A four day listing of Oklahoma quakes shows we are the most prolific site in the hemisphere most weeks during the year. small but persistent events never seen until fracking was expanded.

An image of one of many Oklahoma earthquakes today (and the most recent), seen in green, as it relates to the worldwide total of the past few hours. July 30, 2014. All magnitudes, all earthquakes for a few hours time. We are appearing to integrate Oklahoma to the pattern of stress which is continental in scale and cause, yet it seems to be activated by the recent local fracking and disposal wells. This line occurs fairly regularly in the past few years, during a one day period when active.

http://imageshack.com/a/img540/2074/sOGjxK.jpg

http://www.livescience.com/27953-earthquakes-make-gold.html

Continuing local earthquake swarms are attributed by profesionals ‘probably’ as fracking and related causes,

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/8-small-earthquakes-shake-oklahoma-as-fracking-critics-grumble/

A link for some basic Oklahoma earthquake figures, one of many sources. 830 earthquakes during the past year, up from the averages of a few dozen or less during the previous years for decades of watching. The activity shows a local pattern. Finding the reason for the pattern is important. Today while typing this I was jolted in Oklahoma City by a single 4.3 wave, originating in Guthrie, OK. The quake shook my computer and caused noise. Five quakes today in Guthrie alone, with many others above 4.0 in Oklahoma this year. This is an historical pattern emerging, in an ordered formation.
Our new state government administration is yet claiming there is no connection to recent increased fracking, and apparently also claiming that water/chemical/gas transport is not also involved, for the same reasoning.

http://earthquaketrack.com/p/united-states/oklahoma/recent

Heavy near surface water volume change(rain runoff), causes local lessor shallow earthquakes.
It follows that fracking can cause lessor local quakes, similarly, involving liquids.

Hello, Chloe. Yes, numerous independent studies have shown that fracking increases the frequency and strength of earthquakes in areas with fault lines. The degree of effect varies. And, of course, linking any one such event to something is basically statistically impossible.

How much fracking to you have going on there?

(Btw, I should note that it is the wastewater injection wells that are linked to the increased earthquake activity.)

Hello, Chloe. Yes, numerous independent studies have shown that fracking increases the frequency and strength of earthquakes in areas with fault lines. The degree of effect varies. And, of course, linking any one such event to something is basically statistically impossible.

How much fracking to you have going on there?

(Btw, I should note that it is the wastewater injection wells that are linked to the increased earthquake activity.)

The fracking (well, the injection of the wastewater) triggers more and bigger ones. Studies in a number of places have now found this. But, yes, there needs to be some underlying tectonics that make it possible.

The fracking (well, the injection of the wastewater) triggers more and bigger ones. Studies in a number of places have now found this. But, yes, there needs to be some underlying tectonics that make it possible.

If a quake happens at one point on a fault – relieving stress – it will sometimes trigger a quake hundreds of miles away on the same fault system. If the stress is relieved in one place on the fault, it might cascade to the next pressure point. It happens in Southern California and all around the Pacific rim.

OGS says only a small percentage of the gas-shale wells are fracked (5% iirc). Still this site has published a credible if not substantiated connection that deserves to be followed up. Our record on other environmental is very poor, and the closed doors Cheney energy commission that gave blanket immunities to the gas industry nearly a decade ago seems to point to the idea that there might be something objectionable about fracking. This is certainly worthy of further investigation.

So I guess it is just a big mystery why we see a sudden increase of seismic activity and record quakes in the eastern US this year that just happen to be in the proximity of fracking activity. Plus, do you really think these groups are fully compliant with existing law? Do you think they just might be doing things we really don’t know about? Oh, we are the public and would just get all upset about things we don’t understand. Did it ever occurr to you that waste disposal is one of the most criminally lucrative activities on the planet now?

http://www.slb.com/resources/publications/industry_articles/oilfield_review/2000/or2000sum01_seismicity.aspx

If it is the re-injection of waste-water associated with fracking that is being linked to a rise in quakes, then fracking is still a culprit, as the waste-water (which is highly toxic and massive in quantity, hence the reason it is being disposed of underground and out-of-mind) is a direct result of fracking. This is an important issue and the natural gas industry is not the only industry seeking to dispose of highly toxic waste products via these older, abandoned wells. I have heard it is a method with burgeoning popularity for disposing of all kinds of unseemly side effects of our industrialized society, and that it is considered the more environmentally friendly form of waste disposal. Pray tell these practices come to light for debate, and may we brainstorm for alternatives.

People have lived comfortable lives for thousands of years without the energy we have today. We have several RENEWABLE energy resources readily available to us right now: wind, water and the sun. We do not need to delve into the earth, destroy the environment or pollute the air and water when we have energy sources that are free and allow us to live the same lifestyle that we are living now.

In this data about shale gas and horizontal wells I only see one well in Lincoln County. Many of these wells are miles away from the fault the 5.6 happened on. What’s up with that.