Just another one of many frackquakes near Snyder, TX. This one was a M2.8. Event Page The biggest one I know of was M4.4. CO2 injection for enhanced recovery from shale oil and gas wells has led to 48 earthquakes in Snyder,Texas. … [Read more...]
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UPDATE: Earthquakes back in West Texas near Snyder
I drove to desolate, hideous, Midland, Texas recently for the first time in 20+ years. If you want to motivate people to switch to clean energy and get off fossil fuels, send them to Midland. The road to Midland goes past (not through) Snyder, … [Read more...]
Snyder, Texas has another fracking earthquake
At 8:46 this morning that was another earthquake in the Snyder, Texas area. This one was 3.2M and was 1.9 miles deep. Event Page This map shows the extent of drilling and fracking in that area. For more information about drilling … [Read more...]
4.4 Fracking Earthquake in Snyder, Texas
Residents in Snyder, Texas got rocked and rolled yesterday, when they experienced a 4.4 magnitude earthquake, the strongest yet in a series of recent earthquake activity. The preliminary magnitude 4.4 quake happened around 7:30 a.m. Sunday about … [Read more...]
Updated: M3.5 North Texas earthquake in Irving today and other frackquake news
The earthquake in Irving this morning was M3.5 and I'm sure that left some cracks in concrete and masonry. Check your foundations and walls, people. Take pictures and document the condition. See the Event Page and please make a report if you felt … [Read more...]
2 more Texas earthquakes
A second New Year's earthquake happened in West Texas in the Snyder area. M2.8 Event Page And another earthquake in the Irving area. M2.4 Event Page As always, check your foundations and continually document the condition of the structure of … [Read more...]
Another Texas Earthquake! Happy New Year!
Another earthquake in Snyder, Texas where injection of CO2 for enhanced recovery of oil and gas has been suspected as contributing or causing the rash of quakes in that area. However, there are plenty of injection wells and fracking also in the … [Read more...]
Dear Irving Texas: About those earthquakes
My blog didn't recognize me this morning. That's how infrequently I blog these days. I still have a lot to say just not so much time to get it said. Today, being Christmas and seeing as how my family keeps things low stress, I have some time. But … [Read more...]
Some comments about the M3.3 earthquake in Irving
I no longer report every frackquake that happens in this area. Who can keep up with them all? And unlike in the beginning when anyone suggesting a link to fracking and earthquakes was shouted down, now days it's an accepted fact. But the M3.3 quake … [Read more...]
The Fracking Big Gulp
Fracking, it's a lot to swallow. This is a Big Gulp fracking post and it may be a lot to swallow for some of the new communities where residents are just beginning to try to get their arms around the complexities of fracking's impacts and how to … [Read more...]
M2.8 earthquake in West Texas oil & gas patch
Here's the event page Event Page. This was in the Snyder area where there has been an earthquake swarm. This is the area where scientists said injection of CO2 for enhanced recovery of oil and gas was causing the earthquake swarm including one … [Read more...]