Earthquake in SC Kansas/NC Oklahoma - 5.1 Fairview, Oklahoma; Damage To Homes In Hutchinson, and throughout City Of Wichita

Serious shaking just now in Wichita. Anyone else feel it?


Initial USGS report:

M 5.1 - 28km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-02-13 11:07:06 UTC-06:00
Location 36.472°N 98.681°W
Depth 2.0 km

Amended information from the USGS:

M 5.1 - 33km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-02-13 11:07:05 UTC-06:00
Location 36.490°N 98.741°W
Depth 7.7 km

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[link to earthquake.usgs.gov]



EDITED TO ADD:


Earthquake damages Hutchinson homes
Shaking caught by Wichita liquor store surveillance camera

"It's the largest earthquake felt in Kansas in nearly five years. The 5.1 magnitude quake centered near Fairview, OK at 11:07AM and was felt as far away as Kansas City.

People in the Wichita area say earthquake was the strongest they've ever felt.
And two families in Hutchinson say it caused cracks in their walls and ceilings.

. . .

The shaking from the earthquake was felt across Kansas, and it had businesses in Wichita worried too.

Boxes and bottles shaking at Cocktail Time Wine and Spirits was caught on the store's surveillance cameras Saturday morning."

[link to www.kwch.com]

Wichita reports damage from 5.1 magnitude quake felt across Kansas

"Wichita city leaders say there is damage.

“'We did find that some of the cracks that were caused by the last earthquake had gotten a little bit bigger,' says Alan King, Director of Public Works & Utilities.

King says the city’s earthquake response team, consisting of about a dozen engineers and inspectors, was dispatched an hour after the earthquake.

. . .

Wichita city leaders say last time there was a strong earthquake in Oklahoma, there was damage to city infrastructure. In that earthquake event the city had multiple broken water main lines, some damage to water holding tanks and even some buckling in the floor of a Wichita Police Substation.

King says they found that some cracks from the last earthquake did expand, but no major damage was found during their initial assessment.

The earthquake response team will go back out Tuesday morning and do a more thorough inspection, even for fairly small damage.

. . .

Haysville resident Bruce smith has lived in Kansas for two years, after spending most of his life in Los Angeles, California.

Smith was surprised by the strength of today’s earthquake.

. . .

The temblors are the latest in a series of earthquakes some say are linked to the injection of wastewater underground from oil and gas production.

The quake is the strongest yet felt in south central Kansas."

[link to ksn.com]

Last Edited by TrustNoOneKS on 02/16/2016 06:03 AM