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M2.3 earthquake near Lake Benbrook in North Texas

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There was an earthquake in North Texas last night and it was very near Lake Benbrook.

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This map shows the development i the area.

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  1. Alberta Neighbor says

    Yuck, all those little red circular pokey things remind me of ocean mine bombs. If that’s their idea of subliminal messaging, it’s totally overkill.

    Looks like everybody’s busy drawing on maps these days. The “new normal.”

    “Federal officials are wrestling with how to account for the hazard created by man-made earthquakes, many of which are triggered by oil and gas activities.

    In the past, the U.S. Geological Survey has generally excluded shaking related to industrial activity from its earthquake hazard maps. The maps project the likelihood of large, natural earthquakes and are used to develop building codes, plan roads and bridges, and set insurance rates.

    But amid an increase in the number and severity of man-made quakes in oil and gas regions, scientists and engineers at the agency are developing a separate map that will include what geologists call ‘induced seismicity.’

    The traditional hazard maps, predicting the risk of natural quakes, are expected to be issued early next year. The map evaluating the risks of man-made quakes will be issued later in the year because the agency is still figuring out how it should be assembled.

    … As they evaluate the risk to the public, scientists and others might look at whether the activity causing the earthquakes is likely to end quickly or whether the shaking is likely to become the ‘new normal,’ said Justin Rubinstein, a research geophysicist at USGS who is working on how to use the data from man-made earthquakes.

    The changes could anger oil and gas companies who get blamed for the damage from the quakes, while proving a relief to those in construction and real estate that their area won’t be deemed a natural earthquake zone.”

    http://www.eenews.net/stories/1059992224