Today, December 17 2011 , another earthquake occurred in the north panhandle of Texas.

Again, in the middle of a giant drilling / pumping / injection well site.  The screenshots below are from google earth using the coordinates of the earthquake as the search point.

For me, the giveaway on most of these “man made” earthquakes (induced seismicity) is the depth.  Usually at around 3-5 miles.  Always remember to look up the earthquake epicenters on google earth.. sometimes you really get an answer as to the cause.

In this case, its fairly obvious what the culprit is — drilling or injection well pumping — induced an earthquake along the edge of the craton.

read more about the craton here:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/2011/12/13/12132011-global-earthquake-and-volcano-overview-two-week-outlook/

 

here are the screenshots:

Here are the earthquake statistics:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc00077pe.php

Magnitude 3.2 – WESTERN TEXAS

2011 December 17 14:46:58 UTC

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Magnitude	3.2
Date-Time	Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 14:46:58 UTC Saturday, December 17, 2011 at 08:46:58 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	32.802°N, 100.857°W
Depth	5 km (3.1 miles)
Region	WESTERN TEXAS
Distances	9 km (5 miles) NNE of Snyder, Texas 56 km (34 miles) NW of Sweetwater, Texas 127 km (78 miles) SE of Lubbock, Texas 408 km (253 miles) NW of AUSTIN, Texas

Here are several previous posts I have put together on Fracking/drilling/dormant volcano/nuclear plants having earthquakes recently:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/?s=frack

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/?s=man+made

watch the video report here:

OIL ROAD just north of the epicenter — FRAC well tanks all around (2005 image!!)

 

Recently, over the past several months, several earthquake swarms have occurred in Colorado/New Mexico border, Texas, Oklahoma, and Arkansas.

All of these swarms have been VERIFIED oil/fracking fields (FRAC well drilling) … seen simply by looking at satellite images of the areas .. for sure ‘frac’ drilling pads and oil wells within a mile at each of these above mentioned locations.

The past 24 hours, 11/5/2011 and 11/6/2011, over a dozen earthquakes rocked a “Fracking” field in central Oklahoma.  One of the nearby roads to this quake epicenter is OIL road !

Here are the statistics including the coordinates of the quakes:

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usb0006klz.php

Magnitude 5.6 – OKLAHOMA

2011 November 06 03:53:10 UTC

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Magnitude	5.6
Date-Time	Sunday, November 06, 2011 at 03:53:10 UTC Saturday, November 05, 2011 at 10:53:10 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	35.537°N, 96.747°W
Depth	5 km (3.1 miles)
Region	OKLAHOMA

Below is screenshot evidence of the 2005 google earth view — FRAC well drilling at the direct area of the epicenter of the 5.6, the 4.7 and the 4.0 (as well as about 10 other smaller earthquakes so far).

Search these coordinates on google earth : 35.537°N, 96.747°W   and take a look around !

Here are my past posts on FRACing:

http://sincedutch.wordpress.com/?s=frack