Recently I read two articles dealing with earthquakes around the United States. Both articles deal with very interesting facts in Arkansas and California. In California the article deals with Active faults and project sites in Northern California. One of the faults in which I had never heard of was Maacamia fault along the western part of the state in the north. The article discussed crust and how the crust was thinner in this part of the state. It discussed drill cites and what activity happens with the drill sites.
The article which was relative to me dealt with Arkansas. I had not heard the term "fracking".
THis dealt with water that has been injected into the ground at high pressure. The man who discussed fracking was Steve Horton who was an earthquake specialist at the University of Memphis Center. It discussed the percentage of earthquakes in 2009 within six kilmeters of salt water dispposal wells, which was 90%. Another important fact was how many companies are connected to the oil and gas industry in Arkansas, which was 412. They discuessed that Greenbrier was a town in Arklansas which has been plagued by hundreds of small earthquakes a day. With 412 companies drilling in Arkansas why idsn't the economy booming in the land of opportunity?
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