NC Oklahoma/SC Kansas Earthquake Thread: Swarming Occurring in Wichita City Limits - 1st Earthquakes Ever To Occur In City Limits

THREAD NOTE: While this thread first started with a single incident occurring on November 19, 2015, I have decided to turn it into a general North-Central Oklahoma/South-Central Kansas Earthquake thread due to all the recent activity and due to the large amount of research and data that has been collected in it since the original report. All 4.0+ earthquakes will be registered in this original post, as well as any pertinent information.

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Statistics for the Year 2016:

Kansas: 463
Oklahoma: 2,406
Combined total for the South-Central Kansas/North-Central Oklahoma area: 2,868

Kansas' screenshot link:

[link to i.imgur.com]

Oklahoma's screenshot link:

[link to i.imgur.com]

Screenshot link for the combined South-Central Kansas/North-Central Oklahonma area:

[link to i.imgur.com]


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Statistics for the Year 2015:

Kansas: 1,374
Oklahoma: 2,815

Combined total for the South-Central Kansas/North-Central Oklahoma area: 4,189

Kansas' screenshot:

[link to i.imgur.com]

Oklahoma's screenshot:

[link to i.imgur.com]

Screenshot for the combined SC Kansas/NC Oklahoma area:

[link to i.imgur.com]

For reference, here are the statistics for prior years for the South-Central Kansas/North Central Oklahoma combined areas, with a breakdown for each state:

2014:

Kansas: 821
Oklahoma: 1,894
Combined: 2,714

2013:

Kansas: 3
Oklahoma: 258
Combined: 261

2012:

Kansas: 0
Oklahoma: 60
Combined: 60

2011:

Kansas: 0
Oklahoma: 96
Combined: 96


2010:

Kansas: 0
Oklahoma: 120
Combined: 120

2009:

Kansas: 0
Oklahoma: 34
Combined: 34

1988-2008

Kansas: 4
Oklahoma: 17
Combined: 21


ORIGINAL POST: I'm here in Wichita. Did anyone else feel that? It had to be the strongest one yet. I have stuff knocked over on my heavy entertainment center.

M 4.7 - 13km SW of Cherokee, Oklahoma
Time 2015-11-19 01:42:12 UTC-06:00
Location 6.661°N 98.461°W
Depth 6.2 km

[link to i.imgur.com]

"The earthquake shook in 8 states including Kansas, Arizona, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Nebraska, Arkansas and Illinois.

. . .

According to the National Weather Service in Dodge City, there were so many birds that took flight after the earthquake, it could be seen on radar. "

[link to www.kwch.com]

Screenshot of the radar picking up the birds taking flight due to the earthquake:

[link to i.imgur.com]

[link to twitter.com (secure)]

Yellowstone seismographs appear to have captured the earthquake:

[link to i.imgur.com]

[link to www.isthisthingon.org]


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4.4 - 10km NE of Cherokee, Oklahoma
Time 2015-11-23 15:17:46 UTC-06:00
Location 36.818°N 98.273°W
Depth 5.0 km



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M 4.5 - 26km WSW of Medford, Oklahoma
Time 2015-11-30 03:49:13 UTC-06:00
Location 36.746°N 98.015°W
Depth 5.0 km

[link to i.imgur.com]

Appears to have been felt in at least 6 states so far that's been reported.



EDITED TO ADD: The earthquake area does cross over into South Central Kansas and are considered, at least in my opinion, to be part of the larger swarming area that goes from South Central Kansas into North Central Oklahoma.

Based on the chart I posted originally on November 20, 2015, the uptick in earthquakes in South Central Kansas and North Central Oklahoma began in 2009.



EDITED TO ADD: Here is a smilie representing all the earthquakes in South Central Kansas and North Central Oklahoma since 2009, the year we began to see an uptick in earthquakes for this part of the county.



Here is the exact same area from 2000-2009 to give you an idea of the changes:





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M 4.3 - 28km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2015-12-05 19:01:42 UTC-06:00
Location 36.454°N 98.692°W
Depth 2.5 km



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M 4.3 - 8km ENE of Edmond, Oklahoma
Time 2015-12-29 05:39:19 UTC-06:00
Location 35.682°N 97.396°W
Depth 8.0 km



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M 4.2 - 5km NE of Edmond, Oklahoma
Time 2016-01-01 05:39:39 UTC-06:00
Location 35.687°N 97.429°W
Depth 5.0 km


EDITED TO ADD: 4 4+ earthquakes have been experienced over the last 24 hours starting around 10:30 p.m. on January 6, 2015:

M 4.0 - 30km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-01-07 13:59:44 UTC-06:00
Location 36.481°N 98.698°W
Depth 5.0 km

M 4.0 - 27km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-01-07 02:37:11 UTC-06:00
Location 36.471°N 98.666°W
Depth 5.0 km

M 4.8 - 32km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-01-06 22:27:58 UTC-06:00
Location 36.493°N 98.714°W
Depth 6.0 km

M 4.7 - 31km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-01-06 22:27:28 UTC-06:00
Location 36.475°N 98.728°W
Depth 3.4 km

Minor quake damage reported at Wichita facilities

"Some City of Wichita facilities were damaged in two overnight earthquakes, which were centered in Oklahoma.

Director of Public Works Alan King says city workers have found several cracks in buildings. Patrol East had a crack in the cement floor. There were cracks in the walls at some other buildings, as well.

. . .

City workers are inspecting bridges as a precaution."

[link to www.kwch.com]

Wichita activates earthquake response plan after Oklahoma quakes

"Wichita has activated the Earthquake Response Plan.

'Yes, we have an earthquake response plan,' says Joe Pajor, Wichita’s Deputy director of Public Works. 'We have had three locations impacted overnight with our water pipes.'

Pajor says they are sending out earthquake response teams to look for damage.

City Public Works Director Alan King says damage has been found.

'One of our pump stations buildings had some cracks in the wall. Nothing that looks like at this point that we think would cause a problem with the building continuing to be occupied and used,' says King.

The Wichita Police Department’s East patrol station has a new crack in the cement floor from overnight.

[link to ksn.com]


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M 4.1 - 30km NNW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-01-08 07:36:29 UTC-06:00
Location 36.500°N 98.671°W
Depth 3.4 km


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M 4.0 - 14km NNW of Medford, Oklahoma
Time 2016-01-14 17:15:32 UTC-06:00
Location 36.929°N 97.798°W
Depth 3.7 km


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M 4.2 - 30km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-01-19 14:45:57 UTC-06:00
Location 36.486°N 98.680°W
Depth 3.7 km


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Earthquakes cause $100,000 in damage for the City of Wichita

"City of Wichita officials said they have seen about $100,000 to city-owned property with $60,000 pf that to water main breaks as a result of earthquakes.

. . .

King said foundation and drywall damage has been found at several city-owned properties, including a police substation.

Earthquakes have also been linked to more than 10 water main breaks."

[link to www.kwch.com]



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M 5.1 - 33km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-02-13 11:07:05 UTC-06:00
Location 36.490°N 98.741°W
Depth 7.7 km


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Earthquake damages Hutchinson homes
Shaking caught by Wichita liquor store surveillance camera

"It's the largest earthquake felt in Kansas in nearly five years. The 5.1 magnitude quake centered near Fairview, OK at 11:07AM and was felt as far away as Kansas City.

People in the Wichita area say earthquake was the strongest they've ever felt.
And two families in Hutchinson say it caused cracks in their walls and ceilings.

. . .

The shaking from the earthquake was felt across Kansas, and it had businesses in Wichita worried too.

Boxes and bottles shaking at Cocktail Time Wine and Spirits was caught on the store's surveillance cameras Saturday morning."

[link to www.kwch.com]

Wichita reports damage from 5.1 magnitude quake felt across Kansas

"Wichita city leaders say there is damage.

“'We did find that some of the cracks that were caused by the last earthquake had gotten a little bit bigger,' says Alan King, Director of Public Works & Utilities.

King says the city’s earthquake response team, consisting of about a dozen engineers and inspectors, was dispatched an hour after the earthquake.

. . .

Wichita city leaders say last time there was a strong earthquake in Oklahoma, there was damage to city infrastructure. In that earthquake event the city had multiple broken water main lines, some damage to water holding tanks and even some buckling in the floor of a Wichita Police Substation.

King says they found that some cracks from the last earthquake did expand, but no major damage was found during their initial assessment.

The earthquake response team will go back out Tuesday morning and do a more thorough inspection, even for fairly small damage.

. . .

Haysville resident Bruce smith has lived in Kansas for two years, after spending most of his life in Los Angeles, California.

Smith was surprised by the strength of today’s earthquake.

. . .

The temblors are the latest in a series of earthquakes some say are linked to the injection of wastewater underground from oil and gas production.

The quake is the strongest yet felt in south central Kansas."

[link to ksn.com]


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M 4.0 - 7km SW of Langston, Oklahoma
Time 2016-02-25 05:39:03 UTC-06:00
Location 35.898°N 97.319°W
Depth 5.0 km


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M 4.0 - 20km W of Perry, Oklahoma
Time 2016-02-26 23:05:49 UTC-06:00
Location 36.286°N 97.520°W
Depth 2.1 km


EDITED TO ADD: To make the thread more reader friendly, I have consolidated the daily reports for earthquakes from the area into monthly posts. As I update daily, the prior day's post will be added to the monthly report and the single post that existed for it will be deleted.


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M 4.2 - 5km NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma
Time 2016-03-28 23:53:01 UTC-05:00
Location 35.995°N 97.575°W
Depth 4.9 km

[link to i.imgur.com]



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M 4.0 - 3km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma
Time 2016-04-07 17:27:30 UTC-05:00
Location 35.687°N 97.175°W
Depth 5.0 km


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M 4.0 - 10km NE of Medford, Oklahoma
Time 2016-04-09 16:55:44 UTC-05:00
Location 36.867°N 97.650°W
Depth 5.4 km


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M 4.2 - 32km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-07-08 16:31:57 UTC-05:00
Location 36.477°N 98.739°W
Depth 7.3 km

M 4.2 - 30km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-07-08 17:29:38 UTC-05:00
Location 36.463°N 98.722°W
Depth 2.2 km

M 4.4 - 30km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-07-08 21:04:28 UTC-05:00
Location 36.472°N 98.701°W
Depth 9.2 km

[link to i.imgur.com]



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M 4.1 - 21km W of Perry, Oklahoma
Time 2016-07-16 23:17:59 UTC-05:00
Location 36.281°N 97.532°W
Depth 7.6 km


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M 4.0 - 1km NNE of Luther, Oklahoma
Time 2016-08-10 06:04:49 UTC-05:00
Location 35.677°N 97.189°W
Depth 5.0 km


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M 4.0 - 20km ENE of Helena, Oklahoma
Time 2016-08-12 00:27:10 UTC-05:00
Location 36.639°N 98.078°W
Depth 10.6 km


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M 4.0 - 8km ENE of Luther, Oklahoma
Time 2016-08-17 08:34:29 UTC-05:00
Location 35.687°N 97.108°W
Depth 1.2 km


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M 5.8 - 15km NW of Pawnee, Oklahoma
Time 2016-09-03 07:02:44 UTC-05:00
Location 36.431°N 96.931°W
Depth 4.5 km


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M 4.0 - 33km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2016-10-21 15:26:00 UTC-05:00
Location 36.449°N 98.776°W
Depth 7.1 km


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M 4.5 - 14km ESE of Pawnee, Oklahoma
Time 2016-11-01 23:26:54 UTC-05:00
Location 36.308°N 96.647°W
Depth 2.6 km

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M 5.0 - 2km W of Cushing, Oklahoma
Time 2016-11-06 19:44:24 UTC-06:00
Location 35.984°N 96.798°W
Depth 5.0 km



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M 4.0 - 1km N of Cushing, Oklahoma
Time 2016-11-22 03:55:33 UTC-06:00
Location 35.999°N 96.765°W
Depth 5.0 km


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M 4.3 - 2km WNW of Medford, Oklahoma
Time 2016-11-25 09:19:35 UTC-06:00
Location 36.817°N 97.753°W
Depth 6.1 km



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M 4.0 - 14km S of Medford, Oklahoma
Time 2017-03-25 15:38:44 UTC-05:00
Location 36.677°N 97.760°W
Depth 1.2 km



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M 4.1 - 10km E of Medford, Oklahoma
Time 2017-03-29 10:37:41 UTC-05:00
Location 36.810°N 97.621°W
Depth 2.9 km


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M 4.2 - 31km NW of Fairview, Oklahoma
Time 2017-05-13 03:32:37 UTC-05:00
Location 36.462°N 98.730°W
Depth 4.3 km


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Last Edited by TrustNoOneKS on 12/09/2020 03:25 AM