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UPDATE: Seven earthquakes in Oklahoma in less than 24 hours

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Homeowners will surely have damage. Frackers will never pay.

UPDATE: I’ve lost count. If you have an accurate count, please comment.

  1. 3.0M Event Page
  2. 4.3M Event Page
  3. 2.8M Event Page
  4. 3.3M Event Page
  5. 4.2M Event Page
  6. 3.5M Event Page
  7. 3.0M Event Page
  8. 3.6M Event Page
  9. 3.2M Event Page

Scientists Say Oil Industry Likely Caused Largest Oklahoma Earthquake

From an email:

Epicenter was near Luther OK, about 25 miles northwest of the Prague OK earthquake swarm in 2011, which has been identified by USGS as caused by waste injection.  http://geology.gsapubs.org/content/early/2013/03/26/G34045.1.abstract

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Comments

  1. Fillows4 says

    Wow, knew they had a few, but not that many!! Hope everyone is safe.
    Iran has had a couple of really big ones the last week. Wonder if there are wells near those sites.

  2. Marshall says

    Please refer to the interview with the director of the Oklahoma Geological Survey today where he said these earthquakes were certainly not caused by “hydro fracking”.
    Informed people who understand science and data understand this concept. This would also apply to earthquakes in Iran, although that comment was surely sarcasm.

  4. Texas Widow says

    Let’s see, we have:

    Locations that never saw earthquakes BEFORE fracking, are having extensive and frequent earthquakes AFTER fracking…..

    Water that was of good drinking quality BEFORE fracking, suddenly has high levels of dangerous chemicals AFTER fracking…..

    If it walks like a duck, and quacks (or quakes?) like a duck, according to the oil and gas industry, and “Marshall”—-it’s a horse! Fracking doesn’t cause earthquakes, it’s just a huge coincidence! You silly non-scientist people!

    Sigh.

  5. Andy Mechling says

    My understanding is that the best evidence linking earthquakes to UIC wells in OK comes from a a geologist/seismologist who set up instruments in her own house; and used the resulting data to essentially prove that the quakes were caused by nearby injection well activity. Subsequent to her report, the OGS issued their whitewash. What is happening to Science in this country?