Anyone feel the earthquake this morning?

[dallasfan]

Heard a big boom around 10 am and the building shake.

Went outside to look and nothing.

Went online a little later and found out north of irving had a 3.2 mag earthquake

Seems to be happening one a month for the last few months.

[zebra]

Shit is happening all over the North & West Texas area, has something to do with the oil & gas industry and all the fresh wells in the area. Same thing been going on in Pecos, Midland, and Odessa for the last couple of years. We didn't have this situation 7-10 yrs ago. Say it ain't so rocket scientist.

[Prolongus]

That was no earthquake...that was 172 Providers orgasming at the same time...from us studs...frucking...

Do they have fracking in Cali? Wonder why not?

[pyramider]

Its got to be the fracking because there is no way its from any fucktards fucking and providers Oing. No fucktards are capable of making anyone O, and the fact that women do not O.

[Poppa_Viagra]

Epicenter's at the old Cowboy Stadium, it's just Tom Landry rolling over in his grave.

[Papa Noel]

Fracing comes from hydraulic fracturing.........no "k." This is a process that is used in the completion of "some" oil and gas wells. It has been around for about 100 years. The e-quakes are caused by the re-injection of the formation(waste) water that is also produced when the oil or gas is produced. Someone is pumping a lot of water back underground at pretty high pressure and that is causing the quakes. The epicenters of the quakes are about a mile deeper than the gas well production zones.

[Generic White Guy]

Another earthquake this morning, just before 9:00am...

[Fawlty]

Originally Posted by Papa Noel

Fracing comes from hydraulic fracturing.........no "k." This is a process that is used in the completion of "some" oil and gas wells. It has been around for about 100 years. The e-quakes are caused by the re-injection of the formation(waste) water that is also produced when the oil or gas is produced. Someone is pumping a lot of water back underground at pretty high pressure and that is causing the quakes. The epicenters of the quakes are about a mile deeper than the gas well production zones.

Man, you use your tongue better than a two dollar whore. Too deep for me - I'm just a dumb country boy. I'm sticking to what Prolongus said cuz fracing (no "k") has been around for only 100 years and fucing (no "k") has been around since Adam and Eve.

[Guest092216]

Aren't they tremors rather than earthquakes? Don't earthquakes need to be 4.0 and above on the Richter scale?

[dallasfan]

I think they are all considered earthquakes if it registers.

Anything under 4 is pretty common and normally doesn't cause damage. Like 100,000 occurrences per year common.

[hd]

THN, I doubt I could make you tremor let alone register anywhere at all on the Richter scale. Shoot, now you've got me wanting to watch that Tremors movie again! The first one.

The news said today they quakes registered 2.5, so I'm guessing very minor unless you're directly over it.

[Papa Noel]

Originally Posted by thathottnurse

Aren't they tremors rather than earthquakes? Don't earthquakes need to be 4.0 and above on the Richter scale?

THN,

The Richter Scale is a measure of the amount of energy released in an e-quake at the focus of that movement between the different sides of the fault. Directly above the focus on the surface of the earth is the epicenter. The Richter Scale is exponential. ie a 2.0 Richter Scale e-quake is 10 times more powerful than a 1.0 scale e-quake. A 3.0 e-quake is 10 times as powerful as a 2.0 e-quake and 100 times as powerful as a 1.0 e-quake and so on. Richter Scale value is not dependent upon depth. But damage from a e-quake is heavily dependent upon depth. The shallower the e-quake, the greater the chance of damage.

The United States Geological Society runs/manages the National Earthquake Information Center in Boulder, Colorado. You can do a google search and get the web address for that place. I has a lot of resources to explain e-quakes to the common person. The have a lot of stuff online directed at middle school students.

[doug_dfw]

The morning traffic. 10 flights landing. Jack hammering on 161! yOU WOKE UP WITH A HANGOVER. YOU READ ALL THE TERROR STUFF AND WATCH tv. YOU LOVE drama> JUST AS DELIVERED BY THE WORST OF WORST cause they can't survive with reality.

ii lived in Ca. 4.6 barely rattles china.

Scientists haven't had a raise for years cause their wisdom cannot be verified.

They create drama to get pay increases.

But if yu are happy paying out of you pocket for drama- enjoy.

[Guest092216]

Originally Posted by Papa Noel

THN,

The Richter Scale is a measure of the amount of energy released in an e-quake at the focus of that movement between the different sides of the fault. Directly above the focus on the surface of the earth is the epicenter. The Richter Scale is exponential. ie a 2.0 Richter Scale e-quake is 10 times more powerful than a 1.0 scale e-quake. A 3.0 e-quake is 10 times as powerful as a 2.0 e-quake and 100 times as powerful as a 1.0 e-quake and so on. Richter Scale value is not dependent upon depth. But damage from a e-quake is heavily dependent upon depth. The shallower the e-quake, the greater the chance of damage.

The United States Geological Society runs/manages the National Earthquake Information Center in Boulder, Colorado. You can do a google search and get the web address for that place. I has a lot of resources to explain e-quakes to the common person. The have a lot of stuff online directed at middle school students.

Ya I have a hard time with that middle school level curriculum. Gonna have to go preschool or below. Is there a Mother Goose song about the Richter scale??? I'm almost sure I might could comprehend the jist of that there learnin'....... mmmmhhhhhmmm...yessir.

As fer as dem dar groundshakers, dis bout all i'z could fine bout dem tings: http://www.differencebetween.com/dif...and-vs-tremor/

Granted, it's no Rocky Flats kind of mystery that my homeland is used to, but the general consensus is that these "quakes" are a lot of hooplah over everyday occurrences happening hundreds of thousands of times per year all over the world.