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by Outdoorsman 3739 days ago
>>You're not in a movie, fracking is not going to cause some sort of earthquake catastrophe.<<

I have in-laws that live north of Edmond OK and the almost daily tremors and quakes there have changed their lives to a certain degree...

My father-in-law goes out to check the brickwork on his house on a regular basis now, paying special attention to his chimney...things occasionally rattle off shelves and fall to the floor...

Injection well frequencies and volumes have now been reduced or entirely curtailed in certain areas of the state...

So, maybe life does indeed seem a bit surreal if you live in an affected area...

Drilling, fracking, and the use of injection wells to dispose of waste-water have apparently led to Oklahoma becoming as quake-prone as California...

The USGS quoted in a NY Times article:

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/03/29/us/earthquake-risk-in-okla...