I would tend to doubt it would be related to removing natural gas. You would tend to get sink holes rather then earthquakes. Earthquakes are tectonic plate movements.
As long as Texas builds houses with basic, known earthquake standards you'll be fine for the most part. Earthquakes in houses are not so much of a problem really. Stuff may fall down, etc, but most of the houses built before standards were put in place have already fallen down or been retrofitted. Larger office building complexes are a different story, but for a 3.x scale quake, well, that's small. Steven On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 10:34 AM, Jonathan Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The trouble is that water is much denser than natural gas. So in the same > volume, you have more mass. Plus the replacment isn't simultaneous with > extraction, there is a delay. All in all, it's turned a static system into > a dynamic system, so accounting for a reason becomes icredibly difficult. > > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:49 PM, Sherry Abercrombie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: >> >> I have no idea if they will be able to determine that. I do know that the >> drilling companies are replacing what they take out by pumping water back >> into the ground, so is it really a valid possibility? Who knows. There >> were/are definitely opponents to the urban drilling around here, but they >> had their chance to do something about it a couple of years ago when the >> city council was debating and studying the pro's and con's of this, they >> have signs in their yards saying "No Urban Drilling". Personally, to lease >> the rights to drill the natural gas under my property made me about $6000.00 >> richer this year. I'm not complaining too much about urban drilling ;) >> And, I know for sure that some of those with signs opposing the drilling in >> their yards, took the check from the gas company all the way to their bank. >> >> Ok, rant turned off now..... >> >> >> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>> Hmm, a troubling coincidence to say the least. Is there any way that >>> include/exclude that as a possible cause? >>> >>> -- >>> ME2 >>> >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 12:28 PM, Sherry Abercrombie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> wrote: >>> > I didn't actually know what it was until I heard about it on the radio >>> > this >>> > morning on my way to work. Interestingly, what I heard on the radio is >>> > not >>> > included in that link, they (meaning the USGS) are wondering if it is >>> > linked >>> > to all the drilling for natural gas that has absolutely exploded in our >>> > area, including urban drilling. There are at least 5 or 6 wells that >>> > have >>> > been or are being drilled within a 2 mile radius of my home. >>> > >>> > On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 11:11 AM, Micheal Espinola Jr >>> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> Wow! I've always wondered what that would be like... >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> ME2 >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> On Fri, Oct 31, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Sherry Abercrombie >>> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> >> wrote: >>> >> > >>> >> > http://www.nbcdfw.com/news/local/30_Earthquake_Rattles_North_Texas.html >>> >> > >>> >> > So, for you Californians, not a big deal, but for this native Fort >>> >> > Worthian, >>> >> > it's a pretty major deal especially since I woke up at about 11:25 >>> >> > last >>> >> > night thinking I had heard something outside or that something had >>> >> > hit >>> >> > the >>> >> > house..... >>> >> > >>> >> > -- >>> >> > Sherry Abercrombie >>> >> > >>> >> > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from >>> >> > magic." >>> >> > Arthur C. Clarke >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> > >>> >> >>> >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > -- >>> > Sherry Abercrombie >>> > >>> > "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." >>> > Arthur C. Clarke >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> >>> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ >>> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ >> >> >> >> -- >> Sherry Abercrombie >> >> "Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." >> Arthur C. Clarke >> >> >> >> > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
