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The Oklahoma earthquake swarms are an ongoing series of human activity-induced earthquakes affecting central Oklahoma, southern Kansas, northern Texas since 2009. [6] [7] [8] Beginning in 2009, the frequency of earthquakes in the U.S. state of Oklahoma rapidly increased from an average of fewer than two 3.0+ magnitude earthquakes per year since 1978 [9] to hundreds each year in the 2014–17 ...
English: Map of seismicity in Oklahoma and surrounding areas for earthquakes of greater than or equal to magnitude 3.0. Inset maps are color-coded. Data from USGS-ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat). Equidistant conic projection used.
Generally, earthquakes between magnitude 2.5 to 5.4 can be felt but only cause minor damage, while earthquakes between 5.5 to 6.0 can cause slight damage to buildings. In Oklahoma, the number of ...
The following is a list of historical earthquakes with epicenters located within the boundaries of Oklahoma. Only earthquakes of greater than or equal to magnitude 4.5 are included. Information pertaining to time, magnitude, epicenter, and depth is retrieved from the United States Geological Survey or, when USGS information is unavailable, the ...
The epicenter of Friday's quake nearly matched that of a 5.7 quake in 2011, and Oklahoma's strongest recorded earthquake happened 60 miles to the north in Pawnee with a magnitude of 5.8 in 2016.
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A 4.5 magnitude earthquake shook up parts of northern Oklahoma late Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The National Weather Service in Tulsa tweeted just after noon ...
English: Seismicity map of earthquakes in the U.S. State of Oklahoma since 1973 known to have greater than or equal to 3.0 magnitude on the moment magnitude scale. Date 6 July 2016