Earthquakes in Oklahoma used to be something of a rarity, but a few years ago, that began to change. Starting in 2009, the number of quakes began to increase. By 2014, the state was experiencing three times as many quakes as California.
What’s going on? This short video explains why this is happening across the U.S. and who scientists think the culprits are.
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Credits
Director and Producer
Ariane Wu
Based on reporting by Michael Corey and Joe Wertz
Narrator
Duncan Heath
Additional narration
Queena Kim
Video Editor
Ariane Wu
Production Assistants
Anna Vignet
Greta Mart
Animation by
Naissance
Sound Mixer
Christopher Galipo
Music
“News Flash”
“Walking Man”
“Outlaw Trail”
“Hobo in the Hood”
“Desert Drop”
“Vampire Strut”
“Rockabilly Jo”
Courtesy of Audio Network
Executive Producer: Amanda Pike
Editorial Director: Robert Salladay
Images and footage from
U.S. Energy Information Administration
Whitehouse.gov
Oklahoma Geological Survey
Oklahoma Corporation Commission
“Superman: Electric Earthquake” (1942)
The FracTracker Alliance
California Department of Conservation Division of Oil, Gas and Geothermal Resources
Northern California Earthquake Data Center and UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory
California Geological Survey
United States Geological Survey