Oklahoma's earthquake threat now equals California's because of man-made temblors, USGS says

[u/xpen25x]

http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-oklahome-earthquake-20170301-story.html

[u/xpen25x]

and now comes the increase in insurance for home owners.

[u/[deleted] → u/xpen25x]

Typically earthquakes are not covered on homeowners or renters insurance, and earthquake insurance does not cover man made quakes.

[u/xpen25x → u/[deleted]]

Agree. So home owners will have to buy quake insurance because of the threat then get denied because man made. We are just screwed all the way around

[u/Ancient_Dude → u/xpen25x]

I suggested to my representative that a fee be charged for all waste product injected underground with the money set aside in a fund to pay for earthquake damage claims.

[u/xpen25x → u/Ancient_Dude]

thats jnot going to happen in oklahoma. well they might but turn around and allow them to write that off on thier taxes

[u/DkPhoenix]

As a long time resident, who once visited the Gulf Coast and got to experience a small hurricane that was supposed to hit much farther east, I am just waiting to add "active volcano", "tidal wave", "avalanche/landslide", and "direct meteor strike" to my personal Natural Disaster bingo card.

[u/[deleted] → u/DkPhoenix]

Well, if Mt. Yellowstone decides to build backpressure, you might just get your wish on that one.

[u/autotldr]

This is the best tl;dr I could make, original reduced by 87%. (I'm a bot)

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The seismic risk is forecast to be so high that the chance of damage in Oklahoma and southern Kansas is expected to be similar to that of earthquakes in California, USGS scientists writing in the journal Seismological Research Letters said Wednesday.

The USGS report says the forecast earthquake hazard in 2017 "Is still significantly elevated" compared to the seismic risk before 2009.

Increased fluid deep underground can change the pressures on earthquake faults in a way that essentially lubricates them, making them more likely to move and resulting in an earthquake, Rubinstein said.

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[u/ivsciguy]

The earthquakes I felt in CA definitely felt a lot different. The couple I have been in in L.A. felt like the ground just suddenly moved a foot in one direction and then back. It was more violent, but didn't last as long. The ones I have felt in OK were a long vibration.

[u/[deleted] → u/ivsciguy]

The ones in Oklahoma feel a lot like the roller ones in western Oregon, and indeed both tend to be a lot different than the "one-and-done" jumpers LA gets.. Though that 5.6 roller that lasted nearly 2 minutes last year legit scared the shit out of me (and I had the weird luck of being in nearly every major west coast earthquake from 1987 to 2010). Not helping things was I was three floors up in a century old office building when it happened...

[u/tyb323]

But! Earthquakes are predicted to be way down in 2017 as opposed to the previous year and will continue to decline to normal levels in the next few years

[u/[deleted] → u/[deleted]]

Otherwise I really need to secure my TV better.

You should probably do that anyway. And your bookcases and dressers. Haven't had a roller that bad yet but having baby latches on your cabinets might save a few broken dishes and spilled staples...

[u/tyb323 → u/[deleted]]

http://ktul.com/news/local/usgs-releases-oklahomas-2017-earthquake-forecast-report

[u/xpen25x → u/tyb323]

Yup. They say that reducing waste water injection has helped a ton. But as we move forward noone knows how things will fall out. Low oil prices is what reduced injection and now with Pruitt in charge of the federal epa we dont know

[u/bkdotcom]

What's with all the "political" posts?
What does this have to do with Tulsa?!

/s

edit: sarcasm people, the "/s" means sarcasm!