4.7 Oklahoma Earthquake (Nov. 5th, 2011)

[Extremeweatherguy]

We had a 4.7 magnitude earthquake in Oklahoma last night around 2:12am. The shaking was strong enough to wake me from my sleep. No noticeable damage where I am several miles southwest of the epicenter, but still a pretty good middle of the night rattle.



http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/ ... b.php#maps

[Rgv20]

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EARTHQUAKE REPORT
RELAYED BY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
1135 PM CDT SAT NOV 5 2011

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS BEEN FELT MODERATELY BY NUMEROUS PERSONS
THROUGHOUT NORTH TEXAS. NO DAMAGE HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME.
(UPDATED TO INCREASE THE MAGNITUDE PER THE USGS)

FROM THE US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE EARTHQUAKE HAD A MAGNITUDE OF
5.6 AND WAS CENTERED APPROXIMATELY 70 MILES EAST OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
THE EARTHQUAKE WAS SHALLOW AND OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY 3 MILES
BENEATH THE SURFACE OF THE EARTH. NUMEROUS RESIDENTS OF NORTH
TEXAS REPORTED MODERATE SHAKING BUT NO SPECIFIC REPORTS OF DAMAGE
HAVE BEEN CONVEYED. THE LATEST INFORMATION REGARDING EARTHQUAKES
CAN ALWAYS BE FOUND ON THE INTERNET AT http://WWW.EARTHQUAKE.GOV.

INFORMATION RELEASED IN THIS STATEMENT IS PRELIMINARY. UPDATES...
INCLUDING RICHTER SCALE MAGNITUDE...WILL BE PROVIDED AS MORE
INFORMATION BECOMES AVAILABLE FROM THE NATIONAL EARTHQUAKE
INFORMATION CENTER IN GOLDEN COLORADO.

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CAVANAUGH