article_snippet: Oklahoma Oklahoma saw more earthquakes in 2014 than ever before in its recorded history .
article_snippet: Building codes in Oklahoma for seismic events are not as stringent as in quake-prone states such as California (here, maintenance workers inspect the damage to one of the spires on Benedictine Hall at St. Gregory's University in Shawnee after two quakes hit the area in less than 24 hours in 2011)
article_snippet: In November 2011, Oklahoma suffered a 5.6 magnitude quake that damaged more than a dozen homes and several businesses.
article_snippet: Building codes in Oklahoma for seismic events are not as stringent as in quake-prone states such as California.
article_snippet: In November 2011, Oklahoma suffered a 5.6-magnitude quake that damaged more than a dozen homes and several businesses (here, a man examines bricks that fell from three sides of a man in-law's home in Sparks after two earthquakes hit the area in less than 24 hours during the large 2011 quake)
highlights_snippet: In 2014, Oklahoma saw more earthquakes than ever before in Oklahoma recorded history .
  