Quake Watch 2011

Injection wells. Suprise, surprise, surprise.
Not.

Great investigatin Muzzy and Dragonlover. This is why I am interested in the small, mid-contintental quakes. Because very often I'm finding they aren't natural. Obviously there's mining in the area. And now it looks like mining activity, the injection, is a major suspect.

Muzzy's source was the USGS. So, they are a good place to start your search for any information you may want.

This is a swarm. Don't jump on me about the label. The USGS called the 12 quakes in 2001 a swarm. Count to this point in this current activity, 11. So, it's a swarm.

What's really interesting is that it's in Colorado. Colorado is one of the first places that had a confirmed swarm caused by waste water fluid injection. It's a known fact that injection causes quakes.

I wish I had the patience to sit and read the whole USGS study but I cannot. I really only want to know one thing. Where's the injection well. If anyone hunts it down, maybe you could give us a location and maybe a shot of it from Google Earth. Well, I guess two things. Is the injection well still operational.

At this point I'm still sitting on the fence. It may be natural.
I still think maybe there's giant underground meth labs in the old mine shafts. Someone messed up.
Maybe I'm off base there. Maybe. Maybe I'm watching too much of the TV series "Breaking Bad."

reply to post by Robin Marks


The Rocky Mountain arsenal was the culprit in the 60's. The area is now under the US superfund for clean up of the most toxic dump sites in the US. This site used to produce chemical weapons for the military.

www.epa.gov...

I suppose I'm sitting on the fence because I can't rule out the reservoir. There's a drought in the States. The water levels may have changed drastically which would change stress loads.

Before I was watching "Breaking Bad", I watched a whole series of Sherlock Holmes mysteries. We must get all the facts first. Then use the process of elimination. At the moment, there are several suspects, including nature.

1. Natural
2. Mining
3. Reservoir
4. Injection Wells
5 Meth lab
6. Secret underground military test

It is sheer insanity to inject chemical weapons underground.
Did they think they'd stay down there forever?

Remember at the end of the Planet of the Apes. The original.
I think Taylor's words are prophetic,
"You maniacs...

www.youtube.com...

Must add. Moments ago, we got the 12th quake, 3.9M. I don't think it's going to stop. This is an ongoing event.
Please don't think of these quakes as aftershocks. This could be building. Hopefully, not.

Another thing about mid-continental quakes is that they are felt far away from the epicenter. Check out the felt map.

earthquake.usgs.gov...

One more tidbit. According to a fishing report, "With water levels fluctuating often, boaters are warned to watch for unknown obstacles in the water."

www.fishexplorer.com...

Just would like to add that I have been watching GEE on TA.T25A which is basically where the 5.3 in Colorado happened and noticed that about every 12 minutes, there is a seismic event. For the most part, they are getting smaller. Occasionally, one will break the 12 minute cycle, but I thought it was interesting to make note of.
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Any thoughts?

Be Well.

reply to post by Robin Marks


Now La Veta! I think Shell is or has been snooping around there and got some of the locals all fired up. I know they have been working on Sheep Mountain and looking to maybe start on Little Sheep. Don't know if this would have any bearing on the quakes.
One of my sons lives near Pavillion, Wy. His water is artesion so he says he has no problem but I still worry about him and the wife and kids!
Robin I have followed the Arkansas swarms and you and Susan have been terrific. You have earned a seat in heaven as far as I can tell.

reply to post by copperhead12


I haven't earned anything yet. Still trying to redeem myself.

Originally posted by Bishop2199
Just would like to add that I have been watching GEE on TA.T25A which is basically where the 5.3 in Colorado happened and noticed that about every 12 minutes, there is a seismic event. For the most part, they are getting smaller. Occasionally, one will break the 12 minute cycle, but I thought it was interesting to make note of.
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Any thoughts?

Be Well.

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yes

its a pulse wave from this:
"Published: 11 Feb 2008; Uploaded: 23 Mar 2011 ... This animation shows how the explosion of Tycho's Supernova in 1572 most likely took place. .... Dive in to Milk Way Animation of G1.9+0.3 Supernova ...... was also the same "star that's westward from the pole" in Shakespeare's Hamlet. ..."

PDF Package for Mag 6.0 in Sumatra now available. (2.4 Mb download)
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View web version of page here

reply to post by BobAthome


This one?



Can you be a little more specific about the connection between the two events please?

ETA: Found the other one now



In what way is this connected to Colorado?

reply to post by PuterMan


now do a search,, Shakespeare Supernova

what do all explosions have in common,,,

a shock wave,,
and debree

What Triggers a Type Ia Supernova? Chandra Finds New Evidence
www.universetoday.com/.../what-triggers-a-type-ia-supernova-chan... - Cached
27 Apr 2011 – A new look at Tycho's supernova remnant by the Chandra X-ray telescope has ... This supports the conclusion that a shock wave created the arc when a .... In 2008 the 8.2m Subaru telescope obtained spectra of the Tycho ...

and it all started here:

Tycho's Star
www.solstation.com/x-objects/tycho-s.htm - CachedSimilar
bluish shockwave bubble is twice as hot as the mottled ... "Tycho's star" was a supernova that appeared in 1752 CE. According to ... Tycho's supernova remnant, ...

1752
and that would be tycho braugh
i believe

for the younger generation.

"At age 17, Tycho wrote:
I've studied all available charts of the planets and stars and none of them match the others. There are just as many measurements and methods as there are astronomers and all of them disagree. What's needed is a long term project with the aim of mapping the heavens conducted from a single location over a period of several years."

reply to post by Robin Marks


Relax, Robin. Your redemption in going great!!!

reply to post by PuterMan


I've taken that data and added the recent events 22/23rd and created this interactive map.
On the map I've marked the 2001 swarm quakes as "rl" and the recent events as "ad"

The recent events are generally south west of 2001 but there are a few that are intermingled NE of the 5.3

S Colorado EQs interactive map

the last Mag 5 in the area was 11 miles (18km) to the SW in New Mexico.

Date: 2005/8/10 Time: 2011-08-23 22:08:23UTC
Co-ords: 36.947, -104.833
Depth: 5Gkm
Magnitude: 5
Location: York Canyon Rd, Raton, NM 87740, USA
Source: PDE

Source: same link as above


BTW the list on the left is sorted by date oldest at top. I should have included the date in the "label" of the GPS programme, but it can get messy when you open it in Google Earth.
I'll make another version.

Damn I had closed the GPS Vis window without saving the paramaters
Should be able to at least see the date on the side list now in the above link
Try this one, direct link for Google earth kml the text only comes up when you hover your cursor over the icon

reply to post by muzzy


Nice one muzzy

Now have some sound to go with that.

Colorado 5.3 2011-08-23.zip

There is a .flac file and a .wav file - discard the one you don't want. .flac is smaller. Winamp can playthem.

Major earthquake just shook my building here in ny

ETA

Magnitude 5.8 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:03 UTC
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:03 PM at epicenter

Location 37.875°N, 77.908°W
Depth 6 km (3.7 miles) set by location program
Region VIRGINIA
Distances 15 km (9 miles) S (179°) from Mineral, VA
18 km (12 miles) SSE (154°) from Louisa, VA
26 km (16 miles) ENE (58°) from Columbia, VA
37 km (23 miles) E (97°) from Lake Monticello, VA
54 km (34 miles) NW (314°) from Richmond, VA
139 km (87 miles) SW (214°) from Washington, DC

Location Uncertainty Error estimate not available
Parameters NST= 17, Nph= 17, Dmin=59.5 km, Rmss=0.33 sec, Gp=173°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=1
Source West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS

Event ID at00lqe6x3

SOURCE

Watching MSNBC and they are reporting an earthquake in Washington D.C.

Originally posted by skindoc
Watching MSNBC and they are reporting an earthquake in Washington D.C.

Seems to me the whole eastern US seaboard felt it.

Everywhere on the net on the east coast they are reporting it.

what the hell is going on????

Magnitude
5.8 (Preliminary magnitude — update expected within 15 minutes)
Date-Time
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:03 UTC
Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:03 PM at epicenter
Location
37.875°N, 77.908°W
Depth
6 km (3.7 miles) set by location program
Region
VIRGINIA
Distances
15 km (9 miles) S (179°) from Mineral, VA
18 km (12 miles) SSE (154°) from Louisa, VA
26 km (16 miles) ENE (58°) from Columbia, VA
37 km (23 miles) E (97°) from Lake Monticello, VA
54 km (34 miles) NW (314°) from Richmond, VA
139 km (87 miles) SW (214°) from Washington, DC
Location Uncertainty
Error estimate not available
Parameters
NST= 17, Nph= 17, Dmin=59.5 km, Rmss=0.33 sec, Gp=173°,
M-type="moment" magnitude from initial P wave (tsuboi method) (Mi/Mwp), Version=1
Source
West Coast and Alaska Tsunami Warning Center/NOAA/NWS
Event ID
at00lqe6x3