Reply #24: I wonder if there's any gas drilling in the vicinity of the epicenter

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We've had several earthquakes in north central Texas in the past year (all of them very mild), but this is a pretty geologically stable area from what I understand. Central Oklahoma isn't much of a departure from my area, at least no to my eyes.

We've seen a tremendous amount of gas drilling in the areas where the earthquakes occurred. I don't recall if any hard and fast link was made between hydraulic fracturing (part of the drilling process in the Barnett Shale) and earthquakes, but to an apathetic cynic like me, no gas wells equal no earthquakes; gas wells equal earthquakes. I'd be very interested to see if there's any connection at all.