Monday, October 20, 2014

Re: [Geology2] Berkeley Earthquake Expert Links Fracking To Quakes On The ‘Tectonic Timebomb’



I did not read the article but I did skim the first few paragraphs and could not for the life of me see how the two topics could end up coinciding in California where there is not clear pattern of fracking and earthquake correlation as there clearly seems to be in Oklahoma.

On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 8:44 PM, MEM mstreman53@yahoo.com [geology2] <geology2@yahoogroups.com> wrote:
 

Complete Brainless Bimbo journalism. Professor Allen's interview did not link fracking to "tectonic timebombs: aka California-style Earthquakes. He was talking about two different things and I assure you that everything else he may have said was flushed A word of caution-- anytime you see fracking and earthquake in a headline it is safe assume that it is deliberate distortion and outright dishonesty.   

I just caused an earthquake here-- I dropped my pen on the floor ans as there is not widely accepted standard from what is and isn't an earthquake I can claim that pen dropping causes earthquakes.  To my knowledge, no one in the Hydraulic Fracturing Industry is still disposing of wastewater underground and haven't for some time.   Oil and gas well rejuvenation has been going on using water injection for 60+ years.  The two have nothing to do with each other.   

Eman

From: "Lin Kerns linkerns@gmail.com [geology2]" <geology2@yahoogroups.com>
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Subject: [Geology2] Berkeley Earthquake Expert Links Fracking To Quakes On The 'Tectonic Timebomb'

 

Berkeley Earthquake Expert Links Fracking To Quakes On The 'Tectonic Timebomb'

KCBS In Depth Cohosts Jane McMillan & Ed Cavagnaro With Dr. Richard Allen of the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory October 20, 2014
The front of an apartment building in the Marina District in San Francisco is ripped off 21 October 1989. (JONATHAN NOUROK/AFP/Getty Images)
The front of an apartment building in the Marina District in San Francisco is ripped off 21 October 1989. (JONATHAN NOUROK/AFP/Getty Images)

SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — As the Bay Area marked the 25th anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake on Friday, there was no shortage of reminders of the power of Mother Nature and the promise of other big quakes to come.
But along with trying to predict Mother Nature's timing of quakes, researchers are also looking into how hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, can impact geological events.
KCBS In Depth cohosts Jane McMillan and Ed Cavagnaro spoke with Dr. Richard Allen, director of the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory, who is working on an earthquake warning system.
Allen told KCBS that a great earthquake is imminent in an area that's been referred to as a "tectonic timebomb" and that danger lies in how close the epicenter is to populated areas and pointed to the Loma Prieta as an example.
"That earthquake was just north of Santa Cruz. That means it was 60 miles south of San Francisco, Oakland and Berkeley and yet 80 percent of the fatalities were up in San Francisco and Oakland. I don't think there's any question we should expect more damage if we have a similar size earthquake—about a magnitude 7.0 earthquake—on the Hayward Fault or the San Andreas Fault," he said.
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/10/20/berkeley-earthquake-expert-links-fracking-to-quakes-on-the-tectonic-timebomb/
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