4.1 Earthquake in Eastern Texas

this 4.1 a very bad sign.

Ahh that would explain it. Thanks.

I've watched too much Battlestar Galactic too much!

actuallly..............hummmmm

Superbowl...something wicked comes

It's just a bunch of clay soil over that way...not very conducive for typical earthquakes, if you know what I mean.

lol I like that show!
didnt catch the reference cos of the quake context of the thread lol

FRACK!

Sounds like another one caused by fracking. Irving, Texas had a 3.0 +/- the other day.

It's 200 to 400 ft of clay and sand over salt pillows. There are several fault lines in Texas. Main one runs along hwy 35 San Antonio through Dallas to the northeast.

Earthquakes do happen here, several times a year. This is nothing out of the ordinary.

Clay? Seems very sandy over there.

I live here in E. Teaxs I did not feel it, but it was closer to where my mom lives (further East Texas), I think that is why. They are drilling and have been drilling all around her, that can add to the problem.

Last Edited by NZREva on 01/25/2013 10:01 AM

I'd like to take a look-see at that. Do you have a link to the map?

oh man...

that shouldn´t be, but it´s cruise.

totally cruise

I'm in East Texas, no movement here.

Sinkhole, New Madrid, nuke testing, pick your poison

Too bad the epicenter wasn't under Jerry Jones stadium.

FOOLS. Stupid FOOLS. There are many faults in Texas.

Just not alot of activity.

To all the want to link to the sinkhole idiots joking around go put your heads back in your asses.

Its called the NEW MADRID and your part of it in TEXAS.

Get out a map.

There has been many earthquake swarms lately in Nevada as well.

The soil in San Antonio/Austin is quite a bit different from that of east Texas. The hill country is rock/limestone over that way, unlike here where it is clay/gumbo.

Are the US Strategic Oil Reserves in that line?

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The Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) is the world's largest supply of emergency crude oil. The federally-owned oil stocks are stored in huge underground salt caverns along the coastline of the Gulf of Mexico.
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The Gulf of Mexico was a logical choice for oil storage sites. More than 500 salt domes, known to be an inexpensive and secure means of petroleum storage, are concentrated along the coast. Also, the Gulf Coast is the location of many U.S. refineries and distribution points for tankers, barges and pipelines. In April 1977, the government acquired several existing salt caverns to serve as the first storage sites. Construction of the first surface facilities began in June 1977.

Central Texas, didn't feel anything.

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[link to www.lib.utexas.edu]

The Balcones Fault is easily seen from San Antonio north through Austin and up to Waco. Large limestone cliffs along the rift are areas where the fault uplifted and exposed the rock beneath. One good example is the Lover's Leap in Cameron Park along the Brazos and Bosque Rivers in Waco.
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Southern OK, and didn't feel anything here, I'm about an hour and a half from Dallas. I was in surgery on the 23rd so I didn't feel that one either, but I was out like a light. I do live in the country and they are fracking about 3 minutes from my house, but not directly on my land. It's been crazy to hear drilling and booms all over since 2011. As soon as they finish drilling in one spot they move on to the next one.

Really big shake in central Texas just seconds ago, lasted just a couple of seconds. Anyone else feel it? Don't know if it was a quake or not. We get a lot of booms around here but this was a real rattler!

whata fuck was this shit, negro??

EQ in Texas??