Do We Get Earthquakes in Dallas? Did Tonight — Good Lord, is Texas Becoming California?
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First we get In & Out Burger, then Trader Joes, Knox Street bike trails and now we are getting earthquakes! Saturday evening, September 29, at about five minutes after 11 p.m. I thought I heard a weird roar and felt like someone had just shut a garage door with extreme force — leaving the house a bit shaky. Nope, wasn’t the booze. Turns out that was an earthquake in Texas, a 3.4-magnitude earthquake recorded by the U.S. Geological Survey. The coordinates put it more or less at the intersection of N. MacArthur Boulevard and W. Rochelle Road in Las Colinas. The U.S.G.S. puts it near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (yikes!), but it was apparently felt all over town, from Irving to Southlake to Lake Highlands even all the way up to The Colony. Some people are reporting damage.
Talk about a bad night for Cattle Barons: rain, mud and an earthquake!
Here is where the USGA pinpointed the quake:
3km (2mi) N of Irving, Texas
10km (6mi) SSW of Farmers Branch, Texas
11km (7mi) NNE of Grand Prairie, Texas
11km (7mi) E of Euless, Texas
295km (183mi) S of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Yeah, just so the state income tax and real estate bubbles stay in Cali… along with the earthquakes!
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We were in uptown Dallas on the 8th floor this weekend and I didn't notice it at all. I experienced my first noticeable earthquake last fall during off all things a major thunderstorm with hail (never a dull moment in Okie land). This was the strongest earthquake, 5.5-5.6 in recorded history for OK. We had just put our kids to bed when the storm hit. There were substantial wind gusts so at first I just thought the windows rattling was from the wind as the wind here on the open prairie can get pretty vicious. Then I could feel the ground start shaking while the pinging of hail was coming from the windows. Of course our kids were scared and came running out of their rooms crying. Took months before they didn't freak out at a thunderstorm.
We were in uptown Dallas on the 8th floor this weekend and I didn't notice it at all. I experienced my first noticeable earthquake last fall during off all things a major thunderstorm with hail (never a dull moment in Okie land). This was the strongest earthquake, 5.5-5.6 in recorded history for OK. We had just put our kids to bed when the storm hit. There were substantial wind gusts so at first I just thought the windows rattling was from the wind as the wind here on the open prairie can get pretty vicious. Then I could feel the ground start shaking while the pinging of hail was coming from the windows. Of course our kids were scared and came running out of their rooms crying. Took months before they didn't freak out at a thunderstorm.
Wow I didn't know they had earthquakes in Oklahoma, only tornadoes!
Wow I didn't know they had earthquakes in Oklahoma, only tornadoes!
Oh an my exercise instructor told us tonight they totally felt the quake — and his cat was freaked as all the dogs in the neighborhood started barking. He lives in Hackberry Creek. Says he thought a plane had crashed at D/FW or nearby, that's how loud that roar was! Nothing falling off shelves, but he said a quake of 4.0 can do major structural damage.
Oh an my exercise instructor told us tonight they totally felt the quake — and his cat was freaked as all the dogs in the neighborhood started barking. He lives in Hackberry Creek. Says he thought a plane had crashed at D/FW or nearby, that's how loud that roar was! Nothing falling off shelves, but he said a quake of 4.0 can do major structural damage.
Tell me about it!! Thankfully we didn't sustain any damage. A couple of years ago there was a very small 2.0 +/- earthquake and we decided to get earthquake insurance "just in case".
I think I can say I've been through all kinds of natural disasters, including a hurricane (when I lived in Houston) and a tropical storm here in,….yup OK. In August 2007, Tropical Storm Erin decided she liked Oklahoma so much she parked herself over us for over a day before moving on. The flooding was crazy because it had been one of the wettest years on record. I remember earlier in the year when we traveled up here to inspect our home while it was being constructed, we had a heck of a time getting to the subdivision because all these 2 lane roads were flooded.
Tell me about it!! Thankfully we didn't sustain any damage. A couple of years ago there was a very small 2.0 +/- earthquake and we decided to get earthquake insurance "just in case".
I think I can say I've been through all kinds of natural disasters, including a hurricane (when I lived in Houston) and a tropical storm here in,….yup OK. In August 2007, Tropical Storm Erin decided she liked Oklahoma so much she parked herself over us for over a day before moving on. The flooding was crazy because it had been one of the wettest years on record. I remember earlier in the year when we traveled up here to inspect our home while it was being constructed, we had a heck of a time getting to the subdivision because all these 2 lane roads were flooded.