Awful calamity shook faceless or OK place to live (8,4)

I believe the answer is:

oklahoma city

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'ok place to live' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'awful calamity shook faceless' is the wordplay.
'awful' indicates anagramming the letters.
'faceless' means to remove the first letter.
'shook' with its first letter taken away is 'hook'.
'calamity'+'hook'='calamityhook'
'calamityhook' is an anagram of 'OKLAHOMA CITY'.

'or' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for oklahoma city that I've seen before include "US state capital of "musical" state" , "State capital north of Texas" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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