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Frackquake: 4.8 Magnitude Earthquake Felt Throughout Kansas

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While it is unclear if moments ago the Mississippian Lime Play under south Kansas was the first major shale quake to hit Kansas, or this was simply the first yet to be named shale company going Chapter 11, but moments ago the USGS reported that a 4.8 quake located 30 miles SSW of Wichita as well as a various other smaller quakes in north Oklahoma,shook the two states.

From KWCH:

KWCH has received numerous reports of an earthquake felt throughout the state.

 

The U.S. Geological Survey has confirmed the epicenter of the quake as 8 miles south of Conway Springs, Kansas.

 

The earthquake was felt near Haysville, Derby, Wichita, and Oklahoma City.

 

So far, there have been no reports of damage or injuries due to this earthquake.

That said, it will likely take a few more, substantially stronger frackquakes in shale regions, before the popular mood turns against America's shale revolution which has been blamed - in Ohio and elsewhere- on an increased incidence of tremors.

 

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Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:19 | 5441857 kaiserhoff
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Well that was certainly objective.

Why not blame the "weathuh?"

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:20 | 5441863 TeamDepends
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Planet X knocking at the backdoor.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:23 | 5441878 OW My Balls
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Surrender Dorothy!

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:23 | 5441886 Liberal
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OH MY GOD! GLOBAL WARMING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:29 | 5441909 0b1knob
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Bush's fault.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 19:10 | 5442077 MeMadMax
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Oh give me a fucking break...

 

You can barely feel a 4.something earthquake... and besides this is all a bunch of fearmongering BULLSHIATTTTTT...

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 20:04 | 5442226 Againstthelie
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What a great "logic"!

That it can't become stronger?

Would you talk the same egoistic BS if your house was in such an area? Oh btw, I wish you an earthquake - at least strong enough that you will FEEL what you just wrote.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 21:34 | 5442490 thatthingcanfly
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You're the one who needs to examine his "logic."

Hydraulic fracturing goes on between 6000 and 12000 feet, depending on the basin. The epicenter of this quake was listed at 3.4 miles below the surface. Please explain the mechanism whereby hydraulic fracturing might have caused this shift in the tectonic plates. Given your arrogance, you must possess a vast knowledge of geology; so this should not be difficult for you.

Also, have there ever been any earthquekes in the history of the Earth before we began hydraulic fracturing shale oil deposits? If so, please enlighten us as to how this happened.

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 00:08 | 5442943 KnuckleDragger-X
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The problem is none of the faults in mid-America are mapped and there is a good chance of the New Madrid or releted fault letting go again. There are also faults on the east coast we know very little about. Something will let go sooner or later and the sheep will whine about no warning.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:59 | 5442031 Lets Buy The Dip
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yup we are all screwed, they been saying this since 1 AD right?

Right now best to get in and make money from gold crashing. 

 THIS GOLD model => http://bitly.com/1rdUK8e told us to get SHORT gold the end of OCT, and that 900 an ounce could be coming on gold soon. OH DEAR!!!

That is where the next market earthquake will occur. :-))))

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:20 | 5441865 NotApplicable
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Obviously, God hates Kansas.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:21 | 5441866 DoChenRollingBearing
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Kansas is not that far away from the New Madrid Fault zone (Missouri).  Two New Madrid earthquakes in the early 1800s were of Richter magnitude 8+.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:34 | 5441922 TeamDepends
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And in those days, when men were men and women were women, an 8 quake would today register as 17.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:46 | 5441969 Squid Viscous
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lol, later to be revised lower by Bureau of Lies and Scams,

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 19:13 | 5442095 patb
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Conway Springs Kansas is only 520 miles from the New Madrid seismic zone.

If you were an educated person, perhaps you would read the USGS probabilistic fault map

 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/products/conterminous/2014/2014_pga2p...

 

or

 

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/hazards/products/conterminous/

 

but, it's much easier to be ridiculous.

 

http://www.tsnews.com/csearthquakesontherise.html

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 20:40 | 5442343 Catflappo
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In the early 1800s the earthquakes were caused by hundreds of men digging in the ground wth shovels.

When will we ever learn!?

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:21 | 5441868 cossack55
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Any quake up to a 9.3 is well worth it for cheap gas.  Never live over and energy source or a sinkhole

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 19:42 | 5442156 11b40
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As long as it is not in your neighborhood, you mean.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:22 | 5441871 ZerOhead
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Just so long as things remain quiet on the New Madrid fault...

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:54 | 5442007 Stoploss
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Well it's obviously fracking...

http://academic.emporia.edu/aberjame/student/johnson1/presentation.html

 

No researcher??

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:54 | 5442012 Escrava Isaura
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So then, what happen to Jericho?

 

 

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:18 | 5441858 Squid Viscous
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let's fuck up the water supply, cause some quakes and not make any money... who's in?

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:28 | 5441907 rum_runner
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I'm in so long as we get to put American flags on our rigs.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 19:18 | 5442108 free_as_in_beer
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Were you born yesterday?  someone always makes money.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 19:34 | 5442126 Squid Viscous
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oh sorry I forgot about the bankers lending money for negative IRR projects  <$75 WTI, I'm sure they protected themselves as did the mgmt. "teams" of the fracking corps

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 22:28 | 5442704 Ness.
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TeslaSolarFracist.com

 

Everybody wins!!!  #Merica

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:19 | 5441860 bigkansas
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Didn't feel a thing.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:29 | 5441913 saints51
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Were you taking a shit around this time?

 

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:22 | 5441862 OW My Balls
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.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:22 | 5441879 craus
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Good time to be long natural gas.

Especially if this is caused by fracking.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:29 | 5441908 rum_runner
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Question to be long how?  UNG?

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 19:03 | 5442061 Squid Viscous
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short DGAZ if you can - at least the decay works in your favor, that thing was a piece of shit when I was trying to short nat gas...I won, but lost...

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 23:51 | 5442906 Rock On Roger
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Buy your own gas well.

But don't buy a shale gas well, it is already depleted.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:40 | 5441942 Jack Sheet
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long natgas = a 25 second fart 

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:24 | 5441883 buzzsaw99
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<-- felt it

<-- didn't

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:24 | 5441889 Jack Sheet
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It's just a shale game.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:25 | 5441890 Jonathan Equine...
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Kansas girls will find even you exotic and alluring.  Well worth a visit.

 

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:29 | 5441912 kaiserhoff
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Even if you are white?

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:42 | 5441945 Jack Sheet
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I heard Kansas was more - like - gay...

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:25 | 5441893 americanspirit
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Once the folks around there find out that their homeowners insurance doesn't cover structural damage from earthquakes without an earthquake rider - and my guess is that zero percent have that rider -  there's gonna some very pissed people.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:27 | 5441905 max2205
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Giant sinkhole at Ft Levenworth

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:31 | 5441915 kaiserhoff
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Fill it with banksters.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:32 | 5441917 I am a Man I am...
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70 dollar oil is a much bigger threat than a no damage earthquake near witchita.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:41 | 5441946 buzzsaw99
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obama's war on decent folk has been devastating in kansas

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:52 | 5441983 Uber Vandal
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Imagine if it drops back down to about $35, or perhaps further south this time around to make things more interesting.

I do remember $10 oil in the late 1990's yet.......

And, just for fun, enjoy the projections of this chart from 2005. It was "slightly" off, but got 2009 almost exactly right.

https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/re/2005/a/images/spot_futures_ch...

https://www.stlouisfed.org/publications/re/articles/?id=374

 

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:35 | 5441925 Fishthatlived
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Nonsense.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 19:56 | 5442199 ebworthen
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Think of sand under your feet where it is wet from the waves and resists your foot and weight.

Then think of how it gives way to your feet higher up where it is dry.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 22:00 | 5442594 Sathington Willougby
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Think of all the subsurface water already present.  Then think of the volumes of "scientific opinion" that's merely political whimsy masquerading as laboratory science.   

Then think of all the Saudis with Bush dick breath flying planes into buildings while the DOE escorts Amerka to energy independence circa 1975.  Then think of Clinton sucking up to piece of shit Saudis for a few trinkets.

Oh the thinks you can think.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 23:47 | 5442897 ebworthen
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Right, and that subsurface water is in the aquifer that is used for crops and drinking water.

And they're going to pump in water with a bunch of toxic chemicals, suck out the oil, and everything will be fine.

I see more delusion and opinion on the "fracking is fine" side and an empty well of common sense thinking. 

Fracturing the shale and sandstone that contains the oil will have an effect whether you want it to or not.

It is hard for me to believe that it will have a positive effect on water supplies or stability of the surface.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:41 | 5441937 swass
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I still don't know the evidence is that convincing that shale production causes earthquakes, like some say.  But I think the bigger issue is just simply a matter of shale production using so much damn fresh water from aquifers when they are being run dry. I'd rather have food and people with access to fresh water than worry about extracting that oil.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:41 | 5441940 WTFUD
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Did the earth move for you Bitch?

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:47 | 5441980 starman
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Frack the fuck outta here! 

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:53 | 5442008 SpanishGoop
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Kansas trying to literally break away from the sinking ship called the "US of A".

 

 

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:59 | 5442017 KansasCrude
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No doubt these are FRACKQUAKES Harper county has had over 60 quakes this year in an area that have had 17 very mild tremors over the past 30 years. I work out of the house and my kitchen cabinets were banging open and close.  I now have a crack in one of my exterior  walls.  We had a 4.3 a few weeks back.....Shut the SOB's DOWN!

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 18:57 | 5442020 Cacete de Ouro
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Isn't one of Dick Cheney's secret hideouts somewhere near there?

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 19:02 | 5442047 Jack Burton
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"

Romanian Prime Minister Victor Ponta announced on Saturday that, despite initial estimates by the Energy Information Agency (EIA), which put the country’s technically recoverable shale gas resources at 51 trillion cubic feet (Tcf), Romania has no shale gas to speak of.

“It looks like we don’t have shale gas, we fought very hard for something that we do not have,” Ponta told television channel Antena 3. “I cannot tell you more than this but I don’t think we fought for something that existed.”

 

This comes on the heels of Poland's gas play being down graded by nearly 90%.

But it is true that America has a viable frack gas and oil play. The problem lies in the amount of leveage needed to drill. The worst is the unexpectedly rapid deplition rate of wells expected to produce heavily for years.

Bankruptcy is in the cards for a number of Shale Gas companies. Too much leverage, too fast a decline in well production and Saudi is gunning for US frackers with a price war.

It is obvious that some people still believe that fracking is going to be the great fossil fuel bonanza that makes America the earths greatest energy producers. This will never happen, a careful, unbiased look at the economics of fracking does not look good. Shale is a play that does not have long legs.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 21:01 | 5442410 luckylogger
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you guys do not get it.....

Sure the shale plays die off fast but still do produce something for 30 years after being paid off in two.

It is utilizing the fracking technology into the traditional feilds where the big production is.

If you can up the recoverable oil from traditional plays from 10-15% to 70% as expected.....

How long will the big oil feilds last???????

hint... A long fuking time..............

The big p[icture is the deal, it has nothing to do with shale...........

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 21:41 | 5442466 Teamtc321
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Jack, do some research on gas lift compression, basically we hook up a TA 195 horse compressor, pipe our suction in down stream of the HP seperator, compress the gas, then pipe back to well head, tie into the production casing to pressure the resovour.

It's a simple, safe, clean way to greatly extend the well life. The compression field is were our industry is at with huge volume of light pressure wells. Gas/Oil wells. It's like blowing into a straw in a glass of chocolate milk, then the liquids and gas come back the well bore, pass threw our facility equipment to break out gas and oil. We even run the compressors of nat gas........

Food for thought is all.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 19:29 | 5442124 ebworthen
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Pulling oil out of the shale won't have any effect on the trillions of tons of earth on top of it, just like Fukushima radiation spewing into the Pacific Ocean won't affect marine life.

It's all "negligible" so "do not worry".

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 20:44 | 5442361 roadhazard
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I always knew peak oil was BS and the Saudis playing with the price proves it. Peak consumption maybe but not peak oil by a long shot.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 20:51 | 5442372 new game
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like farting in a cave or pissing in the ocean, ha...

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 20:56 | 5442394 WTFUD
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Nobody living out there a Z/H posterererr?

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 21:05 | 5442425 q99x2
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That's Loyd Blankfein doing God's work.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 21:17 | 5442447 didthatreallyhappen
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frack you, fracking is causing global warming. hilarious !

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 21:34 | 5442491 fattail
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Can confirm.  Felt slight swaying at 340pm 150 miles away.

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 21:55 | 5442580 Sathington Willougby
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This shit happens all the time no fake science necessary unless you're a shameless purveyor of political falsehoods.

ManBearPig shakes Kansas, Oklahoma mildly rattled!

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 22:56 | 5442764 Ness.
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107 earthquakes today

 841 earthquakes in the past 7 days

3,232 earthquakes in the past month

 
38,273 earthquakes in the past year

http://earthquaketrack.com/recent

 

 

Wed, 11/12/2014 - 23:22 | 5442826 paintman
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It has been interesting to follow, over the last few years, the series of tremors that began in northeast Arkansas, moved westward through central Oklahoma, and have now began moving north towards the Wichita, Kansas area.  Can anyone explain this progression, and enlighten me on where it may go from here?

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 01:43 | 5443115 Spectre
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Who has stated this was a so called "Fracquake"  ... Bullshit, no one has !

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 01:43 | 5443116 Spectre
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Who has stated this was a so called "Fracquake"  ... Bullshit, no one has !

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 04:06 | 5443220 unicorn
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its the earth shuddering cause of the poison-injection.

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 05:42 | 5443282 basho
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the frack positive science and philosophy expressed in these posts is really head up your a**.

you clowns are really exceptional. lmao

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 08:48 | 5443451 Mitch Comestein
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I live about 60 miles north of the epicenter.  My whole building shook.  It was weird.  

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 11:51 | 5444175 Cthonic
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Sounds like it occured near the Nemaha ridge/Humboldt fault zone, which runs from Nebraska down into Oklahoma.  If so it's probably not fracking related.  

Thu, 11/13/2014 - 14:03 | 5444892 UrbanBard
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This is foolish, because you assume that Kansas has no fault lines running through it. There are a series of faults running to the north east right through this region, Sumner/ Cowley county. It's called the Humboldt fault.

Why would you jump to the conclusion that fracking is the cause?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Humboldt_Fault.svg

http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kgs.ku.edu%2FPublic...

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usc000swru#summary

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