Several earthquakes recorded in Oklahoma on Thursday
Source: Associated Press
Several earthquakes recorded in Oklahoma on Thursday
Updated 7:36 pm, Thursday, April 7, 2016
LUTHER, Okla. (AP) The U.S. Geological Survey has recorded several small to moderate earthquakes in Oklahoma, including a magnitude 4.0 quake.
The temblor was recorded at 5:27 p.m. Thursday, 1 mile north of Luther or 25 miles northeast of Oklahoma City.
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The quake is one of seven recorded since shortly after midnight. The others range in magnitude from 2.7 to 3.6.
The number of magnitude 3.0 or greater earthquakes has skyrocketed in Oklahoma, from a few dozen in 2012 to more than 900 last year and scientists have linked the increase to the underground disposal of wastewater from oil-and-gas production. State regulators are asking oil and gas companies to reduce their wastewater disposal operations.
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phazed0
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(38,511 posts)When it goes it will be super catastrophic.
Lochloosa
(16,067 posts)dchill
(38,511 posts)Potential for future earthquakes
In a report filed in November 2008, the U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency warned that a serious earthquake in the New Madrid Seismic Zone could result in "the highest economic losses due to a natural disaster in the United States," further predicting "widespread and catastrophic" damage across Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, and particularly Tennessee, where a 7.7 magnitude quake or greater would cause damage to tens of thousands of structures affecting water distribution, transportation systems, and other vital infrastructure.[20] The earthquake is expected to also result in many thousands of fatalities, with more than 4,000 of the fatalities expected in Memphis alone.
cstanleytech
(26,305 posts)for.
Jack Rabbit
(45,984 posts)Repent.
DhhD
(4,695 posts)Newest Map:
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/induced/
2016 One-Year Seismic Hazard Forecast for the Central and Eastern United States from Induced and Natural Earthquakes
https://pubs.er.usgs.gov/publication/ofr20161035
jtuck004
(15,882 posts)phrase for this.