According to Oklahoma’s most recent geological survey data — to paraphrase the song made famous by amateur seismologist/underage-cousin-marrier Jerry Lee Lewis — “There’s a whole lotta shakin’ goin’ on, not as much shakin’ as was goin’ on in previous record-setting years, but still, historically speaking, a relatively whole lotta shakin’.” “Earthquakes magnitude 3.0 and greater […]
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“The only people in the whole mix that say these earthquakes aren’t man-made and not caused by wastewater disposal wells are those directly in the business,” Reid said.
“The only people in the whole mix that say these earthquakes aren’t man-made and not caused by wastewater disposal wells are those directly in the business,” Reid said.
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Chicken-Fried News: Recent rumblings
It seems Harold Hamm might have changed his views about manmade earthquakes just in time.
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Chicken-Fried News: Hamm bungler
Oklahoma tycoon Harold Hamm made headlines yet again — this time, he said fracking doesn’t cause earthquakes.
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News briefs: Suspension rates, downtown hike and more
Suspension rates Superintendent Robert Neu (pictured at right) called the district’s high suspension rate — especially among minority students — an unacceptable culture of sorting students that he plans to stop. During a press conference last week, Neu, who became superintendent of Oklahoma City Public Schools last year, discussed a recent internal discipline audit and […]
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Shake, rattle and roll
At 10:15 a.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 7, Oklahomans are asked to drop to the ground, roll under a desk (or another sturdy object) and hang on for 60 seconds. The exercise — sponsored by the Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and the Oklahoma Geological Survey — is part of the Great Central U.S. ShakeOut, in […]
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Quaker state
However, they ended up documenting the state’s biggest earthquake in recorded history. “We didn’t know we were going to go out to record a main shock,” said Holland, a seismologist for the Oklahoma Geological Survey. The surprise of having such a large quake in Oklahoma, considered geologically stable by most, has not been lost on […]
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Quaker state
However, they ended up documenting the state’s biggest earthquake in recorded history. “We didn’t know we were going to go out to record a main shock,” said Holland, a seismologist for the Oklahoma Geological Survey. The surprise of having such a large quake in Oklahoma, considered geologically stable by most, has not been lost on […]
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Earthquakes 101
Seismologists at the Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS) say the huge jump in numbers is partly due to the increase in instruments used to measure the earthquakes. According to the OGS, it only started monitoring earthquakes 50 years ago, so it’s highly likely such activity has happened before. Most humans feel earthquakes of 2.5 magnitude or […]