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Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts) Thu Apr 18, 2013, 01:10 AM Apr 2013

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USGS reported a 2.1 earthquake at the fertilizer plant when it exploded

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USGS reported a 2.1 earthquake at the fertilizer plant when it exploded (Original Post) Horse with no Name Apr 2013 OP

Not surprised nadinbrzezinski Apr 2013 #1

Which came first? elleng Apr 2013 #2

It was the intensity of the explosion. n/t Horse with no Name Apr 2013 #4

Wow. DURHAM D Apr 2013 #3

Fracking? dorkzilla Apr 2013 #5

This was on the DFW TV station I am watching Horse with no Name Apr 2013 #6

That's just awful... dorkzilla Apr 2013 #7

According to this calculation, that's actually very little energy in the ground muriel_volestrangler Apr 2013 #8

nadinbrzezinski

(154,021 posts)

1. Not surprised

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 01:10 AM

Apr 2013

elleng

(130,865 posts)

2. Which came first?

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 01:13 AM

Apr 2013

Can they tell?

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)

4. It was the intensity of the explosion. n/t

Reply to elleng (Reply #2)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 01:15 AM

Apr 2013

DURHAM D

(32,609 posts)

3. Wow.

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 01:14 AM

Apr 2013

That should give some folks pause.

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)

5. Fracking?

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 01:34 AM

Apr 2013

I wouldn't be surprised....

Horse with no Name

(33,956 posts)

6. This was on the DFW TV station I am watching

Reply to dorkzilla (Reply #5)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 01:36 AM

Apr 2013

The intensity of the blast registered a 2.1 earthquake. However, there is a lot of fracking and earthquakes in the Cleburne/Johnson County area.

dorkzilla

(5,141 posts)

7. That's just awful...

Reply to Horse with no Name (Reply #6)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 01:42 AM

Apr 2013

For the life of me I will never understand how people can get behind this. I don't have kids, but I am worried about what kind of planet we are leaving for the children of this world. So sad.

muriel_volestrangler

(101,310 posts)

8. According to this calculation, that's actually very little energy in the ground

Reply to Horse with no Name (Original post)

Thu Apr 18, 2013, 06:22 AM

Apr 2013

http://www.jclahr.com/alaska/aeic/magnitude/energy.txt

2.0 = 15.1kg of TNT; 3.0 = 477kg. (The Wikipedia page for the Richter scale says this too)

2.1 would be about 21.3kg of TNT, since it's a logarithmic scale.

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