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Oklahoma earthquake summary - July 2015

Source info:

Author: Harold Asmis
Date: 2015-07-10 13:14:00
Blog: Ontario-geofish
URL: http://ontario-geofish.blogspot.com/2015/07/oklahoma-earthquake-summary-july-2015.html

Summary:

I'm really going to say that the rate of increase of magnitude is down.  Kansas is enjoying a summer holiday, but Ok. City had a big flurry last week.  It's interesting to think how the rate should go up as the earthquakes become larger.  Since the magnitude scale is exponential, and the fault area goes by the square, some things should slow down.  Stress corrosion would go on a steady rate if

Content analysis:

Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
KansasUS38.4981-98.3202

Keywords:

big flurry, City, earthquakes, fault area, increase, Kansas, magnitude scale, Oklahoma earthquake summary, square, steady rate, Stress corrosion, summer holiday

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