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NoodlesrTuff1256 t1_j9ni3s3 wrote

Reply to comment by GlutenFree_Paper in Magnitude 7.2 earthquake strikes Tajikistan, near border with China by Papppi-56

Even the 'heartland' of the US is not immune to quakes. Here in St. Louis and also in our neighbor to the south, Memphis, we wonder what will happen if the New Madrid Seismic Zone reawakens and there's a rerun of what happened in the winter of 1811/1812. Not just one but three massive earthquakes shook our then sparsely populated region at the time. One of the quakes was estimated by scientists to have perhaps been as powerful as an '8' with the other two easily equaling the ones that just devastated parts of Turkey and Syria.

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nurglingshaman t1_j9nvswk wrote

I woke up from feeling the earthquake in Oklahoma a long while back, and I lived in Kansas City! It was scary.

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Gozillasbday t1_j9oh0rh wrote

Was that from fracking though? In actuality I assume those aren't really earthquakes? I have no idea.

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MrYellowFancyPants t1_j9oif3d wrote

If theyre talking about the 2016 one, its alleged that it was from fracking, but scientists also found a previously undiscovered fault line after it happened. IIRC it was also near a known fault line. So while fracking isn't great and can cause earthquakes, the big one in OK may not have been directly caused by it.

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nurglingshaman t1_j9p0z4g wrote

You know, I didn't even think about that! I'm not sure either.

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UncannyTarotSpread t1_j9ogpao wrote

I remember the little quake from the New Madrid fault in 2008, and that was enough to give me respect for it.

Keep sleeping, big fault.

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