More fracking consequences: earthquake in OK

[Dragonbreathp9d]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsus/Quakes/usb0006klz.php

My friend's in Denton Texas felt it too

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. Sure could be.

"If we dig precious things from the Earth, we will invite disaster." -Hopi prophecy

[hedgehog]

2. Anyone who felt it (or even if you didn't feel it but are in the same area)

should go to the link and fill out the report. If this is from fracking (which I would tend to think), it will take all the data that can be collected to put the blame where it belongs.

[RB TexLa]

3. fracking consequences LOL

:rofl:

[boppers]

4. Uh, there's a magnitude issue not being considered.

Fracking, mathematically, cannot be the sole cause.

[tridim]

6. Technically gravity is the cause.

[frazzled]

5. Does that explain the 5.5 magnitude earthquake there in 1952?

The largest quake to hit Oklahoma was the El Reno quake of 1952. It measured 5.5, put a crack in the state Capitol building and could be felt as far away as Iowa.

http://www.news9.com/story/11675725/2009-record-year-for-oklahoma-earthquakes?redirected=true

I take it you're neither a seismologist nor a geologist. It could be true, but you provide no evidence but your head, so I'm going to have to take a pass on giving this any credence.

[itsrobert]

7. 1952 the Oil was booming in Oklahoma for a couple decades

Could have been the results of all that drilling.

[Posteritatis]

8. Or, y'know, plate tectonics. (nt)

[itsrobert]

9. Or disturbances in the force

n/t

[AngkorWot]

10. That was J. Edgar Hoover's earthquake machine.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

12. It's called spin- lol

[Coyote_Bandit]

13. The area where the quake was centered

- and last nights quakes as well - has a lot of seismic activity. Has had for decades.

That said, most wuakes are considerably smaller and largewly go unnoticed here.

[Zebedeo]

14. ROTFLMAO

Fracking?? Before posting such a claim, do some research about what causes major earthquakes. Hint: It's not anything mankind does. :rofl:

[Dragonbreathp9d]

15. Research:

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/energy/8864214/Fracking-blamed-for-Lancashire-earthquakes.html

http://www.care2.com/causes/fracking-may-have-caused-50-earthquakes-in-oklahoma.html

http://cleantechnica.com/2011/11/04/natural-gas-fracking-good-at-creating-earthquakes/

http://m.io9.com/5855834/fracking-can-cause-earthquakes

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/g/a/2011/11/02/bloomberg_articlesLU1I1C0D9L35.DTL

[Stinky The Clown]

16. Can you explain how fracking is to blame for this earthquake?

[Dragonbreathp9d]

11. Look at links directly above your post

Albeit mostly conjecture at this point- there is some evidence to suggest it. I will also concede that my reaction is spin to help case against fracking- what can I say- I'm a product of my media generation

[Duppers]

17. Uh, Ck this thread currently on the greatest page

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=439x2245873

Notice the phrase: "seismic tests are done."

An online article I found states: "Seismic testing is a form of scientific testing that is primarily used for two different but related purposes. It is used to predict the occurrence of earthquakes and it is used to discover natural gas reserves."

I think there is a relationship, no matter how small.

[JVS]

18. I oppose fracking because I think it could effect the water table.

I do not believe that it can cause earthquakes.