ANN ARBOR USA, November 5-7, 2011 (Vacuum News) - There were a series of earthquakes in Lincoln County, Oklahoma, but we didn't feel them here in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Some maps and news from people who did feel the quakes follow. The data here are preliminary, and you'll want to go to the USGS page for the Oklahoma quake for details, and Oklahoma earthquake history to figure out how normal this is. The Oklahoma Geological Survey is likely to also have excellent data.
News coverage from the New York Times quotes Austin Holland, a research seismologist with the Oklahoma Geological Survey; Don Blakeman, a geophysicist at the National Earthquake Information Center; and Justin Reese, who runs the Boomarang Diner in Chandler, Oklahoma.
The earthquake, originally reported at magnitude 5.2 and then upgraded to 5.6, was said to be felt [as far away as Milwaukee] - a claim which is being tested and that I haven't confirmed. Additional aftershocks were reported; the map is by Dawn Endico using the Google Maps API. Earthquake data provided by the U.S. Geological Survey on Mon, 07 Nov 2011 01:14:04 GMT.
Damage to homes in the area has been reported to the Lincoln County Emergency Management system on Facebook.
A map, from USGS - did you feel it?
Another map, this one showing historical patterns; the red marks are quakes. The source document gives more seismic data.
This ESPN football reporter covers the story live, though it's hard to know that it's not a story from the Onion News Network.
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