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A timely posting as Oklahoma experienced a M4.2 earthquake last night, also attributed to fracking activities. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009–16_Oklahoma_

A timely posting as Oklahoma experienced a M4.2 earthquake last night, also attributed to fracking activities. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009–16_Oklahoma_earthquake_swarms https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009–16_Oklahoma_earthquake_...

gregcrv 11y ago
USGS now tracks these kind of quakes: http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/induced-earthquakes-raise-chances-of-damaging-shaking-in-2016/?from=title http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/induced-ea...
ArkyBeagle 11y ago
Injection wells also != fracking.
aaron695 11y ago
I get you stated a fact. But we all know it's a dog whistle. "As a result of the magnitude 5.6 earthquake on November 5, 2011, an estimated one million dollars in damage occurred in and around the Prague area.[51] So far, there has not been a significant amount of damage reported from other earthquakes" Most industries cost the community 1 million $ (assuming this particular earthquake was even due to fracking) This is why they pay tax. You're not in a movie, fracking is not going to cause some sort of earthquake catastrophe. Ever company that uses trucks could and does kill people.
- morsch 11y ago
  Industries don't pay taxes to make up for otherwise unaccounted for externalities such as environmental damage. The most succinct and mostly neutral answer to why they pay taxes is: the same reason everybody else does.
- Outdoorsman 11y ago
  >>You're not in a movie, fracking is not going to cause some sort of earthquake catastrophe.<< I have in-laws that live north of Edmond OK and the almost daily tremors and quakes there have changed their lives to a certain degree... My father-in-law goes out to check the brickwork on his house on a regular basis now, paying special attention to his chimney...things occasionally rattle off shelves and fall to the floor... Injection well frequencies and volumes have now been reduced or entirely curtailed in certain areas of the state... So, maybe life does indeed seem a bit surreal if you live in an affected area... Drilling, fracking, and the use of injection wells to dispose of waste-water have apparently led to Oklahoma becoming as quake-prone as California... The USGS quoted in a NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/us/earthquake-risk-in-oklahoma-and-kansas-comparable-to-california.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/us/earthquake-risk-in-okla...
- clumsysmurf 11y ago
  > You're not in a movie, fracking is not going to cause some sort of earthquake catastrophe. Actually, its even worse than a movie: "New Concern Over Quakes in Oklahoma Near a Hub of U.S. Oil" http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/us/new-concern-over-quakes-in-oklahoma-near-a-hub-of-us-oil.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/us/new-concern-over-quakes...
barney54 11y ago
Not fracking. Deep injection wells. There is a big difference. More accurate to say oil and gas production activities, but it is incorrect to the point of being misleading to say it's fracking.
exabrial 11y ago
No, they did not due to fracking. Its a result of salt walter injection activities, which is different. The problem is a few local producers disagree on how much salt water can be reinjected. No its not going to cause a california style earth quake, the midwest doesnt have those kind of fault lines. Its likely to settle itself out over time, if regulation in this particular part of the state doesnt hit first. But to be clear, it has nothing to do with fracking. Fracking actually stablizes rock layers (they inject porous sand into formations) rather than slickens them. Why would a producer want his formation to move and close off his production

gregcrv 11y ago

USGS now tracks these kind of quakes: http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/induced-earthquakes-raise-chances-of-damaging-shaking-in-2016/?from=title http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/induced-ea...

ArkyBeagle 11y ago

Injection wells also != fracking.

aaron695 11y ago

I get you stated a fact. But we all know it's a dog whistle. "As a result of the magnitude 5.6 earthquake on November 5, 2011, an estimated one million dollars in damage occurred in and around the Prague area.[51] So far, there has not been a significant amount of damage reported from other earthquakes" Most industries cost the community 1 million $ (assuming this particular earthquake was even due to fracking) This is why they pay tax. You're not in a movie, fracking is not going to cause some sort of earthquake catastrophe. Ever company that uses trucks could and does kill people.

morsch 11y ago
Industries don't pay taxes to make up for otherwise unaccounted for externalities such as environmental damage. The most succinct and mostly neutral answer to why they pay taxes is: the same reason everybody else does.
Outdoorsman 11y ago
>>You're not in a movie, fracking is not going to cause some sort of earthquake catastrophe.<< I have in-laws that live north of Edmond OK and the almost daily tremors and quakes there have changed their lives to a certain degree... My father-in-law goes out to check the brickwork on his house on a regular basis now, paying special attention to his chimney...things occasionally rattle off shelves and fall to the floor... Injection well frequencies and volumes have now been reduced or entirely curtailed in certain areas of the state... So, maybe life does indeed seem a bit surreal if you live in an affected area... Drilling, fracking, and the use of injection wells to dispose of waste-water have apparently led to Oklahoma becoming as quake-prone as California... The USGS quoted in a NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/us/earthquake-risk-in-oklahoma-and-kansas-comparable-to-california.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/us/earthquake-risk-in-okla...
clumsysmurf 11y ago
> You're not in a movie, fracking is not going to cause some sort of earthquake catastrophe. Actually, its even worse than a movie: "New Concern Over Quakes in Oklahoma Near a Hub of U.S. Oil" http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/us/new-concern-over-quakes-in-oklahoma-near-a-hub-of-us-oil.html?_r=0 http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/15/us/new-concern-over-quakes...

barney54 11y ago

Not fracking. Deep injection wells. There is a big difference. More accurate to say oil and gas production activities, but it is incorrect to the point of being misleading to say it's fracking.

exabrial 11y ago

No, they did not due to fracking. Its a result of salt walter injection activities, which is different. The problem is a few local producers disagree on how much salt water can be reinjected. No its not going to cause a california style earth quake, the midwest doesnt have those kind of fault lines. Its likely to settle itself out over time, if regulation in this particular part of the state doesnt hit first. But to be clear, it has nothing to do with fracking. Fracking actually stablizes rock layers (they inject porous sand into formations) rather than slickens them. Why would a producer want his formation to move and close off his production