6/13/2015 >> ALABAMA Earthquakes << confuse “professionals” — Nevermind the old Oil + Fracking operation @ the Epicenter

 6/13/2015
—> Alabama Earthquakes <—
confuse “professionals”
 Nevermind the old Oil + Fracking operation
@ the Epicenter

INSERTED NOTE:
They are purposely working on the fault lines = Madrid Fault lines
that run  through Alabama.. to create one huge group of
earthquakes -- and I think it will be as soon as September
if not before !
That's my (common sense) 2 cents worth
jbs


Main stream media is currently running a story regarding the uptick in earthquake activity which has struck the state of Alabama.
In all the news stories, we see the “professionals” play acting like they’re confused, making claims that they “don’t know” what is causing these rare Alabama M3.0+ earthquakes.
Nevermind the giant former oil / gas pumping operation that is directly at the location ! (USGS epicenter coordinates 32.937°N , 88.004°W)


Ironically, I’ve caught the USGS literally DELETING earthquakes from this location before – an attempt to protect the oil/gas producers, and obfuscate basic science!  Shame on the USGS for this.
http://dutchsinse.com/2272015-rare-alabama-3-1m-earthquake-near-fracking-operation-usgs-hiding-censoring-earthquakes/
Upon inspection of the area moving in Alabama (seen from high resolution satellite images), we can clearly see the former oil / gas pads still cut out in the rural woods outside of Tuscaloosa, AL.
The NEW operations have been moved a few miles Northeast – surrounding the city of Tuscaloosa directly.   The newer operations are even more densely packed, and are also clearly visible from high above. 33°12’55.01″N , 87°23’39.95″W
The news article below briefly mentions the larger oil operations in the adjacent counties, but then completely fails to mention the former operation which is actually at the earthquake epicenter location.
Obviously this is a case of OLD WELLS FRACTURING due to major Craton pressure.   The fractured wells are releasing liquid under pressure into the surrounding bedrock, which then places unwanted hydraulic pressure on the fault zones below, ultimately causing earthquakes.

Above: Past 7 days of earthquakes M3.0+ in the United States. Every single earthquake seen in the midwest is at a fracking operation. Not one single event over the past 7 days (on the South portion of the craton) is actually a “natural” event. All these earthquakes occurred directly below current or older oil / gas pumping operations – Oklahoma, Kansas, and Alabama

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Main Stream Media article here:
http://news.yahoo.com/swarm-earthquakes-rattles-rural-alabama-reason-unclear-124125320.html

Swarm of earthquakes rattles rural Alabama; reason unclear

“EUTAW, Ala. (AP) — Jim Sterling didn’t know what had hit his 156-year-old antebellum home when an earthquake struck Alabama’s old plantation region early one morning last November. Startled, he grabbed a gun and ran outdoors.

 

In the pre-dawn chill, Sterling said, he found an odd scene: horses were galloping, cows mooing and dogs barking.

“I heard a boom and felt the shaking,” Sterling said. “It really upset me.”
More than a dozen weak earthquakes have followed in the seven months since in west Alabama’s rural Greene County, and geologists are trying to figure out what is causing the seismic swarm in an area of the South more prone to tornadoes than earthquakes.
“It is interesting that recently there has been more activity there than in the last four decades,” said Sandy Ebersole, an earthquake expert with the Geological Survey of Alabama.
Records from the U.S. Geological Survey show the first of 14 earthquakes occurred on Nov. 20, when a magnitude 3.8 earthquake was recorded about 10 miles northwest of the community of Eutaw. The second occurred in mid-December, followed by another in January and three within a few hours of each other on Feb. 19.

The tremors have continued ever since, with the most recent occurring June 6, when a magnitude 3.0 quake rattled the area. All the tremors have been weaker than the initial jolt in November, and Ebersole said some have been too slight for residents to detect.

Located about 35 miles from Tuscaloosa, the whole of Greene County has only about 8,700 residents, and the area where the quakes are occurring is sparsely populated. Farmlands and forests are dotted by hunting preserves and old homes left over from Alabama’s past as a cotton-producing, slave-holding state.

Experts have installed a seismic monitor in a field to enable them to get better information about the quakes, none of which has caused major damage. Ebersole said researchers are trying to rule out potential causes such as blasting for quarries and sonic booms. They’ve even held meetings with rattled area residents.
The quakes could be linked to underground cracks, or faults, found in the area in recent years at varying depths, Ebersole said. But just what has been causing the ground to shake is unclear.

One potential source that regulators are discounting is hydraulic fracturing or “fracking,” a process for extracting underground oil or natural gas that has been blamed for earthquake swarms elsewhere, including Oklahoma. Wastewater is sometimes injected underground, a method the government has blamed for quakes.

While Greene County is on the edge of Alabama’s primary region for oil and gas production, state geologist Nick Tew said no such production or disposal work is going on in the area where the quakes are occurring.

The mysterious shaking has left residents like Mark McClelland to protect themselves in the only way they can.

“After the second or third one I went to get some earthquake insurance,” said McClelland. “It’s not bad, about $150 a year.”

The hearty construction methods and thick timbers used in his 163-old Greek Revival mansion provide some comfort to Barden Smedberg, who operates the house as a wedding venue and a bed and breakfast. One of the earliest quakes shook loose curtain rods from window frames at his Everhope Plantation, he said. But no other damage has occurred.

“This house has been here since 1852. I don’t think it’s going anywhere,” said Smedberg.

Even without much damage or a major shake to date, Sterling said he would still like to know what is causing the quakes.

“A lot of people are wondering what’s going on,” he said.”

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Information on the most current Alabama earthquake from the USGS:

M3.0 – 15km NW of Eutaw, Alabama

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20002mky#scientific_origin:us_us20002mky

Magnitude/uncertainty	3.0 mb_lg± 0.0
Location/uncertainty	32.937°N 88.004°W± 2.6 km
Depth/uncertainty	6.2 km± 6.4
Origin Time	2015-06-06 18:09:34.960 UTC
Number of Stations	–
Number of Phases	81
Minimum Distance	8.57 km (0.08°)
Travel Time Residual	0.89 sec
Azimuthal Gap	64°
FE Region	Alabama (505)