By WEATHER WORLD on Aug 13, 2011, at 7:00 AM Updated on 8/11 at 5:06 PM
WEATHER WORLD
At the cookout I went to Sunday evening, it was tank top, cutoff jean shorts and flip flops. My friend said to me, “you look ...
This blog was inspired by some of our early morning commenters on the weather forecast story .
Yes, as one of you pointed ...
The deluge earlier this month was exciting. For a second, I though that maybe the near-record parched May was just a fluke ...
This is what an earthquake looks like to a seismologist. See more of their work at the Leonard observatory site here.
In the midst of these
record setting hot temperatures, these
record setting rainfall days, or
nationwide record setting average statewide temperatures, you might have forgotten:
Oklahoma is also getting earthquakes.
In fact, the Oklahoma Geological Survey observatory in Leonard has recorded 23 earthquakes so far this month, as of Aug. 9.
Most of these occur in Oklahoma County, while Hughes, Lincoln and Pottawatomie have had at least one, themselves. They range from small 0.9 magnitude to a more noticeable 3.0 back on Aug. 1.
Alas, don't hold out hope for earthquakes in the Tulsa area. The last one we had was a 2.4 back on Nov. 16, 2010. And you might not even remember it, because Amie Gibson, Oklahoma Geological Survey research scientist in Leonard, said that usually the smallest magnitude that can be felt by people is 2.5.
--Althea Peterson
PS: Check out the observatory site for more info on statewide quakes
here. Also, if you missed it, I interviewed state experts back after Japan's tsunami
here.
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