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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
9 Earthquakes Rock North Texas In Less Than A Day
2015-01-07
USGS geophysicist Jana Pursley added that Tuesday’s earthquakes were the “largest since the earthquakes started happening there in the last year.”

“This is the largest earthquake in Irving since the ’70s. That’s as far back as our catalog goes,” said USGS geophysicist Jessica Turner. “There hasn’t been anything like this at all, so it’s new.”

Researchers are relying on equipment installed all over Irving to help understand what is going on with the most recent string of quakes. However, even more equipment is needed in the area to really get a full picture of the shaking. A team from Southern Methodist University was in Irving on Monday to install an additional seismometer.

Geophysicists said that this many earthquakes indicates stress in the Earth’s crust that needs to be relieved.
Posted by:Keyser Soze1995

#6  The gods are not pleased with the NFL officiating of the Cowboys - Lions game.
Posted by: Glenmore   2015-01-07 23:22  

#5  In a DFW bunker. Didn't feel a thing.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-01-07 22:31  

#4  Only a couple gas wells in the area from what I read. Last well was over 4 years ago, been capped, and frack waste wells were drilled but not in that area.
Posted by: OldSpook   2015-01-07 19:56  

#3  USGS geophysicist Jana Pursley added that Tuesday’s earthquakes were the “largest since the earthquakes started happening there in the last year.

So you're saying there have never been earthquakes in the area for hundreds or thousands of years? Or we're just now getting around to pay attention?
Posted by: Procopius2k   2015-01-07 19:07  

#2  Yes, was rather taken with

Dig dig dig diggity dig dig dig dig,


An epic poem
Posted by: Shipman   2015-01-07 18:40  

#1  Geophysicists said that this many earthquakes indicates stress in the Earth’s crust that needs to be relieved.

And that''s why we

Frack, frack, frack, frack, frack.

/Anice Nim
Posted by: Shipman   2015-01-07 18:39  

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