Yukon fracking operation shut down due to earthquakes
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has shut down some fracking operations in Yukon after a series of earthquakes rocked the area this week.
“It's a violent shake of the property,” one resident said.
Residents say they’re shaken up after at least three 2.5-magnitude quakes hit the area.
But residents say these aren't your typical tremors.
“Normally earthquakes are kind of rolling,” Debbi Cunningham told KOCO. Instead, he says these are large jolts they don't see coming.
“We hear a loud boom that sounds like 10 or 12 trash cans full dumped on your roof, and then the house will start shaking,” Cunningham said.
Friday the Oklahoma Corporation Commission confirmed that in response to this shaking, a fracking operation in Yukon was shut down.
An OCC spokesperson says if there is no further seismicity, operations will resume with a 50 percent cut in volume and pressure.
Residents just hope it’s enough.
“I mean, consistent violent shakes every day to your property has to cause some damage eventually,” Cunningham said. “The more they can do to subdue it, I think the better it would be.”