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> That daily recharge is implicated in the region’s frequent small earthquakes. (But nobody seems too worried about that, and maybe it’s a good thing? Many sma
by Lammy 2y ago
> That daily recharge is implicated in the region’s frequent small earthquakes. (But nobody seems too worried about that, and maybe it’s a good thing? Many small better than one big?)
See also: the 2019 Ridgecrest earthquakes whose epicenter was the Naval Air Weapons Station China Lake geothermal plant:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Ridgecrest_earthquakes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_Ridgecrest_earthquakes
https://news.usni.org/2019/07/09/california-earthquakes-leave-naval-station-china-lake-not-mission-capable https://news.usni.org/2019/07/09/california-earthquakes-leav...
https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=35.766&mlon=-117.605&zoom=11#map=11/35.7678/-117.6004 https://www.openstreetmap.org/?mlat=35.766&mlon=-117.605&zoo... (Epicenter)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Weapons_Station_China_Lake#Coso_Geothermal_Field https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naval_Air_Weapons_Station_Chin...
https://cosoenergy.com/ https://cosoenergy.com/
https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/10874/?freq=A&pin= https://www.eia.gov/electricity/data/browser/#/plant/10874/?...
- jhayward 2y agoI've never heard any seismologist holding a responsible office blaming the Ridgecrest quake on any man-made cause. The links posted do not support that claim either. Do you have any information which directly supports this?
- lazide 2y agoUnclear in this situation, but fracking, petroleum extraction, and geothermal plants are implicated in earthquakes [https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2019/05/lessons-south-korea-solving-geothermals-earthquake-problem https://news.stanford.edu/stories/2019/05/lessons-south-kore...] - depending on how it is done.
- slyall 2y agoThat was a Kaiju getting through the big dimensional portal. Made a lot of mess in the 24 seconds it took to subdue it.