"Felt like an explosion": Texas

Fracking...

Fracking from the natural gas drilling. There are many natural gas wells in that area, it is the Barnett Shale. That is my speculation.

How many earth quakes have you been in that had a loud boom?

Common guys its not earth quakes, aliens or sonic booms. But it is your government at work.

December 12, 2012 9:05 PM
FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - – The U.S. Geological Survey confirms a 2.6 magnitude earthquake shook the ground near Burleson shortly after 8 p.m.Wednesday night.

According to the preliminary report, the earthquake reached a depth of 8.1 miles and was centered about three miles away from Burleson. No damage was reported.

Fort Worth police Capt. Kevin Rodricks tells the Fort Worth Star-Telegram that 911 operators were flooded with calls from residents of southwest Fort Worth who reported “a loud bang, followed by tremors.”

“It shook the whole house,” said Tina Enriquez, who is used to earthquakes having grown up in California. “My husband came out of the back and said it felt like the whole house came up and slammed back down.” [link to dfw.cbslocal.com]

Fracking...

Have you ever heard a boom with a quake? More going on than a quake here.










You are an idiot also...just like Mr. High School....or maybe you are Mr. High School also....

Let me say once again....they have been fracking OIL wells for years with no evidence of causing seismic events and a handful of gas wells in the Burleson area certainly isn't going to cause any....why? Cause they don't G DAMN frack gas wells idiots!

The north central and east Texas areas have been heavily gas drilled and fracked and yes, the increased seismic activity is most likely a result of fracking . . . in the Burleson instance, not sure what the "loud bang" could be, but you notice in the story one person said it "felt like the whole house came up and slammed back down” and another said shaking was so mild, he didn’t know it was an earthquake at first and compared it to the rumble you might feel if a large truck barreled in front of your house . . . so there's no way to know if there actually was a "loud bang" or explosion. No reports of lights or fires, etc. as far as what I've read.

People in this part of Texas need to educate themselves about drilling and fracking and how it correlates to seismic activity.

The north central and east Texas areas have been heavily gas drilled and fracked and yes, the increased seismic activity is most likely a result of fracking . . . in the Burleson instance, not sure what the "loud bang" could be, but you notice in the story one person said it "felt like the whole house came up and slammed back down” and another said shaking was so mild, he didn’t know it was an earthquake at first and compared it to the rumble you might feel if a large truck barreled in front of your house . . . so there's no way to know if there actually was a "loud bang" or explosion. No reports of lights or fires, etc. as far as what I've read.

People in this part of Texas need to educate themselves about drilling and fracking and how it correlates to seismic activity.

Let me say once again....they have been fracking OIL wells for years with no evidence of causing seismic events and a handful of gas wells in the Burleson area certainly isn't going to cause any....why? Cause they don't G DAMN frack gas wells idiots!

That is, without doubt, one of the most ignorant and uninformed statements ever made on this forum about this topic.

You know nothing about this issue, so please educate yourself.

Btw, you should hope your username claim is false . . .