Sheesh, Erik, that wasn't a small one!

Did your dogs bark?
It's said that birds/animals know an EQ is imminent.

I recall seeing a photo of a "pink cloud" taken just before an EQ in China a couple of years ago.
The caption from the photographer stated he had been taking photos of the landscape/sky when he suddenly noticed a previously-white cloud glow light pink as every bird in view took flight. Only moments later, the EQ.

Barb

It wasnt even Centered in Oklahoma it was jsut outside of Little Rock Arkensas, quite the range....

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110301/ap_on_re_us/us_arkansas_earthquakes

Entire Pacific Rim:

http://ptwc.weather.gov/

Nuclear shutdown:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-12711707

The number of EQs today in Japan !!! 😯

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/quakes_big.php

It looks like the ring wants to go back to Mordor(sp)-
seriously the next month could be wicked bad!

Yup, after several days with virtually no activity along northwest coast...gulp:

Halfway down page is a frequency/size map:
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/index-eng.php?tpl_region=west

Like I said...G U L P 😯
Barb

Just occurred to me that when Japan had its biggie(s) on March 11th, the western coast of North America had only ONE listed event.
Compared to the many small ones the eastern pacific coastline gets each day normally.

Very obvious on this dated list:

http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/recent/maps-cartes/index-eng.php?tpl_region=west&event=20110314|210828|47.28|-123.90

It is always hard to tell signal from noise so it may be years before we know if this is a coincidence or not. 🙁
All my (rather distant) connections in Japan are accounted for and well, praise God.
My dad has his old wood fishing boat moored on the Oregon coast. He is too infirm to check on it but assumes it is OK as the harbor master has not called. 😕
As with everyone else, I am worried, and praying for, the people of Japan.

If the world's atomic agency continues to allow a private utility company to remain in control of the "work" at Japan's nuclear reactors, we may be praying for more than the people of Japan.

One more biggie 9.0 and that old wood fishing boat just might arrive in your front yard, Erik.

Barb

Not to be morbid about the topic, but people are interested in Radiation Trajectories.
Interesting site here with daily revisions based on weather systems.

http://www.atmos.umd.edu/~tcanty/hysplit/

Cool that the U of Maryland has done this.
Barb

Had an earthquake a 40 minute ago. That was quite scary! http://www.emsc-csem.org/Earthquake/earthquake.php?id=219935

A 5.4 isn't a small EQ.

Depends on how close it was to the surface.

Igor, is it rare to have EQs there?

Barb

Barb, for the last 130 years there three catastrophic EQ here: 1887 - 7.9:; 1889 - 8.3; 1911 - 8,2. Today there were 6 shakes. I think it's better to have a few small ones rather than... By the way the TienShan mountains are the northern border of the Himalayan.

Three in 130 years is pretty good from a lifespan point of view... 😉

Agree that little shakes probably release energy; seems to makes sense.

the TienShan mountains are the northern border of the Himalayan

...and they're still actively growing.

Barb

]the TienShan mountains are the northern border of the Himalayan

...and they're still actively growing. Barb

Another challenge for frisks going planting their palms indoor... 😆