There was one yesterday near Jones that was a 4.0. I felt it in Broken Arrow which is SE of Tulsa. I felt it sitting at my desk and the little light on my desk shook like crazy for about 10 seconds. I wasn't sure what it was but thought it must have been an earthquake. About 30-40 minutes had past when I googled "Broken Arrow earthquake" and discovered that there had been one in Jones 37 minutes earlier. Jones is about 3/4 the way down the Turner Turnpike toward OKC from Tulsa. I could hardly believe I felt it from 70-80 miles away but I sure did.

Yes, Oakley. It is perfect that your family is building next to you. There is so much crap on the market right now for far too much money. The houses might look great outside but once inside, they look like Home Depot remuddle jobs. It's sad. We don't live in the part of CA that is considered Earthquake Country but the house has a cripple wall under it that has not been reinforced. Those are the houses that fail in Earthquakes because the cripple wall is a weak link. We need to fix that just because...

Hi, Natal, it was this morning's Diane Rehm's show. I reread what I wrote and should have stated associated with the oil and gas industry as many suspect the correlation lies with the W VA gas extraction taking place near the epicenter of yesterday's quake. There are oil extraction problems as well, but I mistyped. Long before yesterday's rumble, there have been lots of concerns raised about the gas exploration/extraction fracking. Congressional hearings are underway because of the serious water depletion associated with the practice as well as the water, soil & air pollution from fracking, not to mention uranium and several hundred other toxins involved. I'm not very confident that our government will take appropriate measures at this juncture. WY, CO, NY, W VA, VA, AL, and LA are just some other states where the alarms are being sounded. Of course, TX where this practice originated is deeply affected though long controlled by big oil & gas as is our home state, LA. Lawsuits are being filed in several states, but this is a huge problem that by and large the public is not tuned into yet. It's frightening how short term big oil and gas interests might outweigh our preservation.

Here is what the Daily Oklahoman had in the online paper. I am not linking it, cause the link didn't work for most of the peeps I got it from. Two quakes shake Oklahoma County; one is strongest in 12 years From Staff Reports The Oklahoman Published: January 15, 2010 Back-to-back earthquakes this morning registering magnitudes first of 4.0, then 3.8 had Oklahoma County residents from Arcadia to Midwest City to downtown Oklahoma City worried as the ground shook and rattled buildings. Jones Area Earthquakes * Did you feel an earthquake near Oklahoma City? Did... 01/15/2010 A strong earthquake was felt this morning around 9:30 a.m. in east Oklahoma County, according to the Oklahoma County Sheriff's office. Currently no... While geologists say any quake below a 5.0 is considered a "small earthquake," and results in little damage or danger, Midwest City Police Chief Brandon Clabes said his office has been flooded with hundreds of calls from people who are wondering if they are in danger after the strongest recorded Oklahoma earthquake in the last 12 years. "We had two earthquakes in succession," Clabes said. "The second was the most violent one I've ever felt. It rattled the doors open between our offices. It concerned enough employees here that people were actually filing into the hallway." While police were trying to figure out what was going on and what the damage might be, Midwest City police dispatchers began to get frantic calls. "With the worldwide coverage of what's going on in Haiti, a lot of people were naturally concerned, could this lead to bigger earthquakes here," Clabes said. "We had one 911 call from an elderly woman who was crying and scared. That's how significant it was. While most people are focused on the intensity of the morning earthquakes, Ken Luza, a geologist for Oklahoma Geological Survey said the number of recent earthquakes is also highly unusual. "It's surprising," he said. "Usually, we don't have them here every day." Vanessa Gist, who lives in Spencer near NE 43 and Westminster, said she felt a smaller temblor about 9:20 a.m. and a larger one several minutes after the first. "Everything in the house shook. It felt like someone picked up the house and dropped it down," Gist said. Art Hyde, who lives in the Fairfax addition at 3001 Cumberland Drive between Sooner and Coltrane, said his house shook at 9:20 a.m. "It's weird. It's just a weird feeling," Hyde said. An artist, Chris White, who lives a mile southeast of Arcadia, said he heard a muffled boom and his windows rattled. He said the chair he was sitting in moved side to side. No one has reported any visible damage. Geologists at the Oklahoma Geological Survey reported the magnitude-4 earthquake with an epicenter 3 miles northeast of Jones at 9:18 a.m. It is the strongest earthquake to hit the state since a magnitude 4.2 earthquake was recorded in 1998 in Comanche County. A second magnitude-3.8 earthquake was recorded with an epicenter 1 mile northeast of Jones at 9:27 a.m. Oklahoma City police have had 15 calls about the earthquake but no one has reported any damage, Oklahoma City police Master Sgt. Gary Knight said. Today's earthquakes are the fourth and fifth to be felt in Oklahoma County this month. There were 27 in Oklahoma County last year. Read more: http://newsok.com/two-quakes-shake-oklahoma-county-one-is-strongest-in-12-years/article/3432283?custom_click=lead_story_title#ixzz0ckMZbsVN