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RufusTFirefly

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6. Garvin County, OK, is apparently the site of some fracking
Tue Apr 16, 2013, 12:49 PM
Apr 2013

From what I discern, it's less than 60 miles from Oklahoma City.

A 2011 United States Geological Survey (USGS) report, Examination of Possibly Induced Seismicity from Hydraulic Fracturing in the Eola Field, Garvin County, Oklahoma (note: PDF), links a series of earthquakes in Oklahoma in January 2011 to a fracking operation underway there. The USGS found that, overall, some 50 small earthquakes had been registered in the region, ranging in magnitude from 1.0 to 2.8. The bulk occurred within 2.1 miles of Eola Field, a fracking operation in southern Garvin County. The USGS determined that "the character of the seismic recordings indicate that they are both shallow and unique.”


Source: SourceWatch

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It will be OK snooper2 Apr 2013 #1
sure it will.......fracking yes. PDJane Apr 2013 #2
Freaking Frackers Berlum Apr 2013 #3
Good place for a pipeline. riqster Apr 2013 #4
Is central OK fracking country? rocktivity Apr 2013 #5
Garvin County, OK, is apparently the site of some fracking RufusTFirefly Apr 2013 #6
"Shallow" Is A Huge Clue DallasNE Apr 2013 #10
Yes. There's a quarry up the road from me that creates tiny earthquakes RufusTFirefly Apr 2013 #12
Oklahoma earthquakes (1,400 in 2011) linked to injection wells Divernan Apr 2013 #7
Fracking. n/t BlueToTheBone Apr 2013 #8
Yup sikofit3 Apr 2013 #11
Hey, welcome to DU! BlueToTheBone Apr 2013 #13
Thank you! sikofit3 Apr 2013 #17
welcome to the fray! n/t BlueToTheBone Apr 2013 #18
Could be fracking, but we have had small earthquakes for as long as I can remember OKNancy Apr 2013 #9
interesting Baclava Apr 2013 #14
Why did you leave out this one? OKNancy Apr 2013 #15
was that yours? I didn't want to be arrested by the 'too many paragraphs' police Baclava Apr 2013 #16
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