2/24/2013 -- Texas Fracking Earthquake -- Glenn Heights -- 2.5M quake on the flank of a huge operation

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2013 February 24 12:56:03 UTC

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Magnitude	2.5
Date-Time	Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 12:56:03 UTC Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 06:56:03 AM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	32.545°N, 96.863°W
Depth	5 km (3.1 miles)
Region	NORTHERN TEXAS
Distances	0 km (0 miles) WNW of Glenn Heights, Texas 4 km (2 miles) S of DeSoto, Texas 6 km (3 miles) NW of Red Oak, Texas 9 km (5 miles) ESE of Cedar Hill, Texas

Picture 1: Zoom in on closest Frac Well

Picture 2: Large fracking operation west of Texas EQ

Picture 3: Subdivisions of new houses.. highschools.. elementary schools.. and a reservoir.. AND injection wells

Picture 4: Just west of the large quarry in picture 2..

 

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Love how they have whole subdivisions, schools, and a LOT of “reservoir” water conservation areas directly around (and inside of) these operations.

Imagine buying one of these new houses down there — kids going to a new school.. and right next to your new house, AND next to your kids school, there are multiple thousands of natural gas tanks, gas pipelines, and polluted lakes/creeks everywhere.

Each injection well has its own amount of “acceptable” leakage, out gas releases, and even safety flaring that can occur if too much pressure builds.

Here is an example of a gas well flare pit in Texas: