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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsFour Earthquakes Reported In Logan County, Oklahoma today - 4.3 Largest Magnitude
http://www.news9.com/story/26002381/32-magnitude-earthquake-reported-near-langston<snip>
The United States Geological Survey reported four earthquakes Saturday in Logan County. The largest was a 4.3 magnitude.
The first earthquake was recorded at 6:27 a.m. as a 3.2 magnitude. It was located five miles south, southwest of Langston and six miles east of Guthrie. The depth was over three miles.
The largest in this series of tremors, a 4.3 magnitude, was recorded at 12:11 p.m. four miles south, southwest of Langston and eight miles east of Guthrie. The depth was also over three miles.
Several News 9 viewers reported feeling this tremor, including residents near The Village, Edmond, Moore, Norman and Del City.
At 11:47 a.m., a 2.9 magnitude quake was recorded five miles east of Guthrie and 16 miles north, northeast of Edmond. The depth was over two miles.
Melissa Provost · Top Commenter
We felt the largest one here in Stillwater. My dog was starting to standing up and the room shook and it knocked him off his feet. Dear oil companies you my think this is the price of doing business in Oklahoma but for the rest of us it's is not our circus or our monkey, it your. This has to stop and we need to rid ourselves of the Governor and the Republicans legislature who think this is just part of living here. They supports deregulation of big oil and support the use the injection wells as part of the price we pay for having oil in this state ! Lets send a message in the next election and vote for the candidates who will stand up to big oil.
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Love the first comment
Frack away scumbags.
redstatebluegirl
(12,264 posts)nothing serious just the dogs barking and a little shimmy.
TheMastersNemesis
(10,602 posts)News Flash. Oklahoma Fracks Up.
KatyaR
(3,445 posts)I've gotten to the point that every time something like this happens, I make sure to check the time. Eight out of ten times it was an earthquake.
bobGandolf
(871 posts)I didn't see them mention it anywhere.
malaise
(267,800 posts)<snip>
A study published last week in the journal Science adds more detail to the already widely acknowledged finding that fracking leads to earthquakes.
It's not the extraction of oil and gas that causes the tremors; it's the method of disposing the wastewater a byproduct of hydraulic fracturing that's to blame. During the process, huge quantities of water, sand and chemicals are injected into the ground to break up shale and allow drillers to access the fossil fuels trapped within. This toxic mix needs to go somewhere, and in many cases it is injected into disposal wells deep underground.
But the wastewater can travel for miles, changing ground pressures far beneath the surface. In some instances, this causes earthquakes.
dixiegrrrrl
(60,010 posts)Between 1975 and 2008, only an average of two earthquakes with a magnitude of 3.0 or greater would occur each year in Oklahoma.
"There has been a dramatic increase in that time," Cochran said. "We're seeing a very steep increase with 183 quakes occurring in a six-month period."
Between October 2013 and April 2014, 183 earthquakes occurred with a magnitude of 3.0 or higher, and continue to occur with an average depth of 3 miles.
http://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/oklahoma-earthquakes-wastewater-wells-fluid-injection/29640426
AlinPA
(15,071 posts)rational things. Wait, I forgot- it's gay marriage in PA that's causing it.
NOT
butterfly77
(17,609 posts)Coburn,Inhofe and the rest of the republiCON assholes...They love their frackin no complaints here.