.

[MaxMax]

I went to sleep at 7:pm then something woke me up at around 11:pm.
I didn't know why until now. Plano.

[Jack Hydrazine]

Are you a time traveler?

[unkus]

“Someone was blaming it on fracking for oil.”

Only those with no fracing sense about fracing would make such a comment.

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It was a fracing liberal. No fracing sense.

[gleeaikin]

See my Comments 37 and 39. ;-)

[Jack Hydrazine]

Well, in case you are a time traveler be sure to let us know when quake is about to happen. Especially when you are watching a great football game! LOL!