4.3 Earthquake in Eastern KY

[TalkingDog]

Source: Global incident map: Quakes

Type: Earthquake
15 minutes ago
Magnitude: 4.3
DateTime: Saturday November 10 2012, 17:08:12 UTC
Region: eastern Kentucky
Depth: 1.1 km
Source: USGS Feed

Read more: http://quakes.globalincidentmap.com/map_detail.php?id=239447

[hollysmom]

1. probably fracking, unless the big one is coming.

[Berlum]

11. Freaking Frackers (R) are f*ucking up the planet

[nc4bo]

14. Geez, my first thought was is there any fracking going on over there? nm

[Taverner]

19. +100

[nc4bo]

29. People in NC better get used to it. We'll be on the fast track to earthquake central now for sure.

Once our new Gov. signs away our souls.

[femrap]

32. Isn't that BIG COAL

Region? I don't know if they're fracking there...Looks like it's close to Hazard, KY...an appropriate name!

[nc4bo]

39. Maybe it's a 3-fer; coal, shale oil and gas.

Hey why not, the more the better.

No snark intended femrap.....it's just here we are screwing up stuff, everyone (well, not everyone!) turns their head as they whistle past the graveyard, major media keeps the lid on tight and it just pisses me off to no end that so much of our $$ is spent on prehistoric fuel when we could be putting so much more into green energy.

Oh, there's no problem, everything's a-ok. Earthquakes in the area of just coincidence. Bad wells, well ya know yall shoulda been buying bottled water anyway and hey, a little arsenic is fine for you complexion......

I could just scream.

And yea, Hazard, KY is such an ironic name.

[nc4bo]

42. Found an appropriate graphic on Facebook that kindof fits the fracking mess

pretty well.

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[femrap]

44. I totally agree

with you. Mountain top removal....WTF? How many have lost their water source from that? I lived in Lexington, KY for a few years and visited last year and there were all of these bumper stickers, "Friends of Coal." Again, WTF?

There are families in E. KY who are fighting each other over the Environment vs. Coal. From the air, one should see this mountain top removal...it's disgusting. A coal miner is willing to give his life for $73,000/year. They all die early...and then encourage their sons to do the same thing.

Look at Germany and what they have done regarding residential solar panels. Germany has very similar sunshine as does the Heartland of the US.

It's the Big Oil Boyz calling the shots. They own the Gov't. And gas drilling doesn't even have regulations? Again, WTF!
Thank you Dick 'heartless' Cheney.

The EPA is still filled with 'burrowers' from the W administration who are pro-oil. It's difficult to get rid of them when they go from appointee to civil servant.

[sarcasmo]

36. + a Gazillion

[Sekhmets Daughter]

2. Mitch McConnell throwing a temper tantrum?

[femrap]

34. You can't include

Lexington, KY in that group. I lived there....educated people.

[dinger130]

46. We're not rednecks,

we're hillbillies. Well, not all of us. There are some citified folks. The town I live in is borderline bluegrass and the gateway to the mountains. A large percentage of the population in Eastern KY is Scots Irish. Came here after serving in the Revolutionary War. Land grants. Stayed put. Geographically challenged for generations and all the other challenges that came with that initial fact.

[kickitup]

54. I'm close to you,

I think. I'm about an hour east of Lexington and you are describing my ancestors except throw in some Cherokee.

[dinger130]

70. Hi neighbor

Mt. Sterling

[CherokeeDem]

52. Really....

My family is from Kentucky and I currently live in Lexington...please consider your words before you type.

Totally uncalled for comment...

[kickitup]

56. Exactly.

Nobody is going to win these folks over by calling them redneck assholes. The folks down in coal country are in a tough spot and mining is all some of them know. And, yes, some of them know it is killing them, but they still have to feed their kids. I met a woman whose husband is disabled from mining, but yet she still went to that big rally in West Virginia a few years ago to protest Obama and to support coal. She wants her son to have a job in the mines. Go figure.

[Speck Tater]

3. Clearly God is punishing them for voting for Romney. nt

[AlbertCat]

24. Clearly God is punishing them for voting for Romney.

Or maybe they got the Ark wrong....


You say that's in northern KY? Well, god obviously ain't too accurate if he needs to wipe out NJ for NY's sins.... or MS and AL for NOLA's sins. Just plain sloppy!

[Arugula Latte]

47. Gawd must be off his meds.

Earlier in the week he kicked Joseph Smith in the shorts, now this ...

[Iggy]

4. Whoa...

that's gettig close to the New Madrid fault.

we'd better hope that one doesn't kick off anytime soon-- as it is predicted to do.

[starroute]

28. Not that close -- this is eastern Kentucky, not western

The quake was something like 400 miles from New Madrid.

[Iggy]

77. In Geotechnical Terms

400 miles is "far"??

Not sure about that.

[starroute]

78. Far enough to not be part of the New Madrid seismic zone

[oswaldactedalone]

5. I felt something here in NC

very light shaking on two occasions a few seconds apart at the time this quake was reported.

[TalkingDog]

7. Yeah, one of my friend near Harmony NC said her house shook for about 10 seconds

4.3 isn't huge, but it is big for the east coast.

[alfredo]

23. EQ's in the east travel far because of the hard bedrock. The New Madrid quake

was felt in New England.

[femrap]

35. Montreal, Canada as well. nt

[AlbertCat]

25. I felt something here in NC

That was just the very state itself shuddering over its new legislature

[alfredo]

6. We felt it up in Lexington, Ky. It sounded like a load of lumber falling.

[kickitup]

27. I'm an hour east

of you and we got a pretty rough shake. The children who live next door were very excited!

[alfredo]

49. It was loud.

[Comrade_McKenzie]

8. I felt it. Cat meowed a few times and then it began. USGS upgraded it to a 5.3 now. nt

[TalkingDog]

13. They did?... can't find.... linky please

thanks

[Comrade_McKenzie]

15. Misreported on @Breakingnews. They changed it. Sorry... 4.3 after all. nt

[alp227]

61. Pets are really great at sensing quakes aren't they? ;)

[denvine]

9. I felt it in Newport KY, which is right across the river from Cincinnati.

[blueknight]

12. i used to live on 19th street

in newport. loved living there! Now i live in independence and didnt feel a thing

[denvine]

20. That's great to know there is another DUer in the area!

I often feel like a tiny blue speck in a sea of red. Thanks!

[blueknight]

40. i know what you mean

but there are more of us around here then you think

[allan01]

10. re:4.3 Earthquake in Eastern KY

thanks for the information. talking dog. nice map btw .

[Democrat 4 Ever]

16. I'm smack dab in the middle of the state and I felt the tremor

Talking to a friend from New York City who is trying to put things back together after the hurricaine and I felt the quake. Told him to hold on a moment, something was going on. Told I thought we had just had an earthquake. No damage, just a few teacups and what nots rattling a bit.

[Chunk]

17. ...

4.3 magnitude earthquake rattles eastern Kentucky

LEXINGTON, Ky. (WYMT/WKYT) -- A 4.3 magnitude earthquake was reported in eastern Kentucky at 12:08 p.m., according to the United States Geological Survey.

The earthquake was centered at Blackey which is in Letcher County.

[kentuck]

18. My sister says it shook her house...

I hope there are no more.

[nc4bo]

21. Fracking?

http://8020vision.com/2011/04/17/congress-releases-report-on-toxic-chemicals-used-in-fracking/

http://www.fracturedappalachia.org/share-your-story/

Published on November th, 2010

WMMT-FM is working to create in-depth news coverage regarding the recent increase in gas extraction in the Letcher County, Kentucky and Wise County, Virginia areas. We’ll be addressing the pros and cons of natural gas extraction in the region and explore the potential impact of the industry on our economy and our environment.

If you, or someone you know, has a story to tell about the role of the gas industry in our region, please contact us at 606-633-0108. Ask to speak with Marcie in the radio office. Or go HERE and fill out the contact form.

Also, if you are interested in joining us in the documentation of gas extraction please join our Community Correspondents Corps, a project that trains and supports people in producing stories for the radio. The project is free and open to the public; after completing training all Community Correspondents have access to WMMT’s digital recorders and production studios.

If you’re interested in being a Community Correspondent please call 606-633-0108 and ask for Sylvia.

[alfredo]

48. Are there any active fracking operations in that region.

[nc4bo]

51. Gas?

http://www.appalachiantransition.net/content/hydraulic-fracturing-rare-ky-appalachian-forum-poses-questions-about-regulation-and-pollutio


I had to come back with a thought. Why should it be this difficult to find information? You'd think there would be 1 website (something like NOAA which has a map of the United States listing all oil, shale oil, natural gas, coal drilling sites.

NO, it's not like that at all. Think it's to keep the public from coming to their own conclusions, based on evidence that there's something going on in the environment? or .


Is there one that I missed? Why shouldn't it be on the top of a Google search list?

[alfredo]

60. They use liquid Nitrogen instead of water because of the clay soil.

[nc4bo]

63. But this would still cause instability, wouldn't it?

Water, nitrogen, you're crumbling the world under the earth. I'd think after doing this enough times, something would shift and go boom.

[alfredo]

66. Right, and doing it on a fault seems short-sighted.

[waybig]

22. I felt it

here in Atlanta, GA. Just a couple seconds worth.

[SamKnause]

26. Earthquake

I live 60 miles East of Cincinnati, Ohio in Seaman, Ohio.

I felt it.

I knew immediately what it was.

It is the third earthquake I have experienced in Ohio.

The first one was in 1980.

[valerief]

30. The only way to wake up Congress is for the Capitol to have a 6.8 while they're

in session.

[jtuck004]

33. Or 10 million people stomping their feet, slowly, outside. n/t

[valerief]

37. Remember the millions marching against the Iraq War? The millions blacked out by the media?

I have more faith in the earthquake.

[jtuck004]

55. Not in this country. We never even got 1 million together, near as I can document.

Near 1/2 million in NY. And they went away. Most Americans wanted it, it seems.

On the other hand, in the 20's and thirties, tens of thousands (when that was a much bigger percentage of the economy) of workers sat down, many simply on their own and not part of anything but sometimes loose affiliations, walked through the streets, shot and got shot at, . Unions and the New Deal was the result.

They made their presence felt. The same numbers today bringing things to a screeching halt would have the same power.

And if one can't make enough noise to overcome the media, maybe they ain't got as much to say as they think.

[valerief]

58. Half a million in ONE protest in NYC. There were more than one.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protests_against_the_Iraq_War

Most Americans didn't see or can't remember this day.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_15,_2003_anti-war_protest

[jtuck004]

59. Your last point...exactly. n/t

[femrap]

38. Nothing is

more powerful than Mother Nature...not even the 1%. In fact, in the blink of an eye, she could take all of their 'stuff' away!

She is pissed. This fracking may be the last straw.

[DollarBillHines]

43. Yep, Mother Nature always bats last.

[dinger130]

41. Well, that wasn't fun

sitting in a 100+ year old house with the plaster cracking and a 92 year old mother on the verge of freaking out.

30 miles east of Lexington, KY

My first thought: Fracking

[hollysmom]

45. so sorry to hear that.

At least your house can probably surevive an earth quake, not like newer housing.

Take care.

[TalkingDog]

62. errrrmmmmm I know you are trying to be supportive, but telling outright falsehoods

is not very helpful.

My husband is a code enforcement official and the International Building Code (which every body who enforces building codes uses ... hence International) calls for modern houses to be more resistant to earthquake shaking and not less.

In quake prone areas the requirements are even more stringent which is where the state and local codes come into play.

[hollysmom]

65. well if I am wrong, you can say I am mistaken, Not deliberately telling falsehoods,

Funny, but I think manners is a good thing.

I feel pretty safe in my old house, having opened a few walls and seen that it was built with old cedar to double today's standards. I understand new earth quake standards allow for swaying, since a swaying tree will outlast a stiff one, but there is also something to be said about a strong house built on solid ground.

I am also sure that their old house is more fire retardant than a new house. since a fire chief died here recently and they say it is the new building materials of plywood cause buildings to collapse faster when they are on fire, the glue seems to burn hotter and faster than solid wood. .

[nadinbrzezinski]

50. Two things

1.- you will get more, most can't feel them. So explain that to mom...

2.- Have sturdy shoes and flashlight by your bed tonight.

[alfredo]

53. Whitesburg is on the Pine Mountain Overthrust Fault.

[SoapBox]

57. Obama's fault!

...sorry, just had to say it.

[alfredo]

68. No, it's the Pine Mountain's fault.

[AAO]

64. Sick. Fracking is a no-brainer.

[fifthoffive]

67. Don't jump to conclusions

This was larger than most, but earthquakes are not uncommon in the area. Just for an example, I ran a query at USGS using the coordinates of today's quake with a 100 km radius, and came up with 15 earthquakes of magnitude 4 or greater since 1984.

NEIC: Earthquake Search Results

U. S. G E O L O G I C A L S U R V E Y

E A R T H Q U A K E D A T A B A S E



FILE CREATED: Sat Nov 10 22:43:07 2012
Circle Search Earthquakes= 15
Circle Center Point Latitude: 37.161N Longitude: 83.034E
Radius: 100.000 km
Catalog Used: PDE
Data Selection: Historical & Preliminary Data


CAT YEAR MO DA ORIG TIME LAT LONG DEP MAGNITUDE IEM DTSVNWG DIST
NFO km
TF

PDE 1984 11 18 013106 37.03 82.34 33 4.5 mbGS ... ....... 63
PDE 1986 01 03 012720.96 36.53 83.81 33 4.2 mbGS ... ....... 98
PDE 1986 01 03 163109.74 36.63 83.89 33 4.4 mbGS ... ....... 96
PDE 1987 05 10 033623.49 36.98 82.30 10 4.6 mbGS ... ....... 68
PDE 1988 12 24 214156.83 36.65 83.53 33 4.8 mbGS ... ....... 72
PDE 1988 12 25 181255.13 36.77 83.40 33 4.4 mbGS ... ....... 54
PDE 1988 12 27 231407 36.59 83.56 33 5.0 mbGS ... ....... 78
PDE 1988 12 29 225521.54 36.53 83.26 33 4.2 mbGS ... ....... 72
PDE 1989 01 01 231307.98 36.69 83.44 10 4.3 mbGS ... ....... 63
PDE 1990 01 04 040909.78 36.48 82.57 10 4.5 mbGS ... ....... 86
PDE 1992 02 03 031554.30 37.29 82.02 33 4.1 mbGS ... ....... 90
PDE 2003 03 09 182402.74 36.52 83.48 10 4.3 mbGS ... ....... 81
PDE-W 2011 09 24 040858.84 36.38 82.53 10 4.3 mbGS ... ....... 98
PDE-W 2011 10 10 015542.63 36.41 82.63 10 4.3 mbGS ... ....... 90
PDE-W 2012 04 25 224958.63 36.42 82.55 10 4.6 mbGS ... ....... 92

[TalkingDog]

74. Which conclusions was I jumping to? I thought I was sharing Latest Breaking News

And I'm pretty sure I was doing so without commentary

[hdbintn]

69. Map of oil and gas wells in that area

Tons, if I am understanding this map correctly. Doesn't say which are injection wells.
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[nc4bo]

71. What in the world??

Seriously?

ETA: I'm sorry, I forgot to say thanks.

[Mojorabbit]

75. Whoah!!!!! nt

[texshelters]

72. What, no Teathuglickens calling this God's wrath?

PTxS

[cgnick]

73. I wonder what Pat Robertson's diagnosis of the earthquake will be?

[kcdoug1]

76. hummm

Must be God's will at work..