EARTHQUAKE

CO2 injections likely culprit in Texas earthquakes –study

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Reuters, By: Reuters, 11/04/2013

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Carbon dioxide injected into oil and gas wells may have caused a series of minor earthquakes in Texas long before the adoption of current hydraulic fracking, according to a study published on Monday in a national science journal. The study, which analyzed 93 earthquakes that occurred between March 2009 and December 2010, appears to be the first to link earthquakes of magnitude 3 and above and carbon dioxide injections in the Cogdell oil field near Snyder, Texas.

 

Tremors in the area that occurred between 1975 and 1982 were previously linked to the injection of water into wells but the same explanation could not be applied to earthquakes that occurred in late 2000s, the paper's two authors said. "The timing of gas injection suggests it may have contributed to triggering the recent seismic activity," the study said. "If so, this represents an instance where gas injection has triggered earthquakes having magnitudes 3 and larger."

 

7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes region of Papua New Guinea

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By: AP, 10/16/13

Papua New Guinea Earthquake

SYDNEY -- SYDNEY (AP) — A powerful earthquake rocked the South Pacific island nation of Papua New Guinea on Wednesday, officials said. There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage. The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake measured magnitude 7.1 and was located 65 kilometers (40 miles) west-southwest of Panguna in Papua New Guinea. It struck at 8:31 p.m. (1031 GMT) at a depth of 58 kilometers (36 miles), it said.

 

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Massive M 7.1 earthquake hit Mindanao, Philippines

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By: Chillymanjaro, 10/15/2013

 

Extremely dangerous and deadly earthquake, registered as M 7.1 (USGS/EMSC), struck provinces in Central Visayas and some parts of Mindanao, Philippines on October 15, 2013 at 00:12 UTC. The epicenter was located 2km (1mile) NE of Catigbian, 10km (6miles) SSE of Tibigan and 619km (385miles) SSE of Manila, Philippines at coordinates 9.866°N 124.011°E. USGS measured depth at 20 km, EMSC at only 7 km. Numerous strong aftershocks were reported, as well as deadly landslides. GDACS estimated there are 5 600 343 people living within 100 km radius.

 

Based on theoretical calculations, nearly 3.6 million people should have felt a very strong shaking and 7.6 million people a strong shaking. Strong aftershocks are still striking the greater epicenter area. The death toll has sadly risen to 93. Many of these deaths have occurred in a collapsed hospital (Congressman Castillo Memorial Hospital) at the Loon municipality on Bohol, and due to landslides. - 11:28 UTC by ER.

 

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View from space: Earthquake island before and after

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Earthsky.org - 9/29/13, Deborah Byrd

Earthquake island, via National Institute of Oceanography

The deadly earthquake that struck Pakistan on September 24, 2013 – leaving 515 people dead and 100,000 homeless – also created a new earthly landform. A new mud island now lies offshore in the Paddi Zirr (West Bay) near Gwadar, Pakistan. It is some 380 kilometers (230 miles) from the earthquake’s epicenter. It’s being called being called Zalzala Jazeera – or earthquake island. The first image below shows the new island from space, as seen by NASA’s Earth Observing-1 satellite on September 26. The second image shows the same area on April 17; no sign of an island could be seen at that time.

NASA Earth Observatory image via Earth-Observing-1 satellite.

Southern Pakistan struck by another strong earthquake

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By: Theextinctionprotocol.wordpress.com, 09/28/2013

September 28, 2013 – PAKISTAN - Several cities of Pakistan’s Sindh and Balochistan provinces were on Saturday hit by a massive aftershock measuring 6.8, three days after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck the region killed over 500 people. Pakistan’s Met office measured the earthquake at 7.2, while the US Geological Survey (USGS) recorded it at 6.8 on the Richter Scale. Tremors were felt in provincial capitals Karachi and Quetta. All the local television channels showed people rushing out of their offices in Karachi after the latest tremors. “The tremors were not so strong as last time but one could still feel the chairs moving and tables shaking,” Adnan Ahmed a employee of a media group said. Zahid Rafi, director of the National Seismic Centre, said that the origin of this earthquake was once again Awaran.

 

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Yellowstone rattled by three ‘unusual’ earthquake swarms

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By: Theextinctionprotocol, 09/24/2013

September 24, 2013 – JACKSON, Wyo.  — Until recently, Bob Smith had never witnessed two simultaneous earthquake swarms in his 53 years of monitoring seismic activity in and around the Yellowstone Caldera. Now, Smith, a University of Utah geophysics professor, has seen three swarms at once. “It’s very remarkable,” Smith said. “How does one swarm relate to another? Can one swarm trigger another and vice versa?” Because concurrent swarms have never been detected in the past, the answers aren’t in yet, Smith said. The geophysicist said he “wouldn’t doubt” if at least two of the events were related. Temblors from the three quake swarms mostly hit in three areas: Lewis Lake, the Lower Geyser Basin and the northwest part of Norris Geyser Basin. The largest earthquake shook the ground near Old Faithful Geyser on Sept. 15.

 

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Powerful earthquake strikes Pakistan's Balochistan

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By: bbcnews, 09/24/2013

A powerful earthquake of 7.8-magnitude has struck a remote area in south-west Pakistan, the United States Geological Survey (USGS) says. It struck at 16:29 local time (11:29 GMT) at a depth of 23km (15 miles), 145 miles south-east of Dalbandin in Balochistan province, USGS adds. It was reportedly felt in the Indian capital Delhi, where some buildings shook.

 

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Oregonians warned to prepare for ‘big one’ – roads cut off for 5 years, no electricity for 3 months, no gas for 6 months

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By: Theextinctionprotocol.com, 09/22/2013

September 22, 2013 – OREGON – Sitting on a major fault line, Oregon is “like an eight-and-a-half-month pregnancy, due any time now” for a major earthquake, a geologist with the Oregon Office of Emergency Management told an overflow crowd Friday in Medford. “We’re in the zone, and we’d darn well better get ourselves ready for it,” said Althea Rizzo, geology hazard coordinator for OEM. “A lot of you may have moved here from California to escape them, but the fact is, Oregon is earthquake country.” About half the hands went up when Rizzo asked how many had been through a California earthquake. Rizzo said there’s a 37 percent chance the Big One will happen in the next 50 years. A major earthquake would cripple transportation on Interstate 5 as bridges and overpasses collapse from two to four minutes of ground shaking, possible very severe, with stressful aftershocks for weeks.

 

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Magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Bougainville region, P.N.G.

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Thewatchers.adorraeli, By: Adonai, 09/02/2013

Magnitude 6.1 earthquake struck Bougainville region, Papua New Guinea, on September 2, 2013 at 04:30 UTC. USGS measured depth at 49 km. Epicenter was located 54 km (34mi) WSW of Panguna and 65 km (40mi) SW of Arawa, Papua New Guinea. There are about 96 149 people living within 100 km radius

 

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