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Well, we can lay the theory of fracking or (hydraulic fracturing) as the cause of the recent eathquakes in oklahoma.
Originally posted by TsukiLunar
reply to post by AllUrChips
So that means they are man made. Thanks for the info.
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As for "lubricating" faults with water or some other substance, injecting high pressure fluids deep into the ground is known to be able to trigger earthquakes to occur sooner than would have been the case without the injection. However this would be a dangerous pursuit in any populated area, as one might trigger a damaging earthquake.
Induced seismicity associated with energy production and waste disposal will become an increasingly important issue, (geothermal, CO 2 sequestration, and oil and gas, etc.) as energy production in a climate constrained earth progresses.
Although induced seismicity has been noted for many years andassociated with a variety of causes, recent attention has been focused on oil and gas, geothermal andpotential CO 2 sequestration sites.
But don’t blame the surprise flurry of earthquakes in Oklahoma on man’s thirst for oil and gas, experts say. The weekend quakes were far stronger than the puny tremors from drilling – especially the controversial practice of hydraulic fracturing.