About 20 minutes before midnight Monday, Oklahoma topped last year’s total with its 586th earthquake of magnitude 3 or greater. Oklahoma Geological Survey (OGS) data indicate that a magnitude-3.3 quake about 20 miles east of Enid was the one that broke the record.
The state has averaged 2.5 quakes a day in 2015. If that rate continues, Oklahoma would have more than 912 quakes this year.
California has had fewer than 90 quakes this year, so Oklahoma has had more than six times as many.
The unprecedented seismic swarms appear to be the result of favorably aligned faults and oil production methods that create uniquely large volumes of wastewater.
Reminder:
Citizens of Guthrie: This will be an important and informative meeting that effects all of us !!!
CITIZENS TO GATHER IN DOWNTOWN GUTHRIE ON SEPTEMBER 3rd TO DISCUSS EARTHQUAKE PLAGUE
EVENT DETAILS: DATE: Thursday, September 3rd, 2015 TIME: 6pm to 8:30pm
-6:00 p.m. Film Screening– “GROUNDSWELL RISING,”
-7:00 p.m. Discussion with Dr. Todd Halihan, Professor of Hydrogeology, Oklahoma State University
-8:00 p.m. PUBLIC DISCUSSION
VENUE: First United Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 102 E. Noble Avenue, Guthrie, Oklahoma