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Latest Oklahoma earthquake paroxysm starts

Source info:

Author: Harold Asmis
Date: 2015-12-29 13:18:00
Blog: Ontario-geofish
URL: http://ontario-geofish.blogspot.com/2015/12/latest-oklahoma-earthquake-paroxysm.html

Summary:

Wow, it started early, fast and furious.  I was expecting another week or two, but maybe all that rain went down the open boreholes. This parox will be on the lower section.  I'm calling it with this one, because the earthquake is following the mechanism, and although called an m4.3 here, it has been recorded as a M5.2, intensity 6.  This was a mixed mechanism, with shear-tension, but should

Content analysis:

Geographic context:

LocationCountryLatitudeLongitude
OklahomaUS35.3091-98.521

Keywords:

intensity, lower section, m4.3, mechanism, Oklahoma earthquake paroxysm, open boreholes, rain, shear-tension, Wow

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