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UPDATE: Seven earthquakes in Oklahoma in less than 24 hours

April 16, 2013 By TXsharon

Homeowners will surely have damage. Frackers will never pay.

UPDATE: I’ve lost count. If you have an accurate count, please comment.

  1. 3.0M Event Page
  2. 4.3M Event Page
  3. 2.8M Event Page
  4. 3.3M Event Page
  5. 4.2M Event Page
  6. 3.5M Event Page
  7. 3.0M Event Page
  8. 3.6M Event Page
  9. 3.2M Event Page

Scientists Say Oil Industry Likely Caused Largest Oklahoma Earthquake

From an email:

Epicenter was near Luther OK, about 25 miles northwest of the Prague OK earthquake swarm in 2011, which has been identified by USGS as caused by waste injection.  http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2013/03/26/G34045.1.abstract

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  1. Fillows4 says

    April 16, 2013 at 8:27 pm

    Wow, knew they had a few, but not that many!! Hope everyone is safe.
    Iran has had a couple of really big ones the last week. Wonder if there are wells near those sites.

  2. Marshall says

    April 16, 2013 at 10:17 pm

    Please refer to the interview with the director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey today where he said these earthquakes were certainly not caused by “hydro fracking”.
    Informed people who understand science and data understand this concept. This would also apply to earthquakes in Iran, although that comment was surely sarcasm.

    • TXsharon says

      April 16, 2013 at 10:29 pm

      Nice try, Mrashall. But those of us to are paying attention know that 90% of all oil and gas wells in the US are fracked and we can connect the dots between the need to dispose of the massive amounts of wastewater created by fracking and, well, FRACKING.

      In addition, as the scientists said in this article http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/energy/2013/03/130329-wastewater-injection-likely-caused-quake/ fracking has caused earthquakes in Oklahoma.

  3. Alma Hasse says

    April 16, 2013 at 11:17 pm

    Hey Sharon!

    According to KOCO in Oklahoma City, the count stands at 39!

    http://www.koco.com/Earthquakes-provide-wake-up-call-to-Oklahomans/-/9844716/19764850/-/itdelaz/-/index.html#ixzz2QgYoA8nU

  4. Texas Widow says

    April 17, 2013 at 3:13 pm

    Let’s see, we have:

    Locations that never saw earthquakes BEFORE fracking, are having extensive and frequent earthquakes AFTER fracking…..

    Water that was of good drinking quality BEFORE fracking, suddenly has high levels of dangerous chemicals AFTER fracking…..

    If it walks like a duck, and quacks (or quakes?) like a duck, according to the oil and gas industry, and “Marshall”—-it’s a horse! Fracking doesn’t cause earthquakes, it’s just a huge coincidence! You silly non-scientist people!

    Sigh.

  5. Andy Mechling says

    April 17, 2013 at 4:10 pm

    My understanding is that the best evidence linking earthquakes to UIC wells in OK comes from a a geologist/seismologist who set up instruments in her own house; and used the resulting data to essentially prove that the quakes were caused by nearby injection well activity. Subsequent to her report, the OGS issued their whitewash. What is happening to Science in this country?

  6. Khepry Quixote says

    April 18, 2013 at 1:51 am

    At the following URL, I provide a point-by-point response to the Director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey’s “Position Statement on Triggered or Induced Seismicity”. My responses appear in green text below each of his bullet points:

    http://thefrackingwall.wordpress.com/2012/04/10/oklahoma-geological-survey-position-statement-on-triggered-or-induced-seismicity/

    It makes for good reading, trust me.

    • TXsharon says

      April 18, 2013 at 4:11 pm

      Nice! Way to catch the weasel phrases and call them on their bullshit.

  7. DrillingMaps.com says

    November 9, 2013 at 8:00 am

    We have mapped all of these earthquakes above. Very interesting to see this cluster of earthquakes and others in the area. Do a search for “earthquakes”. http://www.drillingmaps.com/oklahoma.html

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