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IT'S NEW AT 6:00.
A TELECONFERENCE MADE IT CLEAR.
OKLAHOMA IS THE HOTBED FOR
EARTHQUAKES.
>> BY INCLUDING MAN INDUCED
EVENTS, OUR ASSESSMENTS OF
EARTHQUAKE HAZARDS HAVE
INCREASED IN PARTS OF THE UNITED
STATES.
PAUL: TODAY THE USGS RELEASED A
NEW ANNUAL HAZARD MAP THAT
INCLUDES NATURAL AND MAN INDUCED
QUAKES, THE BIG ALERT FOR SIX
STATES.
>> ARKANSAS, COLORADO, KANSAS,
NEW MEXICO, OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS.
ZONE.
I GAVE YOU A FIRST LOOK AT THE
EARLY STAGES OF THIS MAP WHEN I
WENT TO GOLDEN, COLORAD EARLIER
THIS YEAR TO TALK TO MARK
PETERSON, ONE OF THE LEAD
RESEARCHERS OF THIS MAP.
TODAY, AS HE LED THIS NATIONAL
TELECONFERENCE FOR JOURNALIST,
HE CONFIRMED A BIGGER ONE COULD
BE COMING.
>> A MAGNITUDE 6.0 IS A
PLAUSIBLE MAGNITUDE FOR THAT,
BUT WE COULDN'T RULE OUT HAVING
A LARGER EARTHQUAKE EITHER.
CHANGES TO TRY AND SLOW DOWN THE