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Map: 5.0 Oklahoma Earthquake Shuts In Wells in Cushing Area

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   |    Thursday,November 10,2016

A magnitude 5.0 earthquake hit the Cushing, Oklahoma area on November 6 and the state is shutting in wells in the are located in the affected area.

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) has issued a directive that has shut in 58 disposal wells across a 700 square-mile area. Other operators were told to restrict injection volumes at their wells.

Map of the affected area:

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