Tuesday, July 28, 2015

multiple earthquakes rumbled in the Crescent, Oklahoma, area, ranging from 4.0 to 4.5 in magnitude. Oil and gas injection wells to blame

2 Wastewater Disposal Wells Closing After Crescent Area Earthquakes
Posted: July 28, 2015
By News9.com

A homeowner in Crescent says the 4.5-magnitude earthquake that stuck there at about 1:10 p.m. Monday is something he will never forget.
CRESCENT, Oklahoma -




In response to recent earthquakes in the Crescent, Oklahoma, area, operators of oil and gas wastewater disposal wells closest to the earthquake activity are taking new actions, including closing two disposal wells. 



According to the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC,) after being contacted by the Commission’s Oil and Gas Division, operators of two of the wells are shutting down operations, while the third well farthest from the activity will reduce its injected volume by 50 percent.

OCC officials said operators of the wells took the actions voluntarily. No directives were necessary.

On Monday, multiple earthquakes rumbled in the Crescent, Oklahoma, area, ranging from 4.0 to 4.5 in magnitude. At 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, another 3.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded three miles north, northeast of Crescent.


News 9 spoke with a homeowner in Crescent, who said the 4.5-magnitude earthquake that stuck there at about 1:10 p.m. Monday knocked pictures from the walls and damaged other walls


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CRESCENT, Oklahoma -


A homeowner in Crescent says the 4.5-magnitude earthquake that stuck there at about 1:10 p.m. Monday is something he will never forget.  

Steven Johnson said he was walking from his garage into his home when the house started to shake.  

He showed News 9 how the impact knocked pictures from the walls and damaged other walls. 

It also damaged four large columns that stand in front of a house he bought just four months ago. 

“You think it will never happen to you, but it happened,” he said.  

Johnson’s mother Regine has been staying with him, but was out running errands when it happened. 

“I was just so shocked,” she said as she cried. “He just bought the house, and it’s hard to take.”

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