Thread: Earthquakes, where next and when?

Stuff it. I'm gonna move to South Africa...It looks safe enough from earthquaukes there...I might be shot, stabbed or blown up, but at least I won't be scared of dying in an earthquake all the time...


Mick

Back in the early sixties, I was talking to my brother-in-law who worked for an insurance company. I asked him if hiscompany sold earthquakes. He said they did but not in the northeast. He added that they were planning to sell it here in another twenty years or so, when earthquakes were scheduled to hit this part of the country. I asked how he knew that and he said insurance companies do incredible amounts of research on such things. The first one I felt in NH was in the mis seventies, right on schedule. I guess it's no mystery to those who study such things. By the way, the last one I felt was a 3.1 right under my feet last weekend.

It's all due to man made global warming. Al Gore told me so.

There was a guy who used to live here on the island. He
was a firm believer in the "Millenium End of the World."
He and his wife had a successful business here, until
"The End".

In 1999, he sold his business, sold his house, and on
December 31st, he went around saying good-bye to
everyone. Then he and his wife got aboard their sailboat
and waited for "The Big One."

After a few days, when nothing happened, they came
back ashore saying, "Well, it was just a warning."

They never did get their life back together. Within a
year, they had gotten divorced and disappeared. They
even abandoned their sailboat.

The boat just sat in the harbor, unattended and dis-
integrating, until we had a R8.0 earthquake and a
tsunami last year. The boat disappeared.

The "End" of their world was self-inflicted. You can't
blame an earthquake for that.

I worked as a Security Guard back then (1999/2000). I had to sit around inside a large dept. store to wait out the end of the world for them. Got paid well to do it too. Didn't see the end of the world, but the new year fireworks in the city centre was pretty spectacular.


Mick

I work security in the Natural Gas Field... I was thinking as I was driving back to the camp last night about all the holes that have been drilled in the ground...

Part of the process of getting NG from the earth is "fracturing" the rock, pumping large amounts of water and sand into those cracks 2-3 miles deep...

One of the company men at the site said that “the site they are working on now will gain anywhere from 1-3 inches in elevation...”

So... could this have anything to do with the new locations of Earthquakes...?

One more thing to ponder...

Just talking about all those holes drilled into the ground for mining. There is a nearby city called Ipswich, here in Queensland that has been extensively mined in the past. Today it is a common occurence for houses, roads and in at least one case whole city blocks to drop into the earth because of a collapse of old mine shafts.


Mick

Earthquake rattles parts of Oklahoma, felt in Kan.

Wed Oct 13, 11:57 am ET

NORMAN, Okla. – Officials say an earthquake has rattled parts of central Oklahoma and was felt as far away as southern Kansas.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.3-magnitude quake struck at 9:06 a.m., centered about six miles east of Norman. The National Earthquake Information Center had measured a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 and said it was felt as far away as Wichita, Kan.

Authorities reported two people taken to a Norman hospital with minor injuries, including a man who fell off a ladder.

Some minor damage such as broken windows also was reported.

Norman police Capt. Leonard Judy says the quake sent officers running out of the department to see if someone had crashed into the building.

Originally Posted by NoseWarmer

I work security in the Natural Gas Field... I was thinking as I was driving back to the camp last night about all the holes that have been drilled in the ground...

Part of the process of getting NG from the earth is "fracturing" the rock, pumping large amounts of water and sand into those cracks 2-3 miles deep...

One of the company men at the site said that “the site they are working on now will gain anywhere from 1-3 inches in elevation...”

So... could this have anything to do with the new locations of Earthquakes...?

One more thing to ponder...

No, most earthquakes originate way deeper than that and are caused by shifting and slippage of the basement rock. However the holes and pumping will probably cause local subsidence of the area down the road once everything is pumped out. Initially things may go up but down the road the stuff they pump in will migrate.