Sonic Booms?

[ZYX]

This from the News on 6:

Editor's Note: Amie Gibson, a research scientist at the Oklahoma Geological Survey, released the following statement: "A booming sound can be associated with earthquakes but with the distance of this last night quake it is highly unlikely that this was the cause of the noise in Green Country

[custosnox]

don't know why, but I'm not showing an earthquake last night in Oklahoma.  Last one showing up on my app is a 2.7 in Arkansas at 8:05 pm last night

[Ed W]

This from the News on 6:

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Editor's Note: Amie Gibson, a research scientist at the Oklahoma Geological Survey, released the following statement: "A booming sound can be associated with earthquakes but with the distance of this last night quake it is highly unlikely that this was the cause of the noise in Green Country

Ummm...actually it was me.  It's the broccoli that does it, you know.  Sorry.

[ZYX]

don't know why, but I'm not showing an earthquake last night in Oklahoma.  Last one showing up on my app is a 2.7 in Arkansas at 8:05 pm last night

The USGS does not show any earthquakes in Oklahoma within the last week.

[patric]

The USGS does not show any earthquakes in Oklahoma within the last week.

There was a magnitude 2.6 in Prague OK last night they are trying to pin it on.
In '99 there was an explosion at the Sun Refinery that was barely heard by anyone nearby, yet was powerful enough near the TU area that it broke one of the windows of the house I was living in at the time.

Apparently the right atmospherics can channel shock like a waveguide:
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/article.aspx?no=subj&articleid=L042699013 

[patric]

The jury is still out on this one:

Mystery Sound Heard Wednesday In Tulsa Area Was Earthquake Boom

The Oklahoma Geological Survey office in Leonard says the booms that happened at 10:14 p.m. last night came from an earthquake in Lincoln County.  They say booms are common with earthquakes, and other booms people heard during the day Wednesday may have come from smaller earthquakes.

However...
Amie Gibson, a research scientist at the Oklahoma Geological Survey, released the following statement: "A booming sound can be associated with earthquakes but with the distance of this last night quake it is highly unlikely that this was the cause of the noise in Green Country."