{"id":24150,"date":"2015-06-15T11:18:07","date_gmt":"2015-06-15T16:18:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/?p=24150"},"modified":"2015-07-16T09:47:59","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T14:47:59","slug":"power-struggle-the-oil-and-gas-boom-and-an-outbreak-of-earthquakes-in-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/2015\/06\/15\/power-struggle-the-oil-and-gas-boom-and-an-outbreak-of-earthquakes-in-oklahoma\/","title":{"rendered":"Power Struggle: The Oil and Gas Boom and an Outbreak of Earthquakes in Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_24159\"  class=\"wp-caption module image right\" style=\"max-width: 620px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24159\" alt=\"Lawrence Stasyszen, abbott of St. Gregory's Abbey, stands inside the monastery's condemned workshop in Shawnee, Okla. The monastery and associated college are still reeling from millions in damage from a 5.7-magnitude quake that struck in 2011.\" src=\"http:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2015\/06\/20150506-st-gregorys055_WEB.jpg\" width=\"620\" height=\"413\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2015\/06\/20150506-st-gregorys055_WEB.jpg 620w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2015\/06\/20150506-st-gregorys055_WEB-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2015\/06\/20150506-st-gregorys055_WEB-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/files\/2015\/06\/20150506-st-gregorys055_WEB-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-media-credit\">Joe Wertz \/ StateImpact Oklahoma<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lawrence Stasyszen, abbot of St. Gregory&#39;s Abbey, stands inside the monastery&#39;s condemned workshop in Shawnee, Okla. The monastery and nearby college are still reeling from millions in damage from a 5.7-magnitude quake that struck in 2011.<\/p>\n<\/div><p>In 2014, Oklahoma had more than three times as many earthquakes as California, and this year, the state is on track for even more. A lot of them are small, but some towns are seeing a quake almost every day, and seismologists warn that large and damaging earthquakes are becoming more likely.<\/p><p>The government in the Sooner State has only recently acknowledged the scope of the oil and gas industry\u2019s role in the problem.<\/p><p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/210058160%3Fsecret_token%3Ds-KtCg1&color=ff5500&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false\" height=\"166\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p><p><!--more-->Reveal\u2019s Michael Corey and Joe Wertz of StateImpact Oklahoma hop in a car and drive toward the epicenter of two earthquakes that had just struck near the town of Guthrie, Oklahoma, to see the after-effects for themselves and talk to the people who live in the area. Are residents troubled by or numb to the earthquakes?<\/p><p>In this story, the reporters travel throughout the state speaking to experts, helping us gain a better picture of Oklahoma\u2019s man-made earthquakes.<\/p><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.revealnews.org\/episodes\/power-struggle-the-perilous-price-of-americas-energy-boom\/#segment-oklahomas-man-made-earthquakes\">This segment<\/a> is featured on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.revealnews.org\/episodes\/power-struggle-the-perilous-price-of-americas-energy-boom\/\">June episode of &#8220;Reveal,&#8221;<\/a> a new investigative public radio program and podcast produced by The Center for Investigative Reporting, a nonprofit newsroom based in California, and PRX. Subscribe to the podcast and learn more at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.revealnews.org\">www.revealnews.org<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In 2014, Oklahoma had more than three times as many earthquakes as California, and this year, the state is on track for even more. A lot of them are small, but some towns are seeing a quake almost every day, and seismologists warn that large and damaging earthquakes are becoming more likely.The government in the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":24159,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[490],"tags":[489,500,238],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24150"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24150"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24150\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24167,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24150\/revisions\/24167"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24159"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateimpact.npr.org\/oklahoma\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}