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turbinetree

(24,683 posts)
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 11:30 PM Jul 2017

Jaw dropping animation shows size and frequency of fracking related earthquakes

One of the primary directives of the USGS (United States Geological Survey) is to “monitor and report earthquakes, assess earthquake impacts and hazards, and research the causes and effects of earthquakes.”

The Oklahoma USGS has been very busy over the last 12 years as Oklahoma has seen a drastic increase in earthquakes, earthquakes that have been directly caused by wastewater disposal, a result of the fracking process used to extract oil. The number of earthquakes has skyrocketed so dramatically that Oklahoma is now the most seismically active state in the U.S.



https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/7/24/1683443/-Jaw-dropping-animation-shows-the-size-and-frequency-of-fracking-wastewater-related-earthquakes


And this effects every building in that area, and the insurance in these areas has got to be going up, what does the state and federal people say to the citizens ...............nothing but BS and energy independence


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