2009–16 Oklahoma earthquake swarms
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+ Mw earthquakes per year since 1978 to hundreds per year in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Thousands of earthquakes have occurred in Oklahoma and surrounding areas in southern Kansas and North Texas since 2009. Scientific studies attribute the rise in earthquakes to the disposal of wastewater produced during oil extraction that has been injected more deeply into the ground.
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2009–16 Oklahoma earthquake swarms
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+ Mw earthquakes per year since 1978 to hundreds per year in 2014, 2015, and 2016. Thousands of earthquakes have occurred in Oklahoma and surrounding areas in southern Kansas and North Texas since 2009. Scientific studies attribute the rise in earthquakes to the disposal of wastewater produced during oil extraction that has been injected more deeply into the ground.
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Central and North-Central Oklahoma
South-Central Kansas
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>2,250 in OK since January 1, ...... in N TX since January 1, 2009
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Map of earthquakes greater than 3.0 magnitude
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Seismicity map for Oklahoma an ...... dicate earthquakes since 2009.
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*5.8 (Mw)
*5.7 (Mw)
*5.1
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Oklahoma area earthquake swarms
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Intraplate earthquakes
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Beginning in 2009, the frequen ...... d more deeply into the ground.
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2009–16 Oklahoma earthquake swarms
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