A 4.3 quake (click here) hit the east coast of New Zealand tonight, following a 4.5 magnitude quake in central New Zealand this afternoon, and a 5.7 earthquake that rattled people in Wellington and Blenheim this morning.
Geonet reported tonight's quake was 20km east of Te Araroa, a settlement on the east coast of the north island, near the southern edge of the Bay of Plenty. The quake was 62km deep and hit at 11.42pm.
GeoNet reported this afternoon's was of a "strong" intensity, 35km east of Seddon, at a depth of 15km. The quake hit at 3.21pm...
July 20, 2013
Wellington was shaken by more aftershocks (click here) overnight following a "severe" magnitude 5.7 earthquake that rocked the capital and the upper South Island yesterday.
People screamed and dived under desks when the first quake hit at 9.06am yesterday, causing multi-storey office buildings in the central city to sway for at least 30 seconds.
GeoNet said the earthquake struck 30km east of Seddon, in Marlborough, at a depth of 8km.
It was followed by a flurry of smaller aftershocks, with more than 20 in the five hours after the quake.
The biggest aftershock overnight, a magnitude 3.4 tremor, struck at 11pm....
July 19, 2013
TRUMANN (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey (click here) has recorded two small earthquakes near Trumann in northeast Arkansas.
The USGS reports a 3.2 magnitude quake struck about 3:10 p.m. Wednesday three miles southwest of Trumann — about 17 miles southeast of Jonesboro. The second quake was a 2.4 magnitude tremor recorded about 6:10 p.m. about four miles southwest of Trumann.
Police told reporters there were no reports of damage or injury.
The quakes come after a 3.9 magnitude quake and several smaller tremors were recorded in the same area in February....
Photo: John Fenton with the group Pavillion Area Concerned Citizens holds up a sample of water he believes was tainted by hydraulic fracturing. Credit: Abrahm Lustgarten/ProPublica]
In 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency dropped a bombshell. It had preliminary evidence that hydraulic fracturing had contaminated an aquifer deep below the Wyoming town of Pavillion, the first time fracking had been positively linked to water pollution. State officials and industry experts heaped criticism on the study, and the agency vowed to look into the issue further.
That look ended last month, without any conclusions, when the EPA quietly announced it was wrapping up its work. No final report came out.
For investigative reporter Abrahm Lustgarten, this wasn't an isolated incident of the agency changing course, but part of a larger trend. Recently, in several recent high profile drilling investigations, the agency has abandoned its work before releasing conclusive findings.
Lustgarten wrote about this for ProPublica, the investigative news service, and he talks with host Ryan Warner about what he's finding.
And of course we all know the Oklahoma Senators are in the petroleum industry back pocket, so I would expect much here either. Well, you have to know the Oklahoma doesn't consider manmade earthquakes from hydraulic fracturing anything to worry about. Oops, there goes another rumbler. Nothing to fear.
Hydraulic Fracturing Linked to Earthquakes: Oklahoma Lacks Response (click here)
July 18, 2013
by Cindee Talley
Injection wells are linked to earthquakes in a handful of states like: Texas, Wyoming, Arkansas, Ohio, and Colorado. Impact Oklahoma reported the largest earthquake connected to a disposal and injection well occurred on November 2011 in Prague, Oklahoma. However, Oklahoma has not responded with significant regulations.
On the other side of the coin, Ohio has taken stronger action banning disposal wells in areas with higher earthquake risks, reviewing seismic risks prior to issuing permits, and requiring operators to install sensors to record and track well data....
Tornadoes, earthquakes and the Climate Crisis is just another day in Oklahoma. After all the worst TO DATE is only 5.7. Minor detail. Cash receipts are great, though. American Dream, what American Dream? I thought the country was all about Obamacare and Food Stamps. There is no more American Dream. "Drill, babe, drill and give a boost to the chemical industry while your at it." Water shortage? The oil people don't seem to think so. 
...The 5.7-magnitude quake (click here) that shook near Prague, Oklahoma in November 2011 is the largest earthquake linked to disposal and injection wells, but Oklahoma’s regulatory response has been almost nonexistent....July 19, 2013
USGS Study Connects Earthquake Risk To Wastewater Injection,
Fracking Advocates Say, "Who Cares?" (click here)
