Earthquake security

Magnitude 5.3 earthquake shakes Oklahoma, felt in St. Louis

A 5.3 magnitude earthquake struck Sunday evening near Cushing, Oklahoma. It rattled several surrounding states in the US heartland, according to the US Geological Survey. The quake occurred at 7:44pm CST.

A 5.6 magnitude earthquake struck Pawnee, Oklahoma in September. People in at least six surrounding states felt that tremor.

A recent report released by the USGS showed that people in parts of Texas and Oklahoma now face similar ground-shaking risks from human-induced activity, such as fluid injection or extraction, as residents face from natural earthquakes in California.

The agency outlined the risk of these so-called “induced” earthquakes, noting that Oklahoma City and the surrounding region face a 5 to 12% chance of damage from an earthquake in 2016.