Earthquakes in North Texas
#1
Posted 30 September 2012 - 07:03 AM
http://stateimpact.n...las-fort-worth/
Interesting because the scientist who is quoted in the article states that he is unsure that the disposal is a bad thing and that the small earthquakes are, in his opinion, sort of fun.
Like air and water point source pollution, this sort of phenomenon is not just a local problem, it is a regional concern. With the number of extraction wells in Fort Worth and injection wells in surrounding areas we shouldn't be surprised if more earthquakes happen in the future. I wonder what the cost of this "cheap" natural gas would be if producers were required to return the water to how it was found after use in fracking?
#2
Posted 30 September 2012 - 07:41 AM
I really do not think any quakes are caused by drilling or fracking. But I do know that the total damage in the Metroplex in the last 5 years from earthquakes is less than 5 minutes worth of money the Metroplex takes in from gas. (Minor to no damage, Major influx of cash to our towns.) So even if fracking was causing these "quakes" I do not think it should change our drilling or fracking patterns. There is a 100% chance that if there had been no fracking in the metroplex we would be living in very depressed area right now. Take billions of dollars our of our local economy and see what we would look like. Not pretty at all. (And don't forget to add the pollution as a result of not having plentiful and cheap natural gas. That is an additional huge cost.)
#3
Posted 30 September 2012 - 04:44 PM
#4
Posted 11 October 2012 - 02:19 PM
Home owners cannot get earth quake/movement insurance in Texas the last time I researched. Texans are used to natural disasters but our policies could help us "get back to where we belong" as Farmers use to say regarding hail, tornados, floods, etc. However this is a whole new can of worms that we can't prepare against. What happens when the big one hits DFW?
#5
Posted 12 October 2012 - 01:39 PM
#6
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#7
Posted 17 October 2012 - 02:04 PM
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#8
Posted 17 October 2012 - 11:59 PM
#9
Posted 18 October 2012 - 05:25 AM
#10
Posted 18 October 2012 - 06:00 AM
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#11
Posted 18 October 2012 - 11:13 PM
As a native Southern Californian now living in Texas, I have to ask - why would anyone actually choose to live in Cali. Southern or otherwise?
We've got better weather, by far.
#12
Posted 08 November 2012 - 08:54 PM
http://blogs.smithso...akes-after-all/
#13
Posted 13 December 2012 - 11:59 AM
http://www.star-tele...t-southern.html
#14
Posted 13 December 2012 - 12:40 PM
When we got home my wife said she felt it, thought someone had hit our house or our fence.
#15
Posted 13 December 2012 - 02:47 PM
#16
Posted 13 December 2012 - 03:08 PM
#17
Posted 13 December 2012 - 04:10 PM
Or that's just a bus going by my house...
#18
Posted 13 December 2012 - 07:32 PM
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#19
Posted 14 December 2012 - 01:40 AM
#20
Posted 14 December 2012 - 01:42 AM
If they start getting bigger I might start worrying.
#21
Posted 14 December 2012 - 11:08 AM
#22
Posted 14 December 2012 - 12:45 PM
As a separate issue, we also need to do the same for waste water injection at high pressure. These are two separate issues.
Pete Charlton
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#24
Posted 14 December 2012 - 02:09 PM
Establishing causation is difficult but not impossible. Aside from earthquakes, I've read a lot of about people claiming sickness from groundwater contamination supposedly caused by fracking.I think there is a linkage between the fracking and the quakes. Thus far, the quakes have caused minimal damage. But at some point, there is a chance that damage will occur due to these quakes. Do we hold the companies involved responsible? Are they financially liable? I'm not thinking it's necessarily a public safety issue, but it could be a liability issue if damage occurs.
#25
Posted 14 December 2012 - 03:29 PM
#26
Posted 14 December 2012 - 04:26 PM
I have never understood why there is no requirement that before a well is drilled that a certified report is not made on the condition of the several levels of water strata and then after the well comes in, producing periodic reports on the continuing quality through the producing life of the well. If this had been started long ago, then there would be no controversy over the water quality in a given location. It is such a simple thing that it's hard to believe that it is not done on every well.
Doing these things would eliminate the endless and factually useless "I think" statements that cloud everything but that have no real value..
Pete Charlton
The Fort Worth Gazette blog
The Lost Antique Maps of Fort Worth on CDROM
Website: Antique Maps of Texas
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#27
Posted 20 December 2012 - 11:55 AM
Before the drilling began I recall seeing Seismic equipment on Williams road. Asking my passenger what the vehicles were used for he stated "They are Seismic equipment." Regardless of their correlation or use I told him you can bet your bottom dollar earthquakes -big or small are coming to town! Later I found out they are used in preliminary surveying for gas/minerals. Ockham's may apply.
And yes I am debriefing. Thanks John for this site!
#28
Posted 20 December 2012 - 03:26 PM
The fault line in play in this part of the world is the Balcones fault. It is, by its nature, a relatively low risk fault. That is to say that for a fault to be terribly dangerous there would need to be a lot of built up tension on the fault line. It is my understanding that very few geologists (regardless of their employers) are concerned about significant movement along this fault line. It is widely regarded as one of the lowest risk zones for earthquakes in the United States. It is the nature of my job to assess and price for risk. I don't believe that anything is 100% risk free, so all decisions are a function of determining what is an acceptable risk. In my opinion if the price of employing tens of thousands of north Texans for the foreseeable future is a few earthquakes (hell make it a bunch if 3.0 is standard) then I think it is an acceptable risk.
I know other people see it differently. They should vote for candidates who see it their way, then lobby the candidates who are likely to beat their preferred candidates and, ultimately, if democracy leads us down a path of prosperity over soil stability they should vote with their feet and move if the risk is more than they can handle.
#33
Posted 25 January 2013 - 11:02 AM
4.1, but a long way from the Metromess; But right in the middle of the Haynesville-Bossier gas field. Coincidence I'm sure
http://www.star-tele...earthquake.html
#34
Posted 10 March 2013 - 06:48 PM
2.7 in Johnson County, northeast of Godley. 4th quake since February 24.
http://www.star-tele...in-johnson.html
#35
Posted 11 March 2013 - 08:24 AM
Why do you feel the need to be jingoistic?
"jingoistic"?
To quote one of my favorite movie characters, Inigo Montoya, "I do not think it means what you think it means."
#37
Posted 06 November 2013 - 03:17 PM
#38
Posted 07 November 2013 - 09:10 PM
#39
Posted 08 November 2013 - 09:47 AM
I heard this morning that there was a 4th quake late last night - another 2.7.
#40
Posted 11 November 2013 - 09:26 PM
7th quake since November 01. S-T article:
http://www.star-tele...th-strikes.html
2.1 (near Richland Hills), 2.6, 2.7 and an aftershock, 2.9, 3.0, 2.8 all around Azle.
#41
Posted 11 November 2013 - 09:29 PM
Wonder what's causing the increase lately? Has drilling picked up pace to?
#43
Posted 16 November 2013 - 01:42 PM
#44
Posted 16 November 2013 - 02:31 PM
How can they even call them a "nuisance" when a good portion of the public doesn't even notice when they happen?
#45
Posted 19 November 2013 - 04:43 PM
Numbers 8 and 9 for November. These are in the same general area NW of Fort Worth as most of the other recent tremors.
http://www.nbcdfw.co...partner=nbcnews
#46
Posted 20 November 2013 - 02:45 PM
Wow! Here's #10 (2.5 mag) #11 (2.8 mag) and #12; are you ready?… 3.6 mag!
http://www.star-tele...e-new.html?rh=1
#48
Posted 25 November 2013 - 11:14 AM
#49
Posted 25 November 2013 - 02:11 PM
I must be getting used to them. Something woke me up, but I didn't realize it was an earthquake and I quickly went back to sleep.
#50
Posted 27 November 2013 - 08:09 AM
^Where do you live? I wonder how far outside of the Azle area they can be felt.
Two more yesterday, a 2.7 and 3.0. Up to 17 for the month.
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