Colorado has been struck by a noteworthy M4.0 earthquake at the Trinidad, CO oil + gas pumping (fracking injection) operation.
This is the largest earthquake to strike Colorado in a fairly long time, well over a year.
This M4.0 range fracking operation movement was expected to occur this week, (read below for more information).
Clearly this location is part of a much larger gas injection / extraction operation.
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The earthquake forecast issued 6 days ago SPECIFICALLY called for M4.0 earthquake activity to strike the midwest Colorado + Oklahoma fracking operations this week.
Today (Feb. 6), hours before this earthquake in Colorado, we saw another near M4.0 earthquake strike due East at the Oklahoma fracking operations.
Both the Colorado + Oklahoma earthquakes struck directly below large pumping / fracking operations – this was expected.
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We indeed were expecting to see this size of movement occur in the midwest, although “rare” , this activity was forecast to occur.
See the forecast video talking about the expected midwest + Colorado fracking operation earthquakes from January 30, 2016:
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Information on the Colorado and Oklahoma fracking earthquakes from the USGS:
M4.0 – 42km WSW of Trinidad, Colorado
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20004yg7#scientific_origin
| Magnitude/uncertainty | 4.0 ml± 0.1 |
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| Location/uncertainty | 37.080 °N 104.966 °W± 3.1 km |
| Depth/uncertainty | 1.7 km± 7.1 |
| Origin Time | 2016-02-06 23:09:10.910 UTC |
| Number of Stations | – |
| Number of Phases | 29 |
| Minimum Distance | 49.76 km (0.45°) |
| Travel Time Residual | 1.09 sec |
| Azimuthal Gap | 64° |
| FE Region | COLORADO (479) |
M3.8 – 2km W of Medford, Oklahoma
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us20004ye0#scientific_origin
| Magnitude/uncertainty | 3.8 mb_lg± 0.0 |
|---|---|
| Location/uncertainty | 36.810 °N 97.765 °W± 1.1 km |
| Depth/uncertainty | 4.3 km± 6.1 |
| Origin Time | 2016-02-06 20:39:09.280 UTC |
| Number of Stations | – |
| Number of Phases | 64 |
| Minimum Distance | 1.56 km (0.01°) |
| Travel Time Residual | 0.36 sec |
| Azimuthal Gap | 30° |
| FE Region | OKLAHOMA (499) |
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Original Article:http://dutchsinse.com/2062016-colorado-shaken-up-by-rare-m4-0-fracking-earthquake-forecast-area-hits/
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