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Fourth Strongest Quake In Texas History Rattles Nation’s Largest Fracking Region
December 17, 2022
By Tyler Durden
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattled parts of the Permian basin on Friday. The area is the largest oil-producing region in the US, located in West Texas — and has more fracking operations than anywhere in the world.
The US Geological Survey said the quake struck northwest of Midland around 5:35 pm local time; and three minutes later, a tremor of magnitude 3.3 followed.
It’s the second time in 30 days that a sizeable quake has hit the West Texas region. The last was Nov. 16, when a 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit the area.
“I thought it was the wind until I realized the wind wouldn’t be making the light fixtures sway. Midland will get tremors that are rarely even felt but that was a full blown earthquake,” someone in West Texas tweeted.
Michael Bryant
Dec 16, 2022
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I honestly thought #Putin had got us. I walked outside to look for a mushroom cloud and asked my neighbor, we live in Green Tree, if Midland had earthquakes (we’re new here) and he said, “we just did”. Fuck that…..
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Ok, thank you! I was sitting in my house wondering if I just hallucinated that!
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I thought it was the wind until I realized the wind wouldn’t be making the light fixtures sway. Midland will get tremors that are rarely even felt but that was a full blown earthquake.
5:50 PM · Dec 16, 2022
CONTINUE HERE: https://www.activistpost.com/2022/12/fourth-strongest-quake-in-texas-history-rattles-nations-largest-fracking-region.html
December 17, 2022
By Tyler Durden
A magnitude 5.4 earthquake rattled parts of the Permian basin on Friday. The area is the largest oil-producing region in the US, located in West Texas — and has more fracking operations than anywhere in the world.
The US Geological Survey said the quake struck northwest of Midland around 5:35 pm local time; and three minutes later, a tremor of magnitude 3.3 followed.
It’s the second time in 30 days that a sizeable quake has hit the West Texas region. The last was Nov. 16, when a 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit the area.
“I thought it was the wind until I realized the wind wouldn’t be making the light fixtures sway. Midland will get tremors that are rarely even felt but that was a full blown earthquake,” someone in West Texas tweeted.
Michael Bryant
Dec 16, 2022
@mbryant5750
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I honestly thought #Putin had got us. I walked outside to look for a mushroom cloud and asked my neighbor, we live in Green Tree, if Midland had earthquakes (we’re new here) and he said, “we just did”. Fuck that…..
WallfLower Power
@ellawscott
Replying to @mbryant5750
Ok, thank you! I was sitting in my house wondering if I just hallucinated that!
Wallflower Power
@ellawscott
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I thought it was the wind until I realized the wind wouldn’t be making the light fixtures sway. Midland will get tremors that are rarely even felt but that was a full blown earthquake.
5:50 PM · Dec 16, 2022
CONTINUE HERE: https://www.activistpost.com/2022/12/fourth-strongest-quake-in-texas-history-rattles-nations-largest-fracking-region.html
