Earthquake

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I'm not saying I thought my house was going to fall over...but for a person born and raised in Oklahoma and having NEVER felt an earthquake before that was a trip.

[Matt]

lol i'm from cali so it's just a little guy to me ... i went back last year and was there for 7 days and sure enough we had a big one .. like 7.4 if i remember right ....

[Matt]

Originally Posted by (S.M.R) 101 You know who they are blaming for these earthquakes don't you Mike? Us GD oil and gas guys.... We are taking all the natural lubricants out of the earth which is causing the earthquakes....... They blame everything on us... Dicks

while i do think that is the reason it doesn't bother me one bit .. i think that's how most people i know feel ..

[ramthis9501]

That was a first time experience and I hope it never happens again lol that was some freaky stuff

[BMRbrnSNRbrd]

I can see how all the drilling may affect the stability, but like Matt said, it doesn't bother me at all...especially since I haven't seen any proof or a real replacement for the resources being pumped out.

[MegaCabMan]

Just FYI--

There has been a lot of study of the tremors in Oklahoma over the past 10 years or so...It has been determined that the active faults (the ones shifting) are in a non productive (no oil and gas) geological zone; and as such there is no extraction or injection into these zones.

Oklahoma is historically a very active area and evidence of such can be seen from from I-35 just north of Ardmore in the Arbuckle Mountains. These mountains were created by an enormous earthquake that actually turned the earth on it's side. if you look at the stratigraphic layers they run nearly vertical as opposed to there normal horizontal orientation. Once an area becomes active, it is nearly always active at some level.

With that said, Oil and Gas production can and often does cause small earthquakes; but they are so small that they usually aren't felt and extremely localized.

[(S.M.R) 101]

^^ Amen brother amen

[Okiespaniels]

Just had another tremor here at the house about 5 mins ago. It was the forst out of three I actually felt

I'll tell ya...I grew straight hair in places I haven't had any in since puberty. and some of it is still standing while I type this!

And tornadoes too....ohhh k. Its end of the world and we know it...

[(S.M.R) 101]

2012 man..............2012

[ramthis9501]

I heard and felt a tremor earlier, these things need to quit!