Magnitude 4.3 - ARKANSAS

and heres the article....


By SARAH EDDINGTON, Associated Press Sarah Eddington, Associated Press – Thu Feb 17, 9:45 am ET

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Jim Sutterfield was briefly puzzled by a thumping sound that seemed to slam the back of his office chair. But when the small-town Arkansas fire chief turned and saw no one was around, he quickly realized it was just an earthquake — again.

"That was only my second time to feel one, but others here have felt them for three or four months now," Greenbrier chief Jim Sutterfield said after feeling the latest tremor on Wednesday. "Now when it happens, people say, 'Well, there's another one.'"

Several small earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 1.8 to 3.8 have rattled the north-central Arkansas cities of Greenbrier and Guy this week, and the cause is unknown.

The U.S. Geological Survey has reported more than 30 earthquakes in the area since Sunday, including a magnitude 3.8 quake Thursday morning and at least 16 others occurring Wednesday, two of which were magnitude 3.2 and 3.5. More than 700 quakes have occurred in the region over the past six months.

Scott Ausbrooks, geohazards supervisor for the Arkansas Geological Survey, said the quakes are part of what is now called the Guy earthquake swarm — a series of mild earthquakes that have been occurring periodically since 2009. A similar swarm occurred in the early 1980s when a series of quakes hit Enola, Ark.

Ausbrooks said geologists are still trying to discover the exact cause of the recent seismic activity but have identified two possibilities.

"It could just be a naturally occurring swarm like the Enola swarm, or it could be related to ongoing natural gas exploration in the area," he said.

A major source of natural gas in Arkansas is the Fayetteville Shale, an organically-rich rock formation in north-central Arkansas. Drillers free up the gas by using hydraulic fracturing or "fracking" — injecting pressurized water to create fractures deep in the ground.

Ausbrooks said geologists don't believe the production wells are the problem, but rather the injection wells that are used to dispose of "frack" water when it can no longer be re-used. The wastewater is pressurized and injected into the ground.

"We see no correlation between natural gas production wells and earthquakes, but we haven't ruled out injection wells," he said, adding that if production wells were the cause, the earthquakes would be scattered all over the region underlain by the Fayetteville Shale formation and not in just one area.

Ausbrooks said the earthquakes are occurring in the vicinity of several injection wells.

Guy Police Chief Dave Martini said the locals continue to blame the gas companies for the quakes.

"We have a disposal well here just outside of the city," Martini said. "People are suspecting that to be causing it, even though there isn't any proof of that."

Martini said the earthquakes started increasing in frequency over the past week and that the disposal well has seen an increase in use recently.

Lawrence Bengal, director of the Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission, said a six-month moratorium was established in January on new injection wells in the area. He said four companies are operating already-drilled injection wells: SEECO Inc., Chesapeake Operating Inc., Clarita Operating LLC and Deep-Six Water Disposal Services LLC.

The moratorium, which is expected to end in July, is intended to allow time to study the relationship — if any — between the injection wells and earthquakes in the area.

The largest quake of the Guy Earthquake Swarm was a magnitude 4.0, which occurred in October, Ausbrooks said. The region could possibly see quakes reaching as high as 5.0, but he said anything above 6.0 is unlikely.

The magnitude scale for earthquakes is logarithmic, meaning a magnitude 3 earthquake would produce waves with amplitudes 10 times greater than a magnitude 2 and 100 times greater than a magnitude 1. Geologists say quakes of magnitude 2.5 to 3.0 are generally the smallest felt by humans.

"These periods of high activity are not uncommon. I don't think it's anything to be overly concerned about," Ausbrooks said. "We always encourage people to keep tuned in to what's going on and to always have an all-hazards disaster preparedness kit."

By itself alone it might mean nothing but if you check out what's happenning globally then we have something.
Volcanoes wake up earthquakes animals die etc

Yes Arkansas is part of the system The biggest quake to hit New Madrid Fault was centered in North East Arkansas. Right where these quakes are forming now.

Read this time line. Describes all that occurred Before, During and after 1811-1812 quakes. Even describes A Comet that was seen from east coast all the way to the west coast month's prior to the 1811-1812 Quakes.

Time Line Link;

Thread: 19 Earthquakes so far in Greenbrier,AR for the 17th...Includes 1811 Timeline..!! THIS IS A MUST READ !!

Earth is angry at all the people living there, soon, they will perish in flames.

Why is this shit pinned?

some of you know how big a deal this could be


Arkansas Earthquake Swarm Could Be Related to Natural Gas Injection Wells
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EmailPrint..Tamara L. Morris Tamara L. Morris – Thu Feb 17, 7:27 pm ET
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North-central Arkansas has been rattled with a number of small earthquakes in the past several days, including two that registered 3.5 and 3.8 and some officials and residents wonder if there is any relation to natural gas injection wells.

A magnitude 3.5 earthquake struck in north central Arkansas around 3:46 p.m. Central time on Wednesday, February 16, following a series of small quakes that have been rattling the area for the past few days. The United States Geological Survey website showed the location of this quake as being approximately three miles northeast of Greenbrier and four miles southwest of Guy.

A 3.8 quake was registered on Thursday at 4:49 a.m. Central time in the same area. The earthquakes are being called the Guy earthquake swarm, according to an Associated Press report. Earthquake swarms are small earthquakes occurring in the same location in close succession and the current swarm has registered more than 30 earthquakes. Another earthquake swarm occurred around the same location in October 2010 with the largest of the quakes measuring 4.0 on October 11. The current swarm of earthquakes has ranged in size between 2.1 and 3.8 in magnitude.

This area of Arkansas is not located within the actual New Madrid seismic one but is situated to the west. The New Madrid seismic zone stretches from Cairo, Illinois, southwest to Marked Tree, Arkansas. Marked Tree is about 200 miles northeast of Guy. An earthquake along the New Madrid fault would affect this part of Arkansas, but some local residents and even scientists believe the quakes could be due to human activities.

A geohazards supervisor with the Arkansas State Geological Survey, Scott Ausbrooks, told the Associated Press that this Arkansas earthquake swarm could be related to natural gas exploration in the area. The area where the earthquakes have been occurring is part of the Fayetteville Shale--an area of rich organic rock in north-central Arkansas. The Fayetteville Shale area has more than 400 completed gas wells.

According to the AP report, the actual production wells may not be the issue, but rather the injection wells. The gas is freed by drillers using a method known as "fracking. This hydraulic fracturing injects pressurized water into the ground to fracture the earth and release the natural gas. Injections wells are created when leftover frac water (wastewater from the initial fracking that can no longer be used) is pressurized and injected into the ground. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, an injection well is "a device that places fluid deep underground into porous rock formations, such as sandstone or limestone, or into or below the shallow soil layer. These fluids may be water, wastewater, brine (salt water), or water mixed with chemicals."

The AP reported that the earthquakes in the current swarm are located near several injection wells. Ausbrooks also told AP it is "unlikely" the area would experience earthquakes larger in magnitude than 5.0.

Tamara L. Morris developed a special interest in weather issues and natural disasters after a tornado swept through her hometown in 1982. She is certified as a Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) member and has served locally in this capacity after a rare derecho (inland hurricane) struck her area in 2009. She researches and writes about earthquakes, volcanoes, tornadoes and other natural phenomena.

[link to news.yahoo.com]

pulled this from a GLP post

wow


In the last 24 hours alone.
Some of these quakes are fairly significant for Ark.
I'm not saying Arkansas never gets quakes, but I'm fairly certain they don't usually get this number of quakes in such a short period of time. Very odd. Something to keep an eye on.
[link to quakes.globalincidentmap.com]

Thursday February 17 2011, 10:49:48 UTC 4 hours ago Arkansas 4.7 3.5 Detail
Thursday February 17 2011, 10:49:48 UTC 4 hours ago Arkansas 4.7 3.5 Detail
Thursday February 17 2011, 10:49:48 UTC 4 hours ago Arkansas 4.0 3.5 Detail
Thursday February 17 2011, 10:49:48 UTC 4 hours ago Arkansas 3.8 6.5
Thursday February 17 2011, 10:55:35 UTC 4 hours ago Arkansas 2.4 6.7
Thursday February 17 2011, 11:13:03 UTC 4 hours ago Arkansas 2.4 6.0
Thursday February 17 2011, 12:33:08 UTC 3 hours ago Arkansas 2.3 5.
Thursday February 17 2011, 14:58:14 UTC 42 minutes ago Arkansas 2.8 5.9
Thursday February 17 2011, 18:19:09 UTC 19 hours ago Arkansas 2.5 5.2
Thursday February 17 2011, 19:01:00 UTC 18 hours ago Arkansas 2.4 5.6
Thursday February 17 2011, 22:06:45 UTC 15 hours ago Arkansas 2.7 6.0
Friday February 18 2011, 02:30:12 UTC 11 hours ago Arkansas 2.9
Friday February 18 2011, 05:02:02 UTC 8 hours ago Arkansas 2.5 5.6 Detail
Friday February 18 2011, 05:02:02 UTC 8 hours ago Arkansas 2.5 5.6 Detail
Friday February 18 2011, 04:59:50 UTC 8 hours ago Arkansas 4.0 5.1 Detail
Friday February 18 2011, 04:59:49 UTC 8 hours ago Arkansas 4.0 5.0
Friday February 18 2011, 06:10:33 UTC 7 hours ago Arkansas 2.8
Friday February 18 2011, 08:13:35 UTC 5 hours ago Arkansas 4.3
Friday February 18 2011, 12:18:24 UTC 74 minutes ago Arkansas 3.2

Dec 13th





December 13, 2010|By Dave Alsup, CNN

Since September 20, the town of Guy has experienced an almost constant shaking from 487 measurable earthquakes.The Arkansas Geological Survey is trying to unravel a mystery: What is causing earthquakes in the town of Guy, Arkansas?

Since September 20, the community of 549 residents north of Little Rock has experienced an almost constant shaking from 487 measurable earthquakes.

"We've had 15 today including a 3.1 (magnitude) from this morning," Scott Ausbrooks, geohazards supervisor for the Geological Survey, said Monday. "These are shallow quakes between two and eight kilometers (between one-and-a-quarter and five miles) below the surface."

New Madrid

This is NOT nothing new !

This is the same area as below.









The Mw4.0 and Mw3.8 earthquakes on October 11 and 15, 2010 were felt widely across Arkansas. Since the beginning of October, central Arkansas has experienced hundreds of small earthquakes but only a few have been large enough to be felt outside the local area. Central Arkansas has a history of earthquake activity with a swarm of thousands of earthquakes smaller than magnitude 4.5 to 4.7 in the early 1980s and another swarm in 2001. During the last six months, central Arkansas has experienced more earthquakes than the New Madrid seismic zone (NMSZ), traditionally accepted as the most seismically active area east of the Rocky Mountains. The Center for Earthquake Research and Information (CERI) at the University of Memphis and the Arkansas Geological Survey (AGS) have deployed a local seismic array in the Greenbrier-Enola, Arkansas, area to augment regional seismic stations to carefully monitor this situation. USGS scientists have been working with their AGS and CERI colleagues. The CERI and AGS array and personnel are the best source of the most current information about the new earthquake swarm. The AGS and CERI are investigating whether the recent earthquakes are naturally occurring or related to human activities. The earthquake locations plotted on the maps above are from AGS and CERI data catalogs.

Magnitude is escalating not diminishing.

First, the quakes in the OP are not associated with the New Madrid fault.

I live near New Madrid area and often check the maps - have for years...weird thing I do..

What I've really noticed is odd is that lack of New Madrid quake lately - which seems to coincide with the fact that Guy, AR is just a shaking (well, barely, but still)...

Anyway, used to be (and I'm serious when I say I've looked at these for years) - that about 20 micro tremors were recorded in NM area each month (usually about 200 measured events per year)....Here's just a random list from 2007 showing the micro tremors in the region, and you can easily see New Madrid averages 20 or so per 30 day period: [link to web.archive.org]

To see more archived lists for the area, see: [link to web.archive.org]

Check out the more RECENT (not archived) lists though - notice the lack of New Madrid events, but dang Guy, AR is just nuts....if you scroll through, back to say June, you'll see a noted decrease of Guy events and more normal frequency of NM events....:

[link to folkworm.ceri.memphis.edu]

Thing is, New Madrid is an entirely different set of geology! Still I wonder if there is some interconnectedness. I've been looking at these for years and I just think the decrease of NM events - coinciding with the increase of Guy events - is rather odd!

I was just about to add that the Guy, AR quakes are probably gas related....

Good article!

Now, still have to wonder....why does the increase in Guy quakes seem to decrease the New Madrid ones?

You are going to LEAVE TEXAS?! Who leaves Texas?! Really! Just stay here! Buy some guns, drink some sweet tea and chill!

You do realize this is GLP right? Did you think you were reading posts from yahoo news or something, DOOM is what its about.

This is what happens when you give the earth the biggest shot of crap ever known. That's one big dirty needle!

Bill Clinton grew up there and Mother Earth has been infected at that spot and is having chills and a fever.

Grow up ! This is normal. My God what doom people you are !
A little earthquake and you go nuts thinking it is the end of the world. What children you are !!!!! What if it rains
you 're gonna think Noah's flood is on it's way.


Yup 20 quakes in 48 hours hmmmmm sound normal to me. Maybe you need to grow up or just shut up would be better.

FOX News .
By SARAH EDDINGTON, Associated Press Sarah Eddington, Associated Press – Thu Feb 17, 9:45 am ET
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Jim Sutterfield was briefly puzzled by a thumping sound that seemed to slam the back of his office chair. But when the small-town Arkansas fire chief turned and saw no one was around, he quickly realized it was just an earthquake — again.

"That was only my second time to feel one, but others here have felt them for three or four months now," Greenbrier chief Jim Sutterfield said after feeling the latest tremor on Wednesday. "Now when it happens, people say, 'Well, there's another one.'"

Several small earthquakes ranging in magnitude from 1.8 to 3.8 have rattled the north-central Arkansas cities of Greenbrier and Guy this week, and the cause is unknown.

The U.S. Geological Survey has reported more than 30 earthquakes in the area since Sunday, including a magnitude 3.8 quake Thursday morning and at least 16 others occurring Wednesday, two of which were magnitude 3.2 and 3.5. More than 700 quakes have occurred in the region over the past six months.

I set up a notification email from usgs, everytime there is an earthquake I get notified. I can verify, as I have the New Madrid Fault line selected as my criteria, that the past week, Arkansas has had 10+ earthquakes everyday. It had settled down the past few months, however, it now has me worried. I think the New Madrid is going to blow, hence FEMA's bids for supplies, etc. It's not if it's going to happen, it's when.

OHHH FUCK

4X3=12 reversed is 21!!!

Since A is the first letter of the word Arkansas

4-1+3-1=5 5!!! The month of May!!!

May 21!!!!!!

ARK! Holy shit!!!!

Arkansas....where the men are men and the sheep are nervous.....

Thread with local comments... Thread: ###LOOK AT THE QUAKES IN GUY, AR!###

The shills are back on this thread. why?

Cause something is happening and they want to quell panic.

If you scroll down at the following link you can see photographs of the damage from the New Madrid eq 1811

[link to libraryphoto.cr.usgs.gov]

some of you know how big a deal this could be

yeah, its a big fracking deal. where is the link to that freaking fracking post? are there not natural gas reserves or a pan handle running thru US, Mexico and Canada?
just where does all that water go? still dont think its b/c of fracking, its mother earth coming alive!

[link to www.npr.org]



There was a 3.2-magnitude earthquake at 6:18 a.m. local time this morning near Greenbrier, Ark., the U.S. Geological Survey reports. That's in the north central part of the state.

But that's hardly the whole story.

Since Sunday, USGS says, there have been more than 50 earthquakes in that area. And, local station KATV reported yesterday, there have been more than 700 in the past six months

still Odd



[link to www.npr.org]

12:50 pm

January 27, 2011


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by Mark Memmott

For those still wondering why thousands of birds died in Beebe, Ark., on New Year's Eve and thousands more fish washed up dead around the same time in a river to to the west near the Oklahoma border:

— The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission says "three laboratories' test results on red-winged blackbirds that died in Beebe's Windwood neighborhood Dec. 31 show the cause of death was blunt-force trauma."

It adds that "it appears unusually loud noises, reported shortly before the birds began to fall, caused the birds to flush from the large roost. Additional New Year's Eve fireworks in the area may have forced the birds to fly at a lower altitude than normal. Blackbirds have poor night vision and typically do not fly at night."

The startled birds crashed into things — trees, buildings, utility poles — and died.

— But the commission says that "the exact cause of the Arkansas River fish kill that took place on Dec. 29, 2010, still eludes biologists." They've been able to rule out bacterial and viral infections. Toxins do not appear to be to blame.

"Unfortunately, we probably will never know exactly what killed these fish," said AGFC Assistant Chief of Fisheries Chris Racey. "But the testing has eliminated the largest public concerns of disease, parasites and toxins. We have no reason to think fish caught in the Arkansas River are unsafe to eat