NEWS - 2 SMALL EARTHQUAKES FELT IN MIDWEST CITY & DEL CITY AREAS (OKLAHOMA) OVERNIGHT

 daniel felt this one sitting at my PC desk. MICHELLE

Two small earthquakes felt in the Midwest City and Del City area overnight 

Scientists noted two small earthquakes in eastern Oklahoma County. The quakes were in the Del City and Midwest City area.

BY ROBERT MEDLEY Staff Writer rmedley@opubco.com Oklahoman    

Published: February 4, 2011

Two small earthquakes reported to have been felt by about 60 people in Midwest City and Del City are not likely connected to the foot of snow across the area, a scientist said.

At 8:06 p.m. Thursday, a magnitude 2.5 earthquake was felt by about 50 people living between N Air Depot and N Midwest Boulevard between NE 23 and NE 10, said Austin Holland, a seismologist for the Oklahoma Geological Survey.
At 1:30 a.m. today, a magnitude 2.3 quake was felt by about 10 people who reported it from the same area, Holland said.
It is possible that extra ground moisture can contribute to earthquakes, but snowfall moisture has not seeped far enough below ground to cause a quake. The quakes are occurring about 3 miles below the surface, Holland said.
Holland said he has been tracking a series of small earthquakes that have been reported since 2009 in the Jones area of eastern Oklahoma County including Cleveland County. The largest one was a magnitude 5.1 quake centered southeast of Lake Thunderbird in Cleveland County on Oct. 13.
No damages were reported from the smaller earthquakes Thursday night and this morning.