"Did Fracking Cause a 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake...?"

Page 1 of 3 [ 38 posts ] Go to page 1, 2, 3 Next

Joined: 23 Feb 2005
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,442
Location: Washington, USA

01 Jan 2012, 3:33 am

The title just makes me laugh lol (thanks Battlestar Galactica!). In all seriousness, I don't know much about the real fracking, except that it's used to make cracks in rocks for oil drilling (definition, from Wikipedia, which got it from some other source that I don't know: Fracking: Hydraulic fracturing (called "frac jobs" or "frac'ing" or "fracking" in the industry) is a process that results in the creation of fractures in rocks, the goal of which is to increase the output of a well). Here's the article if you'd like to read more into it: Did Fracking Cause a 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake in Eastern Ohio on Saturday?

_________________
I'm 24 years old and live in WA State. I was diagnosed with Asperger's at 9. I received a BS in Psychology in 2011 and I intend to help people with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, either through research, application, or both. On the ?Pursuit of Aspieness?.

Keeno
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 8 Mar 2006
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Posts: 4,875
Location: Earth

01 Jan 2012, 8:53 am

Fracking hell.

Simmian7
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 22 Apr 2008
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Posts: 1,294
Location: Motown

01 Jan 2012, 12:05 pm

a 4.0 earthquake in Ohio? i don't think so. i think one state over...Michigan...i would've felt it...or the aftershocks.

heck...when there was one in Illinois i felt it!

_________________
*Christina*

It's like someone's calling out to me. Writing it all down...it's like I'm calling back to them.
(quote from August Rush; but used as a reference to my writing)
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
My ASD AQ score is 42
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#DemandCartoonDiversity

snapcap
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 12 Oct 2011
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,328

01 Jan 2012, 12:11 pm

4.0 in Ohio

Quote:

McDONALD, Ohio (AP) — Officials said Saturday they believe the latest earthquake activity in northeast Ohio is related to the injection of wastewater into the ground near a fault line, creating enough pressure to cause seismic activity.

The brine wastewater comes from drilling operations that use the so-called fracking process to extract gas from underground shale. But Ohio Department of Natural Resources Director Jim Zehringer said during a news teleconference that fracking is not causing the quakes.

MMM HMMM

_________________
*some atheist walks outside and picks up stick*

some atheist to stick: "You're like me!"

androbot2084
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 23 Mar 2011
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Posts: 3,447

01 Jan 2012, 2:08 pm

I suppose an earthquake could happen if nuclear charges are used instead of dynamite.

Fnord
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 6 May 2008
Gender: Male
Posts: 60,939
Location:

01 Jan 2012, 6:40 pm

Not just 'No', but frack no!

John_Browning
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 22 Mar 2009
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Posts: 4,456
Location: The shooting range

01 Jan 2012, 6:58 pm

You need bigger, natural fractures in rocks to generate an earthquake of that size. There are faults all over North America. They are normally dormant except for the west coast and a couple other spots, but any one of them can generate an earthquake if the movement of other faults puts enough pressure on them.

_________________
"Gun control is like trying to reduce drunk driving by making it tougher for sober people to own cars."
- Unknown

"A fear of weapons is a sign of ret*d sexual and emotional maturity."
-Sigmund Freud

techn0teen
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 14 Sep 2010
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Posts: 663

02 Jan 2012, 8:38 pm

While fracking has been directly linked to increased seismic activity, I am not sure in this case. Usually, they set off smaller earthquakes around 2.0-3.0s. I wouldn't trust the media too much in general. But there is a reason fracking has been banned in certain countries like France.

snapcap
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 12 Oct 2011
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,328

07 Jan 2012, 5:09 pm

Geologists say Ohio quakes directly tied to fracking

Quote:

Recent earthquakes in Ohio and Oklahoma have been directly linked to deep wells used to dispose of liquid wastes for hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" of natural gas, according to geological experts.

Fracking is not a good idea.

_________________
*some atheist walks outside and picks up stick*

some atheist to stick: "You're like me!"

snapcap
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 12 Oct 2011
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,328

07 Jan 2012, 5:18 pm

Bombshell Report Links Water Contamination To Fracking For The First Time

Quote:

In a first, federal environment officials today scientifically linked underground water pollution with hydraulic fracturing, concluding that contaminants found in central Wyoming were likely caused by the gas drilling process.

Fracking is only good for the people whose pockets it lines.

_________________
*some atheist walks outside and picks up stick*

some atheist to stick: "You're like me!"

BuyerBeware
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 28 Sep 2011
Gender: Female
Posts: 3,476
Location: PA, USA

18 Jan 2012, 10:10 am

I don't know about a magnitude 4.0 earthquake in Ohio...

...but from the Monongahela Valley, Frac Central, there are plenty of other things to hate about it.

Like that certain companies have a nasty habit of dumping used frac water in local streams. Like that there are few protections for surface owners, royalties are a joke, and forced pooling ought to be a crime (but isn't, according to the PA courts).

Like the fact that most of the drillers are out-of-state companies that bring in out-of-state workers and take the profits, guess where, out of state. This is referred to as a "colonial economy." We have seen this before, in the same place, in recent history. It left a hell of a mess. Google "Appalachian labor wars," "West Virginia mine wars," et cetera.

It's enough to cause a meltdown.

_________________
"Alas, our dried voices when we whisper together are quiet and meaningless, as wind in dry grass, or rats' feet over broken glass in our dry cellar." --TS Eliot, "The Hollow Men"

JWC
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 28 Feb 2011
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 740
Location: Macondo Wellhead

18 Jan 2012, 10:14 am

snapcap wrote:

Bombshell Report Links Water Contamination To Fracking For The First Time

Quote:

Fracking is only good for the people whose pockets it lines.

And the people who don't freeze to death because they can depend on natural gas heat in their homes.

snapcap
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 12 Oct 2011
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,328

18 Jan 2012, 11:25 am

JWC wrote:

snapcap wrote:

Bombshell Report Links Water Contamination To Fracking For The First Time

Quote:

Fracking is only good for the people whose pockets it lines.

And the people who don't freeze to death because they can depend on natural gas heat in their homes.

Because they wouldn't get it any other way?

_________________
*some atheist walks outside and picks up stick*

some atheist to stick: "You're like me!"

JWC
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 28 Feb 2011
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 740
Location: Macondo Wellhead

18 Jan 2012, 11:28 am

snapcap wrote:

JWC wrote:

snapcap wrote:

Bombshell Report Links Water Contamination To Fracking For The First Time

Quote:

Fracking is only good for the people whose pockets it lines.

And the people who don't freeze to death because they can depend on natural gas heat in their homes.

Because they wouldn't get it any other way?

Why should they have to?

snapcap
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 12 Oct 2011
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Posts: 2,328

18 Jan 2012, 12:14 pm

JWC wrote:

snapcap wrote:

JWC wrote:

snapcap wrote:

Bombshell Report Links Water Contamination To Fracking For The First Time

Quote:

Fracking is only good for the people whose pockets it lines.

And the people who don't freeze to death because they can depend on natural gas heat in their homes.

Because they wouldn't get it any other way?

Why should they have to?

Have to what?

_________________
*some atheist walks outside and picks up stick*

some atheist to stick: "You're like me!"

JWC
Veteran
Veteran

Joined: 28 Feb 2011
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Posts: 740
Location: Macondo Wellhead

18 Jan 2012, 12:17 pm

snapcap wrote:

JWC wrote:

snapcap wrote:

JWC wrote:

snapcap wrote:

Bombshell Report Links Water Contamination To Fracking For The First Time

Quote:

Fracking is only good for the people whose pockets it lines.

And the people who don't freeze to death because they can depend on natural gas heat in their homes.

Because they wouldn't get it any other way?

Why should they have to?

Have to what?

Get it another way.

Page 1 of 3 [ 38 posts ] Go to page 1, 2, 3 Next

Jump to:

Similar Topics
Tibet earthquake of magnitude 6.8 in News and Current Events	07 Jan 2025, 10:58 pm Jakki
7.0 Earthquake off Northern California Coast in News and Current Events	08 Dec 2024, 2:44 pm jimmy m
Concept as "coming out", "outing" works perfectly with ASD. in Autism Politics, Activism, and Media Representation	27 Jan 2025, 5:47 pm AsaboveAsbelow
New "timescape cosmology" vs. "dark energy" in Computers, Math, Science, and Technology	04 Jan 2025, 6:59 am Mona Pereth

"Did Fracking Cause a 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake...?" Post Reply New Topic

"Did Fracking Cause a 4.0 Magnitude Earthquake...?"