Rate of Earthquakes Rattling Oklahoma Increases
Posted by feww on June 12, 2015
UPDATED
2,649 Earthquakes Strike Oklahoma in 365 Days
At least 2,649 earthquakes measuring 2.5Mw or greater have struck the state of Oklahoma and its border area with Kansas in the past 365 days, or an average of 7.25 quakes per day, compared with 812 events last year and 125 two years ago, according to the USGS earthquake archive.
The strike rate has increased from 6.7 earthquake per day, as calculated by FIRE-EARTH, just two months ago, on April 17, 2015.
The rate of occurrence for the year to June 2014 was 2.2 earthquake per day, our searches show, and [only] 0.34 events per day during the previous year.
Earthquake Location Map. 365 Days, 2,649 earthquakes on the map. Updated: 2015-06-12 at 15:48:28 UTC. Source: USGS/EHP.
Related Links
- Harold couldn’t give a ham about Oklahoma May 16, 2015
- Statement on Oklahoma Seismicity: OGS April 24, 2015
- Planet Oklahoma: Avg 6.7 Quakes Strike Each Day! April 17, 2015
- Ohio Finally Links Fracking to Earthquakes April 12, 2014
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