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J. J.
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Re: Confirmed: Fracking practices to blame for Ohio earthquakes

« on: September 04, 2013, 11:02:47 PM »

Quote from: Beet on September 04, 2013, 10:31:44 PM

Quote from: ○∙◄☻¥tπ[╪AV┼cVê└ on September 04, 2013, 08:59:34 PM

A 3.9 is pretty weak, but yeah, there are dangers to fracking.

It's not weak for Ohio. Have they ever had a natural 3.9 in the past 100 years?

There have been some historically, though not a 3.9.

http://www.dnr.state.oh.us/geosurvey/earthquakes/83to85/83to85/tabid/8366/Default.aspx

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J. J.
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Re: Confirmed: Fracking practices to blame for Ohio earthquakes

« Reply #1 on: September 04, 2013, 11:23:39 PM »

I just checked; there was an earthquake of 5.2 about 25-30 miles north of there in 1998, north of Jamestown, PA in Mercer County. There were actually several historically in that region.

http://www.dcnr.state.pa.us/cs/groups/public/documents/document/dcnr_014601.pdf

Knowing the direction of the faults in the region, NE to SW, I'd suspect it is the same one.

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