Ohio Earthquake Linked to Fracting Injection Wells

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The 4.0-magnitude quake was centered near Youngstown, reported the U.S. Geological Survey and the Ohio Earthquake Information Center.

The earthquake at 3:05 p.m. was felt as far away as Michigan, Ontario, Pennsylvania and New York, reported Michael C. Hansen, state geologist and coordinator of the Ohio Seismic Network, part of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources? Division of Geological Survey.

The quake was ?a pretty good-sized one,? he said.

There were no initial reports of injuries or major damage, he said.

The quake was the 11th over the last eight months in Mahoning County, all within two miles of the injection wells, he said. Saturday?s quake was the largest yet.

A quake on Dec. 24 measured 2.4.

There is ?little doubt? that the quake is linked to injection wells that the state and the owner agreed on Friday to shut down, Hansen said.

James Zehringer, director of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources, announced the closing of two injection wells in Youngstown Township owned by Northstar Disposal Services LLC and operated by D&L Energy Inc.

The order to close came despite the fact that the state has been unable to prove that the wells, which are 9,000 feet deep, are the cause of the earthquakes.

The wells were used to dispose of salty brine wastes from gas and oil drilling by pumping them under pressure into rock formations deep underground.

The wells are among 177 in Ohio. Drilling wastes from Ohio and Pennsylvania are being pumped in increasing volumes into the wells for permanent disposal.

Geologists have long suspected that injecting liquids into underground rock formations can trigger earthquakes along fault lines. The liquids allow rocks to flow more easily past each other.

Earthquakes have been linked to injection wells in Arkansas, West Virginia, Colorado and Texas.

The Ohio closing order took effect at 5 p.m. Friday but there would still have been pressure inside the two wells that could have triggered the quake, Hansen said.

The latest quake appears to have been located about two- thirds of a mile from the injection wells and about 1.2 miles below ground, he said.

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[LittleNeutrino Veteran]

They were talking about this on the local news last night (I live in Ohio), They were saying that one of the largest issues is that one of the injection wells was on a fault line.

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It's not just Youngstown either, fracking has been setup all over the state. I wouldn't be surprised if the tremors the past year or so in other areas of the state were due to fracking.

If the toxic water and hazardous air isn't enough evidence to show why this is a terrible idea, perhaps setting off moderate earthquakes felt in other states/Canada will be.

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I have the theory that oil is created in the Earth, to be a lubricant fot the movement of huge rocks and land masses.

With the oil there, big crashes are avoided.

When we take that oil away, we invite many earthquakes.

[I am Reid]

im not try to brag or anything, but...

https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/1044095-fracking-compounds-found-in-drinking-water/page__p__594509919#entry594509919

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^ Feel free to brag, as that is also one of my threads ... :shifty:

[I am Reid]

^ Feel free to brag, as that is also one of my threads ... :shifty:

im not talking about any repost type thing, im talking about how I tried to tell someone from NE ohio that this industry might not last forever.