{"id":22479,"date":"2015-01-14T11:20:19","date_gmt":"2015-01-14T17:20:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=22479"},"modified":"2015-01-14T11:23:32","modified_gmt":"2015-01-14T17:23:32","slug":"oklahoma-earthquake-rate-is-high-but-holding-steady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2015\/01\/14\/oklahoma-earthquake-rate-is-high-but-holding-steady\/","title":{"rendered":"Oklahoma Earthquake Rate is High, But Holding Steady"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_21934\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 300px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-21934\" alt=\"A panel of state geological surveys and oil and gas regulators at the National Seismic Hazard Workshop on Induced Seismicity, held in November at a conference center in Midwest City, Okla.\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2014\/11\/20141118-usgs-quake-hazard004_WEB-300x199.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Joe Wertz \/ StateImpact Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">A panel of state geological surveys and oil and gas regulators at the National Seismic Hazard Workshop on Induced Seismicity, held in November at a conference center in Midwest City, Okla.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>Oklahoma experienced <a href=\"http:\/\/www.eenews.net\/stories\/1060011066\">more earthquakes than California<\/a> in 2014, but the rate and severity of the shaking \u201chas held relatively flat over the past 12 months,\u201d <em>The Oklahoman<\/em>\u2019s <a href=\"http:\/\/newsok.com\/earthquake-rate-steadies-in-oklahoma-experts-say\/article\/5384090\">Adam Wilmoth reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cIt looks like we\u2019re at about the same rate now as we were last year at this point,\u201d Oklahoma Geological Society seismologist Austin Holland said. \u201cWe\u2019re continuing to see a high rate, but it looks like a steady rate at this point.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote><p><!--more-->Several <a href=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/topic\/earthquakes-2\/\">peer-reviewed scientific papers<\/a> have linked some quakes in Oklahoma and other states to disposal wells the energy industry pumps full of wastewater and other fluid byproducts of drilling and oil and gas production. Hydraulic fracturing, so-called fracking, has also been shown to trigger earthquakes.<\/p><p>One <a href=\"http:\/\/bssa.geoscienceworld.org\/content\/early\/2015\/01\/01\/0120140168.full\">recent paper<\/a>, published this month in the \u201cBulletin of the Seismological Society of America,\u201d concludes that a string of small earthquakes recorded in March 2014 near Poland Township, Ohio, were likely induced by fracking.<\/p><p>Officials are pleased that the pace of Oklahoma\u2019s quakes seems to have plateaued, Wilmoth reports, but homeowners are being precautious.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>About 15 percent of Oklahomans now have earthquake insurance, Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak said. The number is up from about 2 percent in 2011 and outpaces California, where about 10 percent of residents have earthquake insurance.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oklahoma experienced more earthquakes than California in 2014, but the rate and severity of the shaking \u201chas held relatively flat over the past 12 months,\u201d The Oklahoman\u2019s Adam Wilmoth reports. \u201cIt looks like we\u2019re at about the same rate now as we were last year at this point,\u201d Oklahoma Geological Society seismologist Austin Holland said. 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