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Big Gas Mafia has known for years that fracking causes earthquakes.

November 21, 2011 By TXsharon

Dear Readers, you guys are so smart! Look at the comment from jadedANDcynical about the Oklahoma earthquakes. It’s the calculations jaded did on the depth that gave me a “could have had a V-8” moment. And then the other part about how smaller quakes can trigger bigger quakes. Anyway, fascinating stuff.

So here’s what’s been shaking in Oklahoma the past couple of days:

3.1M Event Page

2.6M Event Page

2.7M Event Page

2.4M Event Page

2.8M Event Page

2.7M Event Page

As I’ve said over and over and over, of course fracking can cause earthquakes. It’s common sense. I’m just glad mine is no longer the lone voice.

Fracking and Quaking: They’re Linked
And scientists, the military, and frackers themselves have known it for years.

At the centre of man-made seismic activity lies brute force used by the shale gas industry. It routinely employs hydraulic fracturing, a technology that sends highly-pressurized blasts of sand, chemicals and millions of gallons of water into deep rocks.

In fact, the industry actually induces small and controlled “micro seismic” events to release methane stubbornly trapped in rock as dense as concrete.

So, who is going to pay for the foundation damage on homes and all the associated damage that goes along with the quakes?

Oh, and here is today’s Arkansas quake:

2.9M Event Page

 

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Sharon Wilson is considered a leading citizen expert on the impacts of shale oil and gas extraction. She is the go-to person whether it’s top EPA officials from D.C., national and international news networks, or residents facing the shock of eminent domain and the devastating environmental effects of natural gas development in their backyards.

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  1. Oilfield Research says

    November 22, 2011 at 1:56 am

    So you say how we help to make it better.

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