By Rikki George, Web Editor
OCU facilities spent much of yesterday checking for earthquake damage following the two quakes that hit Oklahoma City over the weekend.
“It’s kind of unusual that we’re checking for earthquakes,” said Jeff Castleberry, OCU Director of Facilities.
Early Saturday morning, a 4.7 magnitude quake struck just outside Oklahoma City and just 21 hours later, a second earthquake hit the same area. The 5.6 quake was the largest that the state of Oklahoma has ever recorded. It was felt as far away as Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas and northern Texas officials said.
In an effort to assess the damage, OCU’s department of facilities has been looking for cracks and other structural disturbances.
Castleberry said that they are fortunate that they haven’t found anything. He also mentioned that buildings on campus are required to meet certain seismic requirements to prevent extensive earthquake damage.
Oklahoma has started to experience more and more earthquakes per annum said the Oklahoma Geological Survey. The Survey reported on its website that “the frequency of earthquakes has temporarily increased in Oklahoma, but these earthquakes do not appear to be inconsistent with what might be called normal seismicity for Oklahoma.”
To read more about the earthquakes, click here.
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