STUDY: Full moon trigerring earthquakes!!!

[skookerasbil]

So much for the k00k idea seen in here about fracking triggering the mid-west earthquakes!! I mean...duh...anybody falling for that has a plate in their head!! Almost as good as the AGW commando's in here telling us the Japan tsunami was die to climate change!!

Study: Full moon can trigger big earthquakes

More laughing for the skeptics s0ns......

 

[skookerasbil]

PS......once again, Matthew is made to look like a complete dumbass!!

The fact is.........with earthquakes, the climate, weather.........we still don't know shit about shit. The science of this stuff is still in its infancy!! duh

 

[skookerasbil]

Oh....ps.....top story on DRUDGE right now which means by tomorrow it will be seen by about 50 million folks!!

 

[Old Rocks]

Well now, since it is geologists stating that the injection of waste water from fracking that are causing the quakes, I think that I will take their word over yours.

Potentially induced earthquakes in Oklahoma, USA: Links between wastewater injection and the 2011 Mw 5.7 earthquake sequence

Potentially induced earthquakes in Oklahoma, USA: Links between wastewater injection and the 2011 Mw 5.7 earthquake sequence

1. Katie M. Keranen1,
2. Heather M. Savage2,
3. Geoffrey A. Abers2 and
4. Elizabeth S. Cochran3

+Author Affiliations

1. 1ConocoPhillips School of Geology and Geophysics, University of Oklahoma, 100 E. Boyd Street, Norman, Oklahoma 73069, USA
2. 2Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University, PO Box 1000, 61 Route 9W, Palisades, New York 10964, USA
3. 3U.S. Geological Survey, 525 S. Wilson Avenue, Pasadena, California 91106, USA

Abstract
Significant earthquakes are increasingly occurring within the continental interior of the United States, including five of moment magnitude (Mw) ≥ 5.0 in 2011 alone. Concurrently, the volume of fluid injected into the subsurface related to the production of unconventional resources continues to rise. Here we identify the largest earthquake potentially related to injection, an Mw 5.7 earthquake in November 2011 in Oklahoma. The earthquake was felt in at least 17 states and caused damage in the epicentral region. It occurred in a sequence, with 2 earthquakes of Mw 5.0 and a prolific sequence of aftershocks. We use the aftershocks to illuminate the faults that ruptured in the sequence, and show that the tip of the initial rupture plane is within ∼200 m of active injection wells and within ∼1 km of the surface; 30% of early aftershocks occur within the sedimentary section. Subsurface data indicate that fluid was injected into effectively sealed compartments, and we interpret that a net fluid volume increase after 18 yr of injection lowered effective stress on reservoir-bounding faults. Significantly, this case indicates that decades-long lags between the commencement of fluid injection and the onset of induced earthquakes are possible, and modifies our common criteria for fluid-induced events. The progressive rupture of three fault planes in this sequence suggests that stress changes from the initial rupture triggered the successive earthquakes, including one larger than the first.

 

[Old Rocks]

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Disposal of Hydrofracking Waste Fluid by Injection into Subsurface Aquifers Triggers Earthquake Swarm in Central Arkansas with Potential for Damaging Earthquake
S. Horton
DOI: 10.1785/gssrl.83.2.250 Published on March 2012, First Published on March 02, 2012


INTRODUCTION
Only a handful of the thousands of waste disposal wells across the United States have been linked to induced or triggered earthquakes. Still, two well-documented cases—Rocky Mountain Arsenal, Colorado, in the 1960s (Healy et al. 1968) and Paradox Valley, Colorado, in the 1990s (Ake et al. 2005)— demonstrate that fluid injection into the subsurface can trigger earthquakes. The largest event at Rocky Mountain Arsenal was M 5.2, and the largest event at Paradox Valley was M 4.3. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency provides Underground Injection Control (UIC) regulations administered by the states to protect underground sources of drinking water. However, the UIC does not limit the proximity of waste disposal wells to active seismic zones or to critical facilities (e.g., hospitals, schools, or nuclear power plants) based on the potential to induce or trigger earthquakes.

Over the last several years, hydraulic fracturing (hydrofracking), a technique used to enhance natural gas recovery, has become widely used in north-central Arkansas (Figure 1). Wastewater, a byproduct of the hydrofracking process, is being injected under pressure into subsurface rocks at eight waste disposal wells (Table 1) in the study area. Since the first waste disposal well became operational in April 2009, the study area has experienced an increase in the rate of magnitude ≥ 2.5 earthquakes, with one in 2007, two in 2008, 10 in 2009, 54 in 2010, and 157 in 2011. The study area has a long history of seismic activity including earthquake swarms in the early 1980s (Chiu et al. 1984) and 2001 (Rabak et al. 2010), so the current earthquake-rate increase may simply reflect another peak in a natural cycle. However, 98% of the recent earthquakes occurred within 6 km of one of three waste disposal wells after the start of injection at those wells. This close spatial and …

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[Old Rocks]

Sharp increase in central Oklahoma seismicity since 2008 induced by massive wastewater injection

1. K. M. Keranen1,*,
2. M. Weingarten2,
3. G. A. Abers3,†,
4. B. A. Bekins4,
5. S. Ge2

Abstract
Unconventional oil and gas production provides a rapidly growing energy source; however, high-production states in the United States, such as Oklahoma, face sharply rising numbers of earthquakes. Subsurface pressure data required to unequivocally link earthquakes to wastewater injection are rarely accessible. Here we use seismicity and hydrogeological models to show that fluid migration from high-rate disposal wells in Oklahoma is potentially responsible for the largest swarm. Earthquake hypocenters occur within disposal formations and upper basement, between 2- and 5-kilometer depth. The modeled fluid pressure perturbation propagates throughout the same depth range and tracks earthquakes to distances of 35 kilometers, with a triggering threshold of ~0.07 megapascals. Although thousands of disposal wells operate aseismically, four of the highest-rate wells are capable of inducing 20% of 2008 to 2013 central U.S. seismicity.

Even more

 

[MisterBeale]

I've been saying it forever, when ever one of these threads come up. Climate change and earthquakes have to do with magnetic polarity. Of course we are going to notice it more as the field strength weakens. Mostly though, it has more to do with the Earth's internal fields, than the external fields. . . . I believe, though I am no expert, and I have no desire to read all the literature, because, in the end, there is nothing you can do about it anymore than you can stop the sun from rising in the morning.

PLANETOPHYSICAL STATE OF THE EARTH AND LIFE

NASA Warns Earth’s Magnetic Field Weakening, Poles Shift Imminent: Reversal Could Have Caused Neanderthal Extinction

What If Earth's Magnetic Poles Flip?

Earth’s magnetic field could flip within our lifetime – but don’t worry, we should be OK | ExtremeTech



In the future though, as the truth starts to seep out, look for the MSM start to try to push a new paradigm of brainwashing. Something like, global warming being responsible for the pole shift, not the other way around.

 

[Old Rocks]

THE DENIER AREA EARTHQUAKES &ID THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL DISPOSAL WELL

DAVID M. EVANS: Consulting Geologist. Denver. Colorado

ABSTKACT:

Durlng 1961, a decp well was drilled at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal northeast of Denver, Colorado, to dispose of contaminated waste water. The well is bottomed in 75 feet of highly fractured Precambrian gneiss. Pressure injectton of waste water into the fractured Precambrian rock was begun in March 1962. Slnce the start of fluid injection, 710 Denver-area earthquakes have been recorded. The majority of these earthquakes had epicenters within a five-mile radius of the Arsenal well. The volume of fluid and pressure of fluid injection appear to be directly related to the frequency of earthquakes. Evldence also suggests that rock movement is due to the increase of fluid pressure within the fractured reservoir and that open fractures may exist at depths greater than previously considered possible.

http://archives.datapages.com/data/meta/rmag/mg/1966/evans_firstpage.pdf

The seminal paper on this subject. Now it has been half a century since it was written, and the denial of the obvious by those that have money invested in energy still continues.

 

[flacaltenn]

Oh....ps.....top story on DRUDGE right now which means by tomorrow it will be seen by about 50 million folks!!

Don't think this really NEW. It's just new data on an older theory.

As far as wastewater injection --- it's pretty clear that is the cause of quakes. Especially in the presence of existing fault lines or porous subterranean layers. Need better geological sign-off on the site locations.

Fracking (or Geothermal plants for that matter) would have a hard time operating without remote waste water storage.

 

[flacaltenn]

THE DENIER AREA EARTHQUAKES &ID THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL DISPOSAL WELL

DAVID M. EVANS: Consulting Geologist. Denver. Colorado

ABSTKACT:

Durlng 1961, a decp well was drilled at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal northeast of Denver, Colorado, to dispose of contaminated waste water. The well is bottomed in 75 feet of highly fractured Precambrian gneiss. Pressure injectton of waste water into the fractured Precambrian rock was begun in March 1962. Slnce the start of fluid injection, 710 Denver-area earthquakes have been recorded. The majority of these earthquakes had epicenters within a five-mile radius of the Arsenal well. The volume of fluid and pressure of fluid injection appear to be directly related to the frequency of earthquakes. Evldence also suggests that rock movement is due to the increase of fluid pressure within the fractured reservoir and that open fractures may exist at depths greater than previously considered possible.

http://archives.datapages.com/data/meta/rmag/mg/1966/evans_firstpage.pdf

The seminal paper on this subject. Now it has been half a century since it was written, and the denial of the obvious by those that have money invested in energy still continues.

You just liked the "Denier Area" part of the title. If this IS a real place -- why aren't you there yet??

 

[Old Rocks]

I've been saying it forever, when ever one of these threads come up. Climate change and earthquakes have to do with magnetic polarity. Of course we are going to notice it more as the field strength weakens. Mostly though, it has more to do with the Earth's internal fields, than the external fields. . . . I believe, though I am no expert, and I have no desire to read all the literature, because, in the end, there is nothing you can do about it anymore than you can stop the sun from rising in the morning.

PLANETOPHYSICAL STATE OF THE EARTH AND LIFE

NASA Warns Earth’s Magnetic Field Weakening, Poles Shift Imminent: Reversal Could Have Caused Neanderthal Extinction

What If Earth's Magnetic Poles Flip?

Earth’s magnetic field could flip within our lifetime – but don’t worry, we should be OK | ExtremeTech



In the future though, as the truth starts to seep out, look for the MSM start to try to push a new paradigm of brainwashing. Something like, global warming being responsible for the pole shift, not the other way around.

Look, dumb fuck, why don't you actually research something? We have good records in the rock of at least one magnetic reversal, and no effects are evident in the fossil record of impacts on the life of the time.

And just how would a change in magnetic polarity put more stress on faults? The mechanical effects of lubricating a fault are evident, and the record of correlation between an increase in the number of quakes in an area, an increase by orders of magnitude, with injected wastewater, goes back 50 years.

 

[skookerasbil]

Thread is just more proof that the AGW contingent will always go with the alarmist science to explain why stuff happens. Only the alarmist science......like the moon doesn't even exist, or the sun for that matter as it pertains to climate change. Real nutty-ass..........

But their 100% sure their stuff is lock box......how stoopid really......this stuff in 2016 is all conjecture. Moon? Fracking? Dartboard science s0ns!!

One common thread in ALL the AGW science........always pins the cause on humans!! That is the crux of the hoax....................duh

 

[skookerasbil]

"We need to get some broad based support,
to capture the public's imagination...
So we have to offer up scary scenarios,
make simplified, dramatic statements
and make little mention of any doubts...
Each of us has to decide what the right balance
is between being effective and being honest."

- Prof. Stephen Schneider,
Stanford Professor of Climatology,
lead author of many IPCC reports


The Green Agenda

 

[Old Rocks]

It is geologists investigating the 100 to 1000 time increase in the numbers of quakes in the areas where they are injecting waste water from fracking into the ground that are stating that is causing the quakes. I posted some of there studies, do you want me to post more? And why are posting quotes from people that are not at all involved in the studies of these quakes? Why don't you post some studies by geologists that are willing to state, with evidence, that the quakes have nothing to do with the injection of the waste fluids. Maybe because you cannot find any?

 

[Old Rocks]

THE DENIER AREA EARTHQUAKES &ID THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN ARSENAL DISPOSAL WELL

DAVID M. EVANS: Consulting Geologist. Denver. Colorado

ABSTKACT:

Durlng 1961, a decp well was drilled at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal northeast of Denver, Colorado, to dispose of contaminated waste water. The well is bottomed in 75 feet of highly fractured Precambrian gneiss. Pressure injectton of waste water into the fractured Precambrian rock was begun in March 1962. Slnce the start of fluid injection, 710 Denver-area earthquakes have been recorded. The majority of these earthquakes had epicenters within a five-mile radius of the Arsenal well. The volume of fluid and pressure of fluid injection appear to be directly related to the frequency of earthquakes. Evldence also suggests that rock movement is due to the increase of fluid pressure within the fractured reservoir and that open fractures may exist at depths greater than previously considered possible.

http://archives.datapages.com/data/meta/rmag/mg/1966/evans_firstpage.pdf

The seminal paper on this subject. Now it has been half a century since it was written, and the denial of the obvious by those that have money invested in energy still continues.

You just liked the "Denier Area" part of the title. If this IS a real place -- why aren't you there yet??

LOL Yes, one of those oddities. Especially since at that time, denier did not carry to weight it does today. By the way, been there. Passing through coming back from a trip to my grandfathers old farm in the Ozarks. On the way to the Mt. Antero for a little gem hunting.