Jake Walter
@jakewalter.bsky.social
State Seismologist of Oklahoma, sometimes other science, too. Personal account and tweets in no way reflect any OGS or OU opinion
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Shameless plug:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
Two Hundred Years to Flatten the Curve
How generations of meddlesome public health campaigns changed everyday life — and made life twice as long as it used to be
www.thenewatlantis.com
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Shameless plug:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
For a year, I've been working on a series about the vast systems that underlie life in most of the world. Built up over generations, these systems are the cathedrals of our time--but all too few of us know anything about them, and they're all at risk of failing. Here's the latest:
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A yearlong investigation by The Frontier and ProPublica reveals that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission did not mandate that responsible companies clean up the pollution belowground, as state law requires “when feasible.”
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
www.readfrontier.org
October 30, 2025 at 12:35 AM
A yearlong investigation by The Frontier and ProPublica reveals that the Oklahoma Corporation Commission did not mandate that responsible companies clean up the pollution belowground, as state law requires “when feasible.”
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Apple has removed an ICE tracking app that allows users to report ICE activity nearby from its App Store.
The removal came after a direct demand from Trump’s DOJ.
Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.
The removal came after a direct demand from Trump’s DOJ.
Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.
October 3, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Apple has removed an ICE tracking app that allows users to report ICE activity nearby from its App Store.
The removal came after a direct demand from Trump’s DOJ.
Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.
The removal came after a direct demand from Trump’s DOJ.
Once again, Big Tech is bending the knee to our tyrant-in-chief to protect its bottom line.
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It’s actually really informative about you and other ultra-wealthy people that you can’t distinguish between a proposed plan that had very little chance of becoming law - and would have to be passed by legislators, subject to judicial review - and a guy just taking stuff. Congratulations!
August 23, 2025 at 11:07 PM
It’s actually really informative about you and other ultra-wealthy people that you can’t distinguish between a proposed plan that had very little chance of becoming law - and would have to be passed by legislators, subject to judicial review - and a guy just taking stuff. Congratulations!
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Temblor CEO Ross Stein, Paul Segall, Greg Beroza, and Ahmed Elbanna are urging Congress to reauthorize the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program and the National Volcano Early Warning System.
Add your signature. Public support is welcome. Do not sign if you work for a U.S. federal agency.
Add your signature. Public support is welcome. Do not sign if you work for a U.S. federal agency.
Letter For House of Natural Resources Committee
The House Natural Resource Committee is expected to have a hearing on the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program (NEHRP) and the National Volcano Early Warning System on Tuesday May 20. The at...
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May 16, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Temblor CEO Ross Stein, Paul Segall, Greg Beroza, and Ahmed Elbanna are urging Congress to reauthorize the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program and the National Volcano Early Warning System.
Add your signature. Public support is welcome. Do not sign if you work for a U.S. federal agency.
Add your signature. Public support is welcome. Do not sign if you work for a U.S. federal agency.
This seems like an exciting new open-source hardware effort: www.crowdsupply.com/senseplex/an...
AnyShake Explorer
A fully open-source, high precision seismic monitoring system
www.crowdsupply.com
May 21, 2025 at 1:20 PM
This seems like an exciting new open-source hardware effort: www.crowdsupply.com/senseplex/an...
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Regional #seismic networks are the backbone of #earthquake safety in the U.S., and funding them is critical.
Find out why with @uussquake.bsky.social @caltechseismo.bsky.social @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social University of Memphis CERI and Oklahoma Geological Survey
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Find out why with @uussquake.bsky.social @caltechseismo.bsky.social @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social University of Memphis CERI and Oklahoma Geological Survey
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April 10, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Regional #seismic networks are the backbone of #earthquake safety in the U.S., and funding them is critical.
Find out why with @uussquake.bsky.social @caltechseismo.bsky.social @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social University of Memphis CERI and Oklahoma Geological Survey
buff.ly/D8Orzut
Find out why with @uussquake.bsky.social @caltechseismo.bsky.social @usgs-shakealert.bsky.social University of Memphis CERI and Oklahoma Geological Survey
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just a friendly reminder to all my fellow academics that the people who clean and take care of our buildings are also your coworkers, and 1) they need to be part of your advocacy and solidarity and 2) for godssake be nice to them and try to get to know them???
April 9, 2025 at 4:47 PM
just a friendly reminder to all my fellow academics that the people who clean and take care of our buildings are also your coworkers, and 1) they need to be part of your advocacy and solidarity and 2) for godssake be nice to them and try to get to know them???
We have our automated Oklahoma earthquake bot up on bluesky (same as on the other site), follow here to stay on the bleeding edge of Oklahoma earthquake information and reporting: okearthquakes.bsky.social
okearthquakes.bsky.social
okearthquakes.bsky.social
March 17, 2025 at 3:16 PM
We have our automated Oklahoma earthquake bot up on bluesky (same as on the other site), follow here to stay on the bleeding edge of Oklahoma earthquake information and reporting: okearthquakes.bsky.social
Large earthquake in Texas just now, east of Midland. Ten minutes ago
February 28, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Large earthquake in Texas just now, east of Midland. Ten minutes ago
Our work to better characterize the hydrogeology of the Arbuckle Group of rocks (where the most problematic wastewater disposal occurs in Oklahoma) is out - kudos to Ben Allen, a postdoc at OGS for undertaking this huge lift to make sense out of really messy data: www.ou.edu/news/article...
New study finds decrease in earthquakes, varied pressure in Arbuckle Group
A study led by University of Oklahoma scientists gives new insight into pressure monitoring of the Arbuckle Group, a deep wastewater disposal reservoir in the mid-continental United States. The findin...
www.ou.edu
November 22, 2024 at 9:55 PM
Our work to better characterize the hydrogeology of the Arbuckle Group of rocks (where the most problematic wastewater disposal occurs in Oklahoma) is out - kudos to Ben Allen, a postdoc at OGS for undertaking this huge lift to make sense out of really messy data: www.ou.edu/news/article...
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Ok, let's take this from a different angle.... Why's the rest of the western US higher than it should be given a lack of crustal thickening?
Let's assume that the Laramide structures and Colorado Front Range (and potentially Rio Grande rifting) are basically superimposed features....
Let's assume that the Laramide structures and Colorado Front Range (and potentially Rio Grande rifting) are basically superimposed features....
November 7, 2024 at 6:56 AM
Ok, let's take this from a different angle.... Why's the rest of the western US higher than it should be given a lack of crustal thickening?
Let's assume that the Laramide structures and Colorado Front Range (and potentially Rio Grande rifting) are basically superimposed features....
Let's assume that the Laramide structures and Colorado Front Range (and potentially Rio Grande rifting) are basically superimposed features....
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📣SSA President Heather DeShon and Membership Officer Monica Lu are at the Asian #Seismological Commission this week! Be sure to stop by the SSA booth to learn more about free student memberships, travel grants and more. ⚒️🧪
November 4, 2024 at 8:41 PM
📣SSA President Heather DeShon and Membership Officer Monica Lu are at the Asian #Seismological Commission this week! Be sure to stop by the SSA booth to learn more about free student memberships, travel grants and more. ⚒️🧪
Shakeout is tomorrow, 10/17. Even if you don't want to practice Drop, Cover, Hold On at 10:17 local time, at least take a few moments to think about situational awareness in the event an earthquake occurs. Secure valuables and think about your after-action plan www.koco.com/article/moor...
Moore students learn about earthquake safety ahead of national event
Moore students learned about earthquake safety on Wednesday as the Oklahoma Geological Survey put on a presentation for fourth graders at Plaza Tower Elementary School.
www.koco.com
October 16, 2024 at 6:14 PM
Shakeout is tomorrow, 10/17. Even if you don't want to practice Drop, Cover, Hold On at 10:17 local time, at least take a few moments to think about situational awareness in the event an earthquake occurs. Secure valuables and think about your after-action plan www.koco.com/article/moor...
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This figure shared by @katemac.bsky.social lives rent free in my head ever since I saw it.
Tl;Dr Oil companies are spending their money on share buybacks *instead of investing in their own upstream capacity aka future production* - a window into what they really think about their long term future.
Tl;Dr Oil companies are spending their money on share buybacks *instead of investing in their own upstream capacity aka future production* - a window into what they really think about their long term future.
September 22, 2024 at 2:56 PM
This figure shared by @katemac.bsky.social lives rent free in my head ever since I saw it.
Tl;Dr Oil companies are spending their money on share buybacks *instead of investing in their own upstream capacity aka future production* - a window into what they really think about their long term future.
Tl;Dr Oil companies are spending their money on share buybacks *instead of investing in their own upstream capacity aka future production* - a window into what they really think about their long term future.
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M5.8 #earthquake on Sep 03, 2016 - Pawnee, Oklahoma 🧵
This is a special one since it was most likely the result of wastewater injection in combination of oil and gas production, making it the largest induced earthquake up until now. 🧪⚒️
This is a special one since it was most likely the result of wastewater injection in combination of oil and gas production, making it the largest induced earthquake up until now. 🧪⚒️
September 3, 2024 at 8:19 AM
M5.8 #earthquake on Sep 03, 2016 - Pawnee, Oklahoma 🧵
This is a special one since it was most likely the result of wastewater injection in combination of oil and gas production, making it the largest induced earthquake up until now. 🧪⚒️
This is a special one since it was most likely the result of wastewater injection in combination of oil and gas production, making it the largest induced earthquake up until now. 🧪⚒️
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You can notice the movement of Rancho Palos Verdes also here on the satellite images of Sentinel-2. These are from July 2023 up until now. ⚒️🧪 🛰️
September 4, 2024 at 7:47 AM
You can notice the movement of Rancho Palos Verdes also here on the satellite images of Sentinel-2. These are from July 2023 up until now. ⚒️🧪 🛰️
Really excited that the hard work by Long Ho, a PhD student at U Alabama, is finally out: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/..., using transfer learning with deep-learning earthquake detection architectures on some weird Antarctic events. Fully open science: github.com/longmho/Tran...
Evaluating Automated Seismic Event Detection Approaches: An Application to Victoria Land, East Antarctica
Deep learning models, enhanced by transfer learning, adapt well to varied seismic sources in Antarctica
By combining different automated detection approaches and transfer learning techniques, mor...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
July 29, 2024 at 6:05 PM
Really excited that the hard work by Long Ho, a PhD student at U Alabama, is finally out: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/..., using transfer learning with deep-learning earthquake detection architectures on some weird Antarctic events. Fully open science: github.com/longmho/Tran...
M5.1 near Prague, Oklahoma last night. Nearly same spot as the M5.7 in 2011, though with the focal mechanism slightly rotated onto the main trace of the Wilzetta fault this time. We have observed an uptick in seismicity last year near the fault and there have been several aftershocks #okquake
February 3, 2024 at 4:36 PM
M5.1 near Prague, Oklahoma last night. Nearly same spot as the M5.7 in 2011, though with the focal mechanism slightly rotated onto the main trace of the Wilzetta fault this time. We have observed an uptick in seismicity last year near the fault and there have been several aftershocks #okquake
Just had our first M4.0+ earthquake of 2024. M4.2 near Arcadia, Oklahoma, which is a suburb of OKC. Felt widely across the metro #okquake
January 13, 2024 at 4:06 AM
Just had our first M4.0+ earthquake of 2024. M4.2 near Arcadia, Oklahoma, which is a suburb of OKC. Felt widely across the metro #okquake
We are hiring a seismology postdoc at OGS to assess CO2 storage hazards and to develop physics-informed seismicity mitigation strategies for regional carbon storage. Please reach out if interested or apply directly: apply.interfolio.com/137616
January 10, 2024 at 5:55 PM
We are hiring a seismology postdoc at OGS to assess CO2 storage hazards and to develop physics-informed seismicity mitigation strategies for regional carbon storage. Please reach out if interested or apply directly: apply.interfolio.com/137616
Looking to recruit two graduate students (1 Ph.D. and 1 M.S.) and a postdoc to start Fall 2024. Graduate projects include analyzing broadband seismic data collected near Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica, and advancing machine-learning earthquake detection methodologies and tools applied to (1/2)
November 16, 2023 at 7:54 PM
Looking to recruit two graduate students (1 Ph.D. and 1 M.S.) and a postdoc to start Fall 2024. Graduate projects include analyzing broadband seismic data collected near Thwaites Glacier, Antarctica, and advancing machine-learning earthquake detection methodologies and tools applied to (1/2)