Posted on 02/15/2015 3:33:52 AM PST by Crazieman
Thanks. Surprisingly localized. Way more activity than Jellystone at the moment.
Crazieman; SampleMan
SampleMan said: How do more small quakes, which release energy, increase the odds of a large quake?
I read the entire article yesterday elsewhere. The article is so poorly written that no sense can be made of it. It is an obvious leftist hit piece on the oil industry. Your exact question is the key question any scientist (or reporter, for that matter) needs to address. Neither the reporter or the scientist did so.
I’m an Okie and retired geologist. I am intrigued by the recent phenomena, but there is too little data and no plausible theory for the increase. I am willing to examine fracking as an influence or a causal factor, but there are other theories and factors that explain the facts just as well or better.
I am not smart enough to answer the question at this time. I am however, smart enough (and ethical enough) to not throw out scientific methods and reasoning to reach a politically driven agenda.
Oldplayer
oldplayer,
Thank you for your post. It was well stated. When I read the article, I immediately thought of whether the “researchers” had ever been to Oklahoma, are just indiscriminately pitching the latest variation of global warming/climate change while manipulating data. I, personally, am going forward with my scheduled drilling activity.
gwjack
Luke 21:11King James Version (KJV)
11 And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.
“Still it’s a low risk, about a 1 in 2,500 years’ chance of happening.”
Large earthquakes need movement along long faults. I don’t think that there are any in the immediate area.
As is most of what seth borenstein writes, Scientifically illiterate himself, and without any background, he is merely a paid toadie of the left wing Lysenkoized "science" crowd.
LOL! Nice...
I am a retired geologist too (hydrogeologist actually) and as you noted, this is nothing more that a leftist/communist hit piece. It is what I categorize as a “Gaia” article: when “bad” natural events occur, it is automatically the fault of man, no matter what the facts say. Pure garbage.
We can make you believe anything if we just put “In A New Study” in front of it.
If the quakes are above or at the depth of hydrocarbon extraction there “may” be a relationship. However, this would be very shallow with little energy to the quakes and of no danger. We have had small quakes around the world associated with extraction of oil and gas. As the production zone becomes depleted it no longer has the original pressure and the overburden can cause fracturing and thus small quakes.
I would happily build my house in the areas they are concerned about.
Yeah, sounds like a gigantic irrigation reservoir to me.
Fire up those pumps with Texas oil and gas, let the desert bloom.
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