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2025-01-18 23:38:22 UTC - MISINFORMED_OR_POTENTIALLY_MISLEADING

This earthquake was not rare at all. Quakes of similar size occur in this area every few months; there have been 35 in the last five years. There was another one less than two weeks ago and a larger one last year. Catalog of last 5 years: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=30.64264,-96.46545&extent=34.22543,-91.04919&range=search&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%222020-01-11%2000:00:00%22,%22endtime%22:%222025-01-18%2023:59:59%22,%22maxlatitude%22:33.607,%22minlatitude%22:31.279,%22maxlongitude%22:-92.373,%22minlongitude%22:-95.142,%22minmagnitude%22:1,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D More about Louisiana quakes: https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/blog/7earthquakes.pdf https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2025/01/15/centenary-professor-explains-minor-earthquakes-in-northwest-louisiana/77692130007/ https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2025/01/06/was-there-an-earthquake-in-louisiana-find-out-about-the-northwest-louisiana-quake-here-magnitude-3/77490010007/ https://www.nola.com/news/environment/earthquakes-in-louisiana/article_7209a802-be1b-11ef-9c34-ef6d90297c4c.html

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• This earthquake was not rare at all. Quakes of similar size occur in this area every few months; there have been 35 in the last five years. There was another one less than two weeks ago and a larger one last year. Catalog of last 5 years: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/?extent=30.64264,-96.46545&extent=34.22543,-91.04919&range=search&search=%7B%22name%22:%22Search%20Results%22,%22params%22:%7B%22starttime%22:%222020-01-11%2000:00:00%22,%22endtime%22:%222025-01-18%2023:59:59%22,%22maxlatitude%22:33.607,%22minlatitude%22:31.279,%22maxlongitude%22:-92.373,%22minlongitude%22:-95.142,%22minmagnitude%22:1,%22orderby%22:%22time%22%7D%7D More about Louisiana quakes: https://biotech.law.lsu.edu/blog/7earthquakes.pdf https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/local/2025/01/15/centenary-professor-explains-minor-earthquakes-in-northwest-louisiana/77692130007/ https://www.shreveporttimes.com/story/news/2025/01/06/was-there-an-earthquake-in-louisiana-find-out-about-the-northwest-louisiana-quake-here-magnitude-3/77490010007/ https://www.nola.com/news/environment/earthquakes-in-louisiana/article_7209a802-be1b-11ef-9c34-ef6d90297c4c.html