Could Fracking Be Responsible? Examiner.com asks about OK earthquake

[icymist]

5.6 magnitude earthquake rocks Oklahoma, felt as far as Georgia

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While reports of damage have yet to come in, one thing to note is that these quakes are occurring in Lincoln County, just two counties north of Garvin where an article from treehugger.com written just three days ago stated a series of earthquakes was caused by a process to extract natural gas from underground known as fracking.

According to the article Fracking May Have Caused 50 Earthquakes in Oklahoma by Brian Merchant (2011), "the United States Geological Survey has released a report (pdf) that links a series of earthquakes in Oklahoma last January to a fracking operation underway there." The article goes on to say that "The bulk of these occurred within 2.1 miles of Eola Field, a fracking operation in southern Garvin County."
http://www.examiner.com/paranormal-in-dayton/5-6-magnitude-earthquake-rocks-oklahoma-felt-as-far-as-georgia

[Dragonbreathp9d]

1. Funny how the naysayers have yet to attack you, lol

Don't know if it is true, but certainly a possibility

[icymist]

2. Too early in the morning?

I just found this an interesting article and wanted to share.

[Dragonbreathp9d]

4. Probably, lol, they jumped all over me

[newfie11]

3. 5.6 is something for folks to sit up and take notice

Fracking has caused earthquakes in other places.

[KansDem]

5. kick

[SpiralHawk]

6. One percenters (R) need to knock off their evil fracking shit

stoopid, greedy, planet-f*ckers...

[dipsydoodle]

7. There was a highly probable connection here in the UK

Efforts to unlock the UK’s potentially significant shale gas reserves suffered a setback after a report found that fracking, the technique used to extract the gas from underground rocks, was the “highly probable” cause of two minor earthquakes in the Blackpool area in the spring.

Cuadrilla Resources – the UK company licensed to explore Lancashire’s shale gas resources – said an independent report it commissioned into the events had pointed to “strong evidence” that the two minor quakes and 48 weaker seismic events resulted from the injection of drilling fluids into shale rocks. Cuadrilla suspended its fracking operations after the two quakes.

Please search earthquake blackpool fracking to find FT link to this article.

[Firebrand Gary]

8. Kick

[Exilednight]

9. when you think about it, it kind of makes sense. Two plates rubbing against one another, and then

then you dump a lubricant between those plates which makes it easier for them to slide against one another.

Sounds plausible to me.

[malaise]

10. We'll find out, but what is certain

is that this was the largest quake in Oklahoma history.