It’s Official: Oklahoma Experiences More Earthquakes Than Anywhere Else in the World

It’s official: Oklahoma now has more earthquakes than anywhere else in the world, according to a spokesman from the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC), which oversees the Sooner State’s oil and gas industry.


Scientists have linked this never-ending spate of tremors to the state’s drilling boom. The Oklahoma Geological Survey concluded that the injection of wastewater byproducts into deep underground disposal wells from fracking operations has triggered the seismic activity in Oklahoma.

As EcoWatch reported two months ago, Oklahoma went from two earthquakes a year before 2009 to two a day. This year, roughly 700 earthquakes of magnitude 3 or higher has shook the state, compared to 20 in 2009.

Link [link to ecowatch.com]

This is disturbing. 10 years ago an earthquake happening in Oklahoma was a very rare occurance,now the state is now the most seismicly active place on earth.
The earthquakes are getting stronger as well, more 3.0-5.0 this year then previous years.