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Appendix for the paper 9/56 year Cycles: Earthquakes & Volcanoes


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Oklahoma Geological Survey gave a listing of 37 significant quakes in Oklahoma between 1882 and 2005. Of this total figure, 29 fell in the 13 months beginning October 20 of those years in Table B this appendix, a finding that was highly significant (p < 10-4). 

Table A   OKLAHOMA EARTHQUAKE CATALOG

Year

Month

Day

Mag

County

1882

10

22

5.0

NE I.T.

1915

11

08

3.9

Rogers

1926

06

20

4.3

Sequoyah

1929

12

28

4.0

Canadian

1936

03

14

3.6

McCurtain

1937

06

08

3.6

Pottawatomieck

1939

06

01

4.4

Huges

1942

06

12

3.7

Garfield

1952

04

09

5.0

Canadian

1952

04

11

3.8

Canadian

1952

04

16

3.8

Canadian

1952

04

16

3.8

Canadian

1953

03

17

3.8

Canadian

1956

04

02

3.8

Pushmataha

1956

10

30

4.1

Rogers

1959

03

15

4.0

Pontotoc

1959

06

17

4.2

Comanche

1961

01

11

3.8

Latimer

1961

04

27

4.1

Latimer

1968

10

14

3.5

Bryan

1969

05

02

3.5

Okfuskee

1975

11

29

3.6

Garvin

1976

04

19

3.5

Roger Mills

1981

07

11

3.5

Grady

1987

12

08

3.7

Kingfisher

1990

10

11

3.0

Garvin

1990

11

15

3.9

Garvin

1992

12

17

3.5

Garvin

1995

01

18

4.2

Garvin

1995

09

15

3.8

Woods

1997

09

06

4.4

Coal

1998

04

28

4.2

Comanche

1998

10

30

3.5

Grant

2002

02

08

3.8

Comanche

2002

06

19

3.6

Cimarron

2002

10

20

3.3

Atoka

2004

06

08

3.7

Love

Years in bold contained Oklahoma quakes in the 13 months commencing October 20 of those years in the table. 
Source:
Oklahoma Geological Survey

                     
    

                      

Table B         OKLAHOMA EARTHQUAKES & 9/56 YEAR GRID

 

Sq 54

Sq 05

 

 

Sq
32

Sq 
41

Sq
50

Sq 03

Sq 12

Sq 21

 

 

Sq 48

Sq 01

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1882

1891

1900

1909

1918

1927

1936

1945

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1884

1893

1902

1911

1920

1929

1938

1947

1956

1965

1974

1983

1992

2001
***

 

 

 

1886

1895

1904

1913

1922

1931

1940

1949

1958
**

1967

1976

1985

1994
**

2003

 

 

 

 

 

 

1915

1924

1933

1942

1951
****

1960
**

1969

1978

1987

1996

 2005

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1971

1980

1989
**

1998
**

 2007

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The 56 year sequences in the table are separated by an interval of 9 years.
Years in bold contained Oklahoma quakes in the 13 months commencing October 20 of those years in the table. 
Source of Raw Data:
Oklahoma Geological Survey