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4.7 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Oklahoma
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:34 am
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:34 am
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Reported near Cherokee, OK ~160 miles north of Oklahoma City.
Damn, that's pretty close to LA.
Reported near Cherokee, OK ~160 miles north of Oklahoma City.
Damn, that's pretty close to LA.
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Quick facts:
Earthquake felt in Cherokee, Okla. on Thursday morning USGS says the preliminary magnitude is a 4.7
Another earthquake was reported around 3:45 as a magnitude 3.1
A third was reported at 6:02 a.m. with a magnitude 3.7
Two were reported in Crescent, a 3.4 at 7:25 and a 4.0 at 8:24.
This post was edited on 11/19/15 at 9:36 am
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Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:35 am to TigerFanInSouthland
Fracking.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:36 am to TigerFanInSouthland
I felt one in Oklahoma last year while duck hunting, probably wouldn't have noticed it if not laying on the ground in blind. When I asked they said it's pretty common there.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:37 am to thegreatboudini
quote:
Fracking
I suspect the epicenter will be far deeper than any fracking activity, so no.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:38 am to yellowfin
I mean one has to believe fracking has something to do with it.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:38 am to udtiger
It definitely could be fracking...
but fracking brings oil so I dont GAF about earthuakes as a result.
but fracking brings oil so I dont GAF about earthuakes as a result.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:40 am to yellowfin
quote:
they said it's pretty common there.
They are
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:42 am to udtiger
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:42 am to TigerFanInSouthland
As a doctor of both geophysics and petroleum engineering, fracking is the only logical cause
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:45 am to TigerFanInSouthland
The fracking itself isn't necessarily causing earthquakes. The fluids that are used in fracking (mainly the SW waste that comes back up the well) is injected into disposal wells thousands of feet deep encased in concrete (cheap and relatively safe).
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“The model I use is called the air hockey table model,” says Cliff Frohlich, a research scientist at the Institute for Geophysics at the University of Texas, Austin. “Suppose you tilt an air hockey table. If there’s no air on, the puck just sits there. Gravity wants it to move but it doesn’t move because of friction [with the table surface]. But if you turn the air on, the puck slips. Faults are the same. If you pump water in a fault, the fault can slip, causing an earthquake."
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:45 am to TigerFanInSouthland
quote:You know Louisiana is right on a fault line, right?
Damn, that's pretty close to LA.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:46 am to TigerFanInSouthland
What the frack?!
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:46 am to TigerFanInSouthland
Learn to swim
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:46 am to JumpingTheShark
quote:
It definitely could be fracking...
but fracking brings oil so I dont GAF about earthuakes as a result.
What a fine, caring citizen you are.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:47 am to CarRamrod
Yeah but how many times has there been a 4.7 reported in LA?
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:48 am to Layabout
All of these small earthquakes aren't doing shite. We experience them all the time. I care more about making a better economy and creating jobs than some tiny earthquakes.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:48 am to TheAlmightySmash
quote:
As a doctor of both geophysics and petroleum engineering, fracking is the only logical cause
Nope. It is more likely water injection wells.
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:49 am to LucasP
Mom's gonna fix it all soon
Mom's comin round to put it back the way it oughtta be...
Mom's comin round to put it back the way it oughtta be...
Posted on 11/19/15 at 9:54 am to TigerFanInSouthland
Been threw there... not much around
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