Prague Oklahoma Earthquake 2011
Cdt 03 53 utc november 6 in the u s.
Prague oklahoma earthquake 2011. Prague oklahoma earthquake 11 5 11 view 3 brian johnston. Earthquakes are not unusual in oklahoma but they often are too small to be felt. Skip navigation sign in. Central oklahoma continued to experience dozens of aftershocks sunday nearly 24 hours since the state s strongest earthquake since 1952 was felt throughout the region.
The epicenter of the earthquake was in the vicinity of several active wastewater injection wells. The 2011 oklahoma earthquake sequence included the november 6 2011 m5 7 earthquake that ruptured a part of the wilzetta fault system a complex fault zone about 200 km 124 mi in length near prague oklahoma. The magnitude 4 7 and 5 7 earthquakes that occurred on november 5 2011 were situated in a region located about 50 km east of oklahoma city oklahoma.