(Tulsa, Ok)--The gauges and monitors went crazy. On duty at the Oklahoma Geological Observatory in Leonard south of Tulsa on Thusday night was research scientist Amie Gibson.

 She said she was watching something she had never seen before. Gibson said all the seismic readings "capped out". She said the needles showed the earthquake that hit Japan was huge. Gibson said while amazed at the readings she was also sick to realize the numbers meant people were being killed. The quake and resulting tsunami killed hundreds of people and hundreds more remain missing.

 Gibson pointed out that a few hours after the earthquake in Japan there was a much smaller one in central Oklahoma near the town of Harrah. Recalling a recent earthquake that caused devastation in Chile, Gibson said that was also followed shortly by a quake in Oklahoma that measured 4.4 on the scales. Gibson is now studying these seismic echos and wonders if an earthquake in one part of the world can set off earthquakes on the other side of the Earth. Right now she believes they can