Published this week a story in the VCReporter on fracking and earthquakes. Much of this story is specific to Ventura County, but the opening I think is pretty darn universal. (Certainly for Californians it's memorable.) Think it's almost a "once upon a time" story, although of a scientific sort. From the days when we thoughtContinue reading “The plan to set off earthquakes on the San Andreas Fault”
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How to cause an earthquake: Inject fluids into a fault
Pump large amounts of fluids — such as "produced water" from fracked oil and gas wells — down an injection well and into an existing fault. It happened at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal, causing earthquakes in and around Denver back in the l960's. Geologists are concerned it could begin happening again, given the huge amount of shaleContinue reading “How to cause an earthquake: Inject fluids into a fault”
Kit Stolz 