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Related: About this forumUSGS says Oklahoma earthquakes caused by fracking.
http://www.usgs.gov/newsroom/article.asp?ID=3710#.UmlhsJQ6XXEScary stuff.
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USGS says Oklahoma earthquakes caused by fracking. (Original Post)
RGinNJ
Oct 2013
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redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)1. Nothing will happen.
This state is owned by gas and oil lock stock and governor...
RGinNJ
(1,019 posts)2. How very sad for the people who may die.
Warpy
(111,222 posts)3. All those crooked preachers will make sure it stays that way, too
I don't think I ever saw an earthquake there until they started large scale fracking.
Igel
(35,293 posts)4. They'll just find another way of disposing of waste water.
The fracking itself produces smaller seismic events. <= 2.0.
After the Northridge quake in LA I my ears pricked up when a truck went by my apt. complex. Still have a twinge of concern when a train goes by a few hundred yards from where I work and the floor quivers.
Didn't notice the much smaller 2.0s in LA. And Houston doesn't really have quakes.
marym625
(17,997 posts)5. Very! n/t