Powerful thrusts hit Oklahoma (earthquakes)

M3.6  with a ridiculous intensity map for this size of earthquake.

I'm quite sad that the USGS isn't producing the fault plane solutions.  The 6 may be out of line, but there are a lot of 4's.  Normally a 3.6 is weak.  Some of these higher intensities may be a result of previous weakening.

If these are thrusts along what I have identified as a main thrust fault, then this is just the beginning.  We've already had a few of these quite a while ago.  I've been expecting lots of M5 thrusts for almost a year now, but I'd settle for M4.5.  :)

A big Christmas present for those injecting, since there will be a drop in pressure, and the commensurate increase in volume.  An M5 thrust will affect the whole organism.

Update:  After bugging the usgs forever, I have come to the conclusion that the recent shallow thrust M4.2 can't have a fault plane solution, probably because there are not enough distant stations.  We'll wait for the big ones, then.

Update2:  M4.0 in an isolated area up north.  Probably strike-slip.  No felt responses yet.  Down to 3.7, and must have been really deep, since practically nobody felt it.

Update3:  Interesting that a weak M4, normal strike-slip gets a solution right away, but the shallow thrust never did.

December - Male Depression Month

I'm making that up, after Movember, since I think this takes more men than prostate cancer, which is practically cured now, since they have diagnostics and early treatment with the radioactive beads.

Male depression has no blood test, and a complete aversion.  All the worst cases I've seen spout the words "I ain't seeing no shrink!".  The toll on family and kids is huge, and we must throw all cases of Fordianism (alcohol, drugs) into this.

In my family of German stock, we have the genetics of people being 'Intellectual Depressives'.  This has always ended with a brilliant poet or artist killing themselves at an early age.  I pick December since this is the cruellest month for Northern Depressives.

A Depressive is incapable of diagnosing himself, so you have to do it for him.  There are countless web sites giving questionnaires that do a good job.  Then present him with the facts, and a big gun to his head, to go to the doctor.  You've got to do this before he goes down the 'self medication' route of alcohol.  Most likely a small amount of a simple pill is all he needs.  

You really need the pills to climb out of the hole.  There is no 'buck up' here.  Once you are out, then you can do things to reduce the pills, like light therapy and melatonin.  The pills are needed because a Depressive has brain changes, that need a lot of 'force' to reverse.

If you are under control, then December brings challenges, mainly the parties and drinking.  Treat alcohol as being liquid gold.  Drink fine wine like liqueur.  Make a shooter of half vodka, and half Christmas Port, and fully believe it is the world's most expensive Scotch, and sip it.  It has a magnificent finish that lasts a long time.  The pleasure really boosts serotonin.

M4.7 Arizona earthquake, rugged territory

The USGS isn't giving a fault plane solution, and I don't think there is much coverage, but this is one of those random events that happens in relatively stable geology.  I did get a streetview.

Very mountainous, so you'd expect a lot of internal stress adjustments.  The felt area shows a uniform pattern of very low ground motions.

This is what you'd expect for something that is more than 20 km deep.  I'm doubting they'll see another one soon.

Update:  Normal (tension), the least of ground motions.