With this quake swarm, any connection to the mine blast? No proof but

[CK_John]

there seems to be a lot of global shaking.

[Captain Hilts]

1. The owner is hoping so. nt

[backscatter712]

2. I highly doubt it.

The mine blast wasn't caused by seismic activity, but by a methane explosion. The miners hit a gas pocket, Massey was too cheap to ventilate the mine properly, the gas levels built up until something ignited it, KABOOM!

[TheWraith]

3. What makes you think that there's more earthquakes than usual?

The fact that they're in the news? That's not representative of actual frequency.

[Brickbat]

4. No.

[Robeson]

5. I love your posts...

...I'm a big fan. Seriously. :popcorn:

[CK_John]

9. Thanks, beats that small hate group that I seem to upset.

[Canuckistanian]

6. Oh, stop it. This is a FAUX NEWS talking point

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/06/seismic-events-triggered-explosion/

They're just trying to divert attention from the THOUSANDS of mine safety violations that Blankenship is facing.

Please don't fall into that trap.

[aquart]

7. You're trying to get the mineowners off by blaming plate tectonics?

Is this what they call a trial balloon?

[lonestarnot]

8. What quake swarm?

:wtf:

[Warpy]

10. There was a quake in W. Va. several days before the accident

and such quakes have been known to shift methane pockets around a bit, but there is no proof that a remote quake did that to the mine in question.

What seems to be the case is inadequate ventilation plus an inadequate gas warning system.

Deep mining is DANGEROUS. It should pay more than wimpy stock brokers get.

[wtmusic]

11. Nostradamus predicted the mine blast, so he gets credit.

Or maybe is was the Mayan calendar. Yep, that came first.

[CK_John]

12. About a month ago I cautioned those along the New Madrid fault to check their emergency supplies, is

that being overly cautious?

[hobbit709]

13. Woo woo science

[MineralMan]

14. Nope. No connection. A quake in Baja California is hardly

likely to affect a mine in West Virginia, you see. Post hoc ergo propter hoc fallacy.