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OPB: Aleutian Quake Zone Could Shoot Big Tsunamis To Hawaii, California
2016-01-14 16:49:33| PortlandOnline
News story posted to opb.org January 13, 2016.
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With Great Uncertainty, Geologists try to Predict Chance of Big Quake Striking Kansas
2016-01-10 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Wichita Eagle: Lori Lawrence said she was standing in the hallway of her home near Central and Hillside on Wednesday night when the bedroom door started rattling. It was, she said, the sixth earthquake she's felt in the past two years. Friends filled up her Facebook feed with comments about the latest quake, which was actually two back-to-back quakes, the largest of which had a magnitude of 4.8. It was intense enough that the city of Wichita, for the first time, sent out a team to examine whether any of its...
OPB: USGS Looks To Twitter For Speedy Quake Alerts
2015-10-12 15:53:20| PortlandOnline
News story posted to OPB.org October 11, 2015.
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Cushing quake follows rules to curb seismic activity tied to wells
2015-10-11 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 that struck near the U.S. crude oil hub of Cushing, Oklahoma on Saturday occurred just days after regulators imposed new rules meant to prevent temblors in the area and said more changes were possible. The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC), which regulates the state's oil and gas industry, ordered companies on Sept. 18 to shut or reduce usage of five saltwater disposal wells around the north-central Oklahoma city of Cushing. Saltwater, a normal byproduct...
Quake with magnitude of 4.5 hits near Cushing, Oklahoma
2015-10-11 00:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 hit near the north-central Oklahoma city of Cushing on Saturday afternoon, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake was shallow, at a depth of about 1 km (0.6 miles), with its epicenter at 5 km (3 miles) from Cushing, it said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. It was the second significant quake to hit the state in a day, the USGS said, adding a quake with a 4.4 magnitude hit near Medford, about1 130 km (80 miles) northwest of Cushing,...
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