5.5 Magnitude earthquake in Pecos just now

[High Plains Drifter 11024]

 

just happened.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited November 16, 2022 by High Plains Drifter

[FORTY NINE TO ZERO 2652]

Felt in Austin   

[UTexasFight 9427]

FRACKING A!!!

[Js1 85258]

10 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

just happened.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

That’s an angry looking butthole 

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

FRACKING A!!!

It wasn’t me! But I’m working on one for the eagle ford. Hold on to your butts Tilden!

[ztejas 43411]

8 minutes ago, FORTY NINE TO ZERO said:

Felt in Austin   

[High Plains Drifter 11024]

 

I'm about 100 miles from pecos and it was pretty strong here. entire building shook, windows rattled. People were yelling.

edit: probably lasted about 5 seconds or so. Long enough for me to walk over to the window, and then out into the hallway.

 

8 minutes ago, Js1 said:

That’s an angry looking butthole 

 

well, I mean, it is Pecos.

 

Edited November 16, 2022 by High Plains Drifter

[kevwun 15757]

Drilling that drains water wells and causes earthquakes is a really good idea.

[F250 28761]

 

 

[SimonBolivar 10957]

7 minutes ago, kevwun said:

Drilling that drains water wells and causes earthquakes is a really good idea.

Why do you hate Texas?*

 

 

*Note: I know nothing about plate tectonics or oil extraction and reserve the right to take back my snarky comment if fracking has nothing to do with this. 

[kevwun 15757]

We've had small earthquakes where I live and a nearby fracking holding pond is currently in the process of draining my water well.  I have no doubt what the cause of the problems in my area is.

Edited November 16, 2022 by kevwun

[Red Five 40822]

Our building was shaking in Austin (4th floor). Thought I was dizzy at first but then saw things moving/shaking. That was a first for me.

Edit: Supposedly the third strongest earthquake in Texas history.

[Beau Vine 54203]

They apparently evacuated my building on the TxState campus, though I wasn't there and didn't feel it at my house.

[Pato del Muerto 52484]

Just another adventure of pecos bill

[Brisketexan 105041]

Your momma musta just got outta bed in Pecos.

[CHIEF 5075]

I've never felt an earthquake, or if I did I attributed it to something else. Why do y'all get to have all the fun?

CHIEF

[HenryJames 66032]

37 minutes ago, High Plains Drifter said:

probably lasted about 5 seconds or so. Long enough for me to walk over to the window, and then out into the hallway.

Tell it again!

[Updawg 2266]

Was wondering why dog was freaking out

[jimmyjazz 45877]

I didn't feel a thing on the west side of Austin.

This is a common problem for me.

[conVINCEd 21469]

I worked on a project in LA for a few weeks many years ago.  They had a minor (by their standards, not mine) quake on my second day there.  Lots of snickering about the badass Texas guy who probably overreacted a little bit when the building started shimmying and shaking.

Edited November 16, 2022 by conVINCEd

[deadshank 24652]

I felt nothing in Houston.

[Ghost of LL 15531]

18 minutes ago, jimmyjazz said:

I didn't feel a thing on the west side of Austin.

This is a common problem for me.

Your wife tells me its a problem for her, too.

[deadshank 24652]

13 minutes ago, conVINCEd said:

I worked on a project in LA for a few weeks many years ago.  They had a minor (by their standards, not mine) quake on my second day there.  Lots of snickering about the badass Texas guy who probably overreacted a little bit when the building started shimmying and shaking.

Who was the badass Texas guy?  Did you ever meet him?

[Patricio Swayze 17058]

I felt nothing in Houston.

Try doing more kegels.

[Deej 76750]

1 hour ago, FORTY NINE TO ZERO said:

Felt in Austin   

I thought South Austin's Mom felt a little more lively there for a few seconds. 

[atomheartbevo 89618]

Thought it was last night’s Taco Bell.

[ztejas 43411]

Sounds like folks that felt it in SA/Austin were upstairs in tallish buildings. 

[UTGrad98 2271]

1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

Your momma musta just got outta bed in Pecos.

[Captainant 27619]

1 hour ago, kevwun said:

We've had small earthquakes where I live and a nearby fracking holding pond is currently in the process of draining my water well.  I have no doubt what the cause of the problems in my area is.

Yeah but think of all the profits those oil barons can realize! What's a negative externality?

[conVINCEd 21469]

1 hour ago, deadshank said:

Who was the badass Texas guy?  Did you ever meet him?

For the rest of my short stay there most people called me EV.  Earthquake Virgin.

[deadshank 24652]

Just now, conVINCEd said:

For the rest of my short stay there most people called me EV.  Earthquake Virgin.

Were they gentle?

[conVINCEd 21469]

2 minutes ago, deadshank said:

Were they gentle?

We’re all having fun here, but as an earthquake virgin, I was on the 40th floor of an office building, and peoples drinks started sliding off of the conference table.

[Neonmoon 38129]

Injection wells are a bitch 

[Trey3216 15343]

And my office, how it’s shakin, at the bank in Loving County. 

[CleverNickname 1308]

I wonder if it will affect San Soloman (Balmorhea) flow or caused any landslides in Guadalupe Mountains  

[Sbbruin 21825]

5.5?

[Beau Vine 54203]

2 hours ago, deadshank said:

I felt nothing in Houston.

Has the Houston Tourism Board contacted you yet?

[Sawbonz 27525]

Brisket's already checked in to the thread. Otherwise I’d suspect he had stopped at an allsups out there 

[conVINCEd 21469]

2 minutes ago, Sawbonz said:

Brisket's already checked in to the thread. Otherwise I’d suspect he had stopped at an allsups out there 

I don’t think he’s capable of going north of 4.0 unless he stacked multiple flatulence inducing  meals on top of each other.  

[Sbbruin 21825]

[Scheiss Meister 8407]

I thought that it was the neighbor's mule scratching its back on the corner of my trailer again.

[Slacks 6819]

On a plane to SFO right now. Fuck earthquake talk.

[crash_davis 23094]

5 minutes ago, Slacks said:

Fuck earthquake talk.

well then, how about earthquake songs?

 

[Kwix 2186]

4 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

well then, how about earthquake songs?

 

It was a good day when my daughter finally grew out of that babybus shit 

[Guest]

5 hours ago, UTexasFight said:

FRACKING A!!!

Negative

[Guest]

5 hours ago, kevwun said:

Drilling that drains water wells and causes earthquakes is a really good idea.

Nothing to do with it. 

4 hours ago, kevwun said:

We've had small earthquakes where I live and a nearby fracking holding pond is currently in the process of draining my water well.  I have no doubt what the cause of the problems in my area is.

You actually have no idea. 

3 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

Injection wells are a bitch 

Bingo. 

[F250 28761]

4 hours ago, deadshank said:

I felt nothing in Houston.

Isn't that the city motto?

 

[chainsaw 9850]

[4th and 5 4914]

4 hours ago, Beau Vine said:

They apparently evacuated my building on the TxState campus, though I wasn't there and didn't feel it at my house.

I was wondering why in the heck the projector was vibrating during my lecture…..

[F250 28761]

3 hours ago, conVINCEd said:

We’re all having fun here, but as an earthquake virgin, I was on the 40th floor of an office building, and peoples drinks started sliding off of the conference table.

I'm pretty sure I would have reacted like this.