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Related: About this forumDrilling-Induced 'Frackquakes' Threatening Millions Across Central US
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2016/03/28/drilling-induced-frackquakes-threatening-millions-across-central-usOil and gas drilling has made parts of the central United States as dangerous as the most earthquake-prone regions of California, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), exposing millions of people to the risk of human-induced earthquakes, known as "frackquakes."
According to new maps released on Monday by the USGS, roughly 7 million people who live and work in parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico, and Arkansas face "potential for damaging shaking from induced seismicity," which the USGS notes is triggered primarily by wastewater disposal from oil and gas drilling activities.
"Within a few portions of the [Central and Eastern U.S.], the chance of damage from all types of earthquakes is similar to that of natural earthquakes in high-hazard areas of California," the USGS states, with Oklahoma being the most prone to induced earthquakes and having the largest at-risk population.
Oklahoma has seen a rapid increase in earthquakes registering at or above a 3.0 magnitude per year, surging from 109 in 2013 to over 900 in 2015.
Last year, the state's oil and gas industry regulator said that Oklahoma now experiences more earthquakes than anywhere else in the world, which scientists and officials have linked to the proliferation of disposal wells, which inject the toxic byproduct of oil and gas production deep underground.
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Drilling-Induced 'Frackquakes' Threatening Millions Across Central US (Original Post)
eridani
Mar 2016
OP
dchill
(38,538 posts)1. But Hillary NEEDS that money!
think
(11,641 posts)2. Not good...
They_Live
(3,240 posts)3. " inject the toxic byproduct of oil and gas production deep underground."
One of the worst ideas EVER! Don't shit where you eat.