Magnitude 4.1 quake hits north Oklahoma, second in 2 days

[Judi Lynn]

Source: Reuters

Magnitude 4.1 quake hits north Oklahoma, second in 2 days
Reuters
By Jon Herskovitz
3 hours ago

By Jon Herskovitz

(Reuters) - A magnitude 4.1 quake hit near the north Oklahoma town of Medford on Friday, the second temblor in two days to hit the area where energy extraction takes place.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake, initially reported as a magnitude 4.6, struck at 4:40 p.m. at a shallow depth of 4.9 miles (8 km) with the epicenter 9 miles (15 km), north-northwest of Medford. There were no immediate reports of major damage or injuries.

A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck northern Oklahoma early on Thursday, rattling residents out of their beds and shaking the ground across a 100-mile (160-km) radius that included the city of Tulsa and the state of Kansas.

The state's oil and gas regulator, the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC), moved within hours on Thursday to implement additional curbs on the use of saltwater disposal wells that scientists have linked to a sharp rise in seismic activity in the state.


Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/magnitude-4-6-earthquake-hits-medford-oklahoma-usgs-231233776.html

[lobodons]

1. Fracking

So how is that Fracking working out for you there in Oklahoma..??

[SusanCalvin]

2. Really.

Climate change does not exist as well.

Thank you, Rex Tillerson.

[forest444]

3. They'd answer you if they could - but they can't.

They could go through a thousand of these, and they'll never publicly complain.

It's a little like that "ventriloquist" scene in Killer Klowns from Outer Space: if the old cop is the Oklahoma voter, the clown's the oil industry.

[IthinkThereforeIAM]

4. Good one...

... I in South Dakota and can relate to that. Here, everyone is afraid to admit the murders and corruption in the GOP in this state. They would never admit it.

[link:http://dakotafreepress.com/2015/11/16/917-video-shows-mystery-truck-heading-east-not-south-toward-westerhuis-house/|

[forest444]

10. Thank you for your insights into South Dakota. Scary and fascinating.

I remember reading some years ago about the high-handed - if not despotic - ways of the late Congressman Bill Janklow. Lots of bodies buried there, no doubt.

[peacebird]

9. And fracking uses tons of potable water, rendering it poisonous....

Ground water is being wasted and destroyed by these greedy mofo's.....

We need water more than natural gas!

[valerief]

5. I thought since they started massive fracking there were earthquakes now

all the time.

[Stargazer99]

6. Thank your conservative Republican for this

They want to kill the government, the only thing powerful enough to make them do what is right....how dumb can you cons get?Human misery is your speciality. Who was it that said there was no such thing as climate warming? You cons that sucked up to the well to do and powerful. Due to a more warm planet the Puget Sound has algae is growing due to the higher temperature that is preventing the crabbing industry from harvesting. And you crabbers that vote Republican ought to examine your minds, you asked for it. Even if the planet is naturally warming all the carbon released by the oil industry, etc hasn't helped one bit. Is profit more important than a healthy planet and humans? Think! Or is it you want to profit and to hell with what ever has to live after you die. Take a good HONEST look at what you are supporting if you have a moral sense health life is more important than the profit motive.

[progree]

7. How one US state went from two quakes a year to 585 (Oklahoma, fracking)

How one US state went from two quakes a year to 585, AFP, 9/20/15

The central US state of Oklahoma has gone from registering two earthquakes a year to nearly two a day and scientists point to a controversial culprit: wastewater injection wells used in fracking.

... As of last month, Oklahoma has already experienced more than 600 quakes strong enough to rattle windows and rock cars. The biggest was a 4.5-magnitude quake that hit the small town of Crescent.

.... From 1975 to 2008, the state experienced anywhere from zero to three earthquakes a year which registered at 3.0 or higher. Then the numbers jumped: there were 20 in 2009, 35 in 2010, 64 in 2011, 35 in 2012, 109 in 2013 and 585 in 2014.

More: http://news.yahoo.com/one-us-state-went-two-quakes-585-054259418.html

Even the Oklahoma governor has accepted the link between fracking (particularly the injection of waste water into the ground) and earthquakes.

Gov. Mary Fallin acknowledges “direct correlation” between earthquakes and disposal wells
http://kfor.com/2015/08/04/gov-mary-fallin-acknowledges-direct-correlation-between-earthquakes-and-disposal-wells/

[alcibiades_mystery]

8. They voted for earthquakes

Good luck to them, but sympathy is short.