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The Earthquake Warning you heard about doesn’t technically exist…

8:30 AM EDT on May 6, 2014

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Put on the bicycle helmet, get to lowest floor of your house, and take cover in a hall closet or bathtub. Scientists have discovered a hook echo in earth's crust. As Dean Blevins would say, there's an earthquake #cuming.

Well, at least I think there is. As you've surely heard by now, the state of Oklahoma has been put under an earthquake warning by the USGS. The news has gone viral, making everything from the local news (KOKH, KOCO) to national sites (Drudge, HuffPo, Mail) and Linda Cavanaugh's Twitter. Even the AP picked up on the story. He's their report via USA Today: