Read the article?
When did this start?
Ok I looked. But I don’t see the support for this prediction:
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In 2011, a 5.6 magnitude earthquake shook the state, becoming the largest quake in recent Oklahoma history.
Now, research shows a bigger, stronger one could hit soon.
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“It’s unclear exactly how high we might go, and the predictions are upper 5-6 range for most things that I’ve seen,” Todd Halihan, a researcher from OSU, says.
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It seems to me if the mountains are now very old and they’ve worn down from once being like the Rockies, then they’re not making big quakes there now.
No?
Is this just a hobgoblin to shake up support for the idea that fracking is causing a huge problem?
That is an honest question. I really don’t know, I appreciate your knowledge.
Thanks.
There is a lot of debate whether the frac water injection is causing the earthquakes or not. It is not from the actual fracing but from the injection of the waste water. There have been a few recent earthquakes beneath the old Texas Stadium in Irving. Either it is a big coincidence or the injection is changing the stress field of the earth.