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johntp

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socal
Topic Author's Original Post - Feb 13, 2016 - 11:32am PT
Paging BASE104.

100 miles N of OKC?
neebee

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calif/texas
Feb 13, 2016 - 02:59pm PT
hey there say, johntp... say, had not seen this yet, ... but just got on line...

hope things are okay, for those folks...

johntp

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socal
Topic Author's Reply - Feb 13, 2016 - 03:52pm PT
5.2 is minor. Just interested in the geology.
neebee

Social climber
calif/texas
Feb 13, 2016 - 05:25pm PT
hey there say, johntp... yeah, i know...

they do happen in other areas, as we know...

but lots of folks did not know that...
me, too, i get curious when they happen in other spots,
not as 'famous' for them...


they had some in mich, a bit ago, too...

forgot where, though?
tuolumne_tradster

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Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 13, 2016 - 09:02pm PT
5.2 is minor.
not a minor earthquake if it was induced by wastewater injection or hydraulic fracturing. 3rd largest earthquake in OK state history.

from the USGS website...


A magnitude 5.1 earthquake struck in Oklahoma on February 13, 2016 at 11:07:06 am local time.

Visit the USGS event page for more details on this earthquake.

Without knowing more specifics about the wastewater injection and oil and gas production in this area, the USGS cannot conclude whether or not this particular earthquake was caused by industrial-related, human activities. However, we do know that many earthquakes in the area have been triggered by wastewater fluid injection.

This is the largest earthquake in Oklahoma since the magnitude 5.6 earthquake in 2011.

There has been an active sequence of events in this area over the last few months, with several earthquakes in the magnitude 3-4 range. The previous largest earthquake in this sequence was a magnitude 4.8 in January 2016.


For example, the Mississippi Lime Play in northern Oklahoma (from a talk on injection induced earthquakes by Bill Ellsworth, USGS, Dec 3, 2013)

updates will be posted here...
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20004zy8#general_region
neebee

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calif/texas
Feb 13, 2016 - 09:39pm PT
hey there say, oh my...

thanks for sharing more info... hmmm...
tuolumne_tradster

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Leading Edge of North American Plate
Feb 14, 2016 - 09:28am PT
but not because fracking causes earthquakes...

the world is awash in oil for the foreseeable future
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/01/12/global-glut-of-crude-oil-is-forcing-prices-to-the-floor.html
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