Earthquake Rattles Oklahoma, Kansas

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Source: Weather Channel

By Jan Wesner Childsless than an hour ago

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An earthquake rattled parts of Oklahoma and Kansas Friday morning.

The U.S. Geological Survey gave the quake a preliminary rating of 4.2 magnitude. It struck at 7:56 a.m. CST and was centered about 3.5 miles southwest of Manchester, Oklahoma, near the Kansas state line, and at a depth of about 4 miles.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage.

Read more: https://weather.com/news/news/2021-02-19-earthquake-oklahoma-kansas

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Could be fracking quakes

although I don't know how much they do that (if at all) during severe winter weather/temps.

[Blue Hal]

3. Watch Your Language!

[BumRushDaShow]

4. ...

[NotHardly]

6. Long term issue... problem potential does not stop just because they've capped the well

[BumRushDaShow]

7. Yup.

[reader1]

17. Faults

..are always under pressure and these high injection chemical fluids act as a lubricant which then cause it to snapped.

[AllaN01Bear]

2. it aint my fault . earthquake faults in ok.

https://stillwaterweather.com/okfaultlines

[roamer65]

13. "We all have our faults, mine's in California."

-Lex Luthor, Superman 1978

[AllaN01Bear]

15. mine too also.

[KatyaR]

5. Yep, all we need now is a tornado

and we will have hit the weather jackpot!

[Initech]

8. So are we still in 2021? Or is this 2020 in extra innings?

[Marthe48]

9. An appendix

to a really bad book!

[Tess49]

11. To repeat something that's going around here in Okla: This is 2021 telling 2020 to hold my beer!

[roamer65]

14. It's the bad sequel.

[Renew Deal]

10. This is proof that we live in a snow globe.

[CaptYossarian]

12. After the locusts, let's ask them again if God is a Republican.

[Bengus81]

16. Never felt a thing this morning in Wichita.....

But I was LMAO watching the Ted Cruz apology attempt.