Oklahoma to take Texas with it as it breaks of off the continental plate and slides into the Gulf of Mexico. We've been hearing for decades how the earthquakes in California were going to cause it to break off and slide into the Pacific Ocean. Now Oklahoma is going earthquake crazy. One early today in Cushing, Oklahoma registered 4.1. That entire region has been having quakes from 2 or so up to about 4.5 quite regularly in recent years. I just hope all of the huge oil pipelines that enter Cushing from the north are designed to accept earthquake activity.
A quote from the link. "One-fifth of the countryÛªs commercial crude oil storage capacity is located Cushing, Okla., a small city of about 7,900 in northeastern Oklahoma. On the cityÛªs outskirts, field after field are filled with hulking steel storage tanks."
Info from another source:
Oklahoma, United States has had: (M1.5 or greater)
4 earthquakes today
66 earthquakes in the past 7 days
206 earthquakes in the past month
2,076 earthquakes in the past year
This compares to vastly larger California:
California, United States has had: (M1.5 or greater)
14 earthquakes today
127 earthquakes in the past 7 days
460 earthquakes in the past month
6,315 earthquakes in the past year
Land area comparison:
California, 155,959.34. square miles
Oklahoma, 68,667.06. square miles
Meanwhile, all is relatively quiet in the foreign country known as Texas:
Texas, United States has had: (M1.5 or greater)
0 earthquakes today
4 earthquakes in the past 7 days
7 earthquakes in the past month
98 earthquakes in the past year
