3 times as many earthquakes in Oklahoma as California. That darn scientific stuff again.
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Thank goodness we aren't doing anything to the planet
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I believe I've mentioned this FACT before and of course the fracking faithful made fun of me. When fracking gets cranked up in Illinois it will likely wake up the New Madrid Fault for "the big one." If if it does the ground in the Bootheel will mostly turn to jelly and who knows what will happen with the Mississippi River. Not to mention all the bridges and overpasses that will come crashing down.
3R that's a spurious claim. Cracking is pretty clearly causing earthquakes but it isn't causing big ones. The substance of how it is causing earthquakes is fundamentally different from what happens in a major earthquake.
When I look for facts, I turn to facebook.
People can cause earthquakes.
PARTIALLY FACT: Earthquakes induced by human activity have been documented in a few locations in the United States, Japan, and Canada. The cause was injection of fluids into deep wells for waste disposal and secondary recovery of oil, and the filling of large reservoirs for water supplies. Most of these earthquakes were minor. Deep mining can cause small to moderate quakes and nuclear testing has caused small earthquakes in the immediate area surrounding the test site, but other human activities have not been shown to trigger subsequent earthquakes. Earthquakes are part of a global tectonic process that generally occurs well beyond the influence or control of humans. The focus (point of origin) of an earthquake is typically tens to hundreds of miles underground, and the scale and force necessary to produce earthquakes are well beyond our daily lives.
USGS
People can cause earthquakes.
PARTIALLY FACT: Earthquakes induced by human activity have been documented in a few locations in the United States, Japan, and Canada. The cause was injection of fluids into deep wells for waste disposal and secondary recovery of oil, and the filling of large reservoirs for water supplies. Most of these earthquakes were minor. Deep mining can cause small to moderate quakes and nuclear testing has caused small earthquakes in the immediate area surrounding the test site, but other human activities have not been shown to trigger subsequent earthquakes. Earthquakes are part of a global tectonic process that generally occurs well beyond the influence or control of humans. The focus (point of origin) of an earthquake is typically tens to hundreds of miles underground, and the scale and force necessary to produce earthquakes are well beyond our daily lives.
USGS
same source
Earthquakes can occur just below the surface or deep below the surface.
FACT:[/B] Earthquakes occur in the crust or upper mantle, from the earth's surface to about 500 miles below the surface. Seismologists use earthquakes to study the interior of the earth and to pinpoint faults and geologic structures such as the core-mantle boundary, subduction zones, and the subsurface extent of the San Andreas Fault. Using earthquakes and waves from earthquakes, scientist can see all of the earth's interior.
Earthquakes can occur just below the surface or deep below the surface.
FACT:[/B] Earthquakes occur in the crust or upper mantle, from the earth's surface to about 500 miles below the surface. Seismologists use earthquakes to study the interior of the earth and to pinpoint faults and geologic structures such as the core-mantle boundary, subduction zones, and the subsurface extent of the San Andreas Fault. Using earthquakes and waves from earthquakes, scientist can see all of the earth's interior.
So you think causing a bunch of small earthquakes can in no way trigger a bigger one? I can't come to that conclusion. If the NM Fault is disturbed why wouldn't it be possible to trigger a much bigger quake? I don't like the odds.
This post was edited on 2/10 1:59 PM by 3Rfan
This post was edited on 2/10 1:59 PM by 3Rfan
Because Fracking is not powerful enough to move two pieces of the earth' crust.
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