Earthquakes in Oklahoma likely to be stronger, more frequent

WASHINGTON: The US state of Oklahoma is likely to experience stronger and more frequent earthquakes as a result of reactivated faults that have caused a spike in in recent years, the US Geological Survey (USGS) said in a report.

“The sharp increase in seismicity over a broad region of central Oklahoma has raised concern regarding the source of the activity and its potential hazard to local communities and energy industry infrastructure,” the report, published on Friday, said.