Fracking Made Oklahoma as Earthquake-Prone as San Francisco
For the last several years, something strange has been going on in Oklahoma. While the occurrence of earthquakes in the state usually hovers between one to three quakes annually, Oklahoma is now averaging one to three significant earthquakes per day. According to a newly released USGS earthquake risk map, Oklahoma is now just as likely as San Francisco to experience a disruptive, damaging earthquake over the course of the next year. However, unlike San Francisco, Oklahoma’s heightened earthquake risk is not the work of any natural phenomenon, but rather a man-made one. Unlike most earthquake-prone states in the U.S.,...
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