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Powerful thrusts hit Oklahoma (earthquakes)

Source info:

Author: Harold Asmis
Date: 2014-12-02 14:42:00
Blog: Ontario-geofish
URL: http://ontario-geofish.blogspot.com/2014/12/powerful-thrusts-hit-oklahoma.html

Summary:

M3.6  with a ridiculous intensity map for this size of earthquake. I'm quite sad that the USGS isn't producing the fault plane solutions.  The 6 may be out of line, but there are a lot of 4's.  Normally a 3.6 is weak.  Some of these higher intensities may be a result of previous weakening. If these are thrusts along what I have identified as a main thrust fault, then this is just the

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Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
OklahomaUS35.3091-98.521

Keywords:

(earthquakes) M3.6  with a ridiculous intensity map for this size of earthquake., fault plane solutions, higher intensities, main thrust fault, Powerful thrusts, previous weakening, ridiculous intensity map, USGS

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