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Published: August 29, 2009
Jones earthquakes puzzle geologist Randy Keller
Brian Sargent
An earthquake swarm that struck Jones on Thursday and Friday puzzled a state geologist. Not necessarily because of the number of quakes, but because of where they occurred.

"They’re not in areas that we never had events before, but it’s a little unusual to have them out there,” said Randy Keller , director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey .

Jones is about 20 miles east of the nearest faul...

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