Earlier this evening I was going to post about the 4.6 earthquake and about the earthquake swarm in Oklahoma over the last month. I was side tracked into doing a few other things and didn't get to it. Now there has been a 5.6 which, if it holds, is the largest earthquake recorded in Oklahoma.
As a reminder: Tonight the U.S. moves from daylight Savings Time to Standard time.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/06/oklahoma-earthquake_n_1078313.html
OKLAHOMA CITY -- A 5.6 magnitude earthquake has rocked central Oklahoma, rattling buildings across a wide area and a stadium where a football game had just concluded, but authorities said they had no immediate reports of injuries or major damages
The quake was a latest in a series of quakes to hit the state in a 24-hour period, including a 4.7-magnitude quake early Saturday.
If the initial reading of 5.6 magnitude holds, the quake would be the state's strongest on record. A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck El Reno, just west of Oklahoma City, in 1952 and another of about that magnitude struck in northeastern Indian Territory in 1882, according to USGS records.
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006klz.php
Magnitude 5.6 - OKLAHOMA
2011 November 06 03:53:10 UTC
Earthquake Details
- This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
| Magnitude | 5.6 |
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| 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) |
| Parameters | NST=298, Nph=298, Dmin=208.2 km, Rmss=1.54 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=9 |
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| Event ID | usb0006klz |
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