A 5.1-magnitude earthquake shook Oklahoma, United StatesThe U.S. Geological Survey reported that a 5.1 magnitude earthquake struck the vicinity of Oklahoma City late on Friday, and that lesser earthquakes occurred over the course of the next few hours.
According to Charlotte Brown, the deputy director of emergency management for Lincoln County, there were no reported injuries and the damage seemed to be limited, with most of the things being knocked over or shaken off shelves inside residences.
“Nothing significant … nothing other than lots of scared people,” Brown stated.
According to the agency, the earthquake occurred at 11:24 p.m. local time and had its center approximately 5 miles northwest of Prague, Oklahoma, and 57 miles east of Oklahoma City.
To the U.S. Geological Survey, residents from Lawton, Enid, and Tulsa reported feeling the trembling.
The first seismic event was seen and
In Oklahoma, thousands of earthquakes have been detected recently; many of these have been connected to the subterranean injection of wastewater from the production of natural gas and oil, especially in the Arbuckle formation, which encompasses the Prague area.
A representative for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, which oversees the state’s oil and gas sector, Matt Skinner, said that the epicenter of the earthquake that occurred on Saturday was almost exactly where the epicenter of the 2011 earthquake was.
According to Skinner, “that was one of the early areas where action was taken” to restrict the injection of wastewater.
According to Skinner, “disposal wells within 10 miles of the quake” need to temporarily cease operations.
A number of firms have received orders from the Corporation Commission to shut down certain injection wells and lower
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