Monday, March 9, 2009

Quake Rocks Metro Oklahoma City's Southeast

Grandma felt this one and couldn't quite believe it:
Spring forward had added meaning Sunday morning in the Oklahoma City area when the ground seemed to bounce just hours after the launch of daylight saving time.
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At 8:06 a.m. Sunday, the U.S. Geological Survey recorded an earthquake measuring 3.4 on the Richter scale in the southeast metro area, according to a report on its Web site. The quake’s epicenter was 3.1 miles below ground level near SE 15 and S Bryant Avenue.

Metro-area officials said there were no reports of injuries or damage, but dispatchers received reports from southeast Oklahoma City, Midwest City and Del City.

We actually get more earthquakes than you'd think but we don't feel them. Not this one. Add this to the perils of living in Oklahoma - tornadoes, ice storms, droughts. Nothing if not interesting.

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