Geological Provinces of Oklahoma

[ConstitutionCowboy]

Look at this, too: When our lakes run nearly dry they relieve a massive amount of weight off the surface and then when the lakes flood again, there never are earthquakes that coincide. And how much water is injected into a waste water well? Is it anywhere near the amount of water in the top 15 feet of - for example - Lake Heffner? I doubt it. And, if the injected water is supposedly "lubricating" everything down there, you'd think there wouldn't be large sudden tremors, but sloshy mushy sliding that would be more like a big gurgle! (Not to mention that the deepest waste water wells are no more than 2 miles down and the quakes are no shallower than 3 miles down.)

Sheesh!

Woody

 

[RugersGR8]

In Oklahoma, the Obamaista libs blame the earthquakes on fracking/oil. On the other hand, California blames the earthquakes on drought and ground water extraction. Gee, how long has Oklahoma been in a drought cycle? But I guess it is more PC and a lot easier for an Obama political power grab to blame earthquakes on fracking if it is in Oklahoma(where it is usually pretty dry a majority of the time) as opposed to the usually rain abundant CA climate.

http://www.takepart.com/article/2014/08/04/california-drought-may-cause-earthquakes
If California’s Drought Weren’t Scary Enough, Now It May Trigger Earthquakes
Scientists believe the risk of quakes is growing as the state drains groundwater reserves near the San Andreas Fault.
August 04, 2014 By Chris Clarke