3.1 magnitude earthquake rocks area in northern Oklahoma

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Associated Press


Updated 2:17 pm, Saturday, July 1, 2017


HELENA, Okla. (AP) — An earthquake has shaken part of northwestern Oklahoma.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the 3.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 6:50 a.m. Saturday more than 10 miles (16 kilometers) northeast of Helena in Alfalfa County. The earthquake was recorded at a depth of about 3 miles (5 kilometers).

No damage or injuries were immediately reported. Geologists say damage is not likely in earthquakes below magnitude 4.0. Earthquakes of magnitudes 2.5 to 3.0 are generally the smallest that are felt by humans.

Thousands of earthquakes have been recorded in Oklahoma in recent years. Many have been linked to the underground injection of wastewater from oil and natural gas production operations.

Read more: http://www.chron.com/news/us/article/3-1-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-area-in-northern-11261116.php

[MrPurple]

1. Aren't they ALL linked to fracking?

Were there ever earthquakes in Oklahoma before fracking?

[Hieronymus]

5. Yes, it's the fracking.

[OKNancy]

10. yes but not as many, technically it's not fracking that causes these small earthquakes

It's waste water injection from "regular" wells

[Matthew28]

2. Yep, nearly all linked to Republican idiocy.

[Cryptoad]

3. Frack it Uppp!!!!!!!!

[Doug the Dem]

4. BS:G

[BigmanPigman]

6. Fracking is catching up with plate tectonics as the cause for the most quakes in the past 5 years.

I live in CA and I can get earthquake insurance easier than OK. I never thought that would happen. Man made disasters strike again.

[PatrickforO]

7. This is what happens when our politicians make decisions based on corporate

donations rather than what is best for our people.

[Achilleaze]

8. republicans: "Frack, baby, frack!"

republicans busy destroying the planet for the profit of a few.

[OKNancy]

9. That's not Oklahoma, I think it's SOuth Africa n/t

[Achilleaze]

13. Frack frack frack frack frack frack frack

It don't matter where it is, it comes out of the same fracking republican mindset, and it trashes the earth and the climate all the same.

[dalton99a]

11. It's just a divine coincidence, folks

[OKNancy]

12. Just so all will be able to get educated... these are not caused by fracking

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/research/induced/myths.php

Fact 1: Fracking is NOT causing most of the induced earthquakes. Wastewater disposal is the primary cause of the recent increase in earthquakes in the central United States.

Please read link for more information