Nearly 300 damage claims have been submitted since Oklahoma’s largest earthquake in September, but only four of those claims have been paid.
An analysis of Oklahoma Å˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³» Department data by the Tulsa World shows that the approved claims totaled $24,000 — with the largest single payout at around $21,000.
The magnitude 5.8 earthquake rattled near Pawnee on Sept. 3.
The department doesn’t have data available on the magnitude 5.0 temblor that struck on Nov. 6 near Cushing, damaging dozens of buildings.
Claims from the Pawnee earthquake are about equal to the nearly 340 filed after a magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck near the town of Prague, Oklahoma, in 2011.
Å˽ðÁ«´«Ã½Ó³» data show about one-third of claims made after the Prague quake were approved.
Topics Catastrophe Natural Disasters Claims Oklahoma Earthquake
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