4.1M Earthquake in Falls City/Karnes County

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3120]

Only 2 miles deep. Likely related to reactivated faults within Edwards Reef Trend production and/or water injection. Prob too deep for Eagleford?

There were 3 smaller earthquakes +/- 3 M a few days ago near the same location...

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2023sbec/executive

Edited September 14, 2023 by Wilcox Cummingtonite

[Wilcox Cummingtonite 3120]

https://news4sanantonio.com/news/local/san-antonio-rattled-41-magnitude-earthquake-strikes-northeast-of-falls-city-people-community-safety-weather-bexar-county

[Post Oak 20336]

Fuck. I'm I gonna have to get earthquake insurance.

[AUS-97HORN 11878]

9 minutes ago, Post Oak said:

Fuck. I'm I gonna have to get earthquake insurance.

that will be eleventy billion dollars, bend over and cough pls

[horn4life 3818]

When you drive through and see the endless well flares of operating wells that would not be profitable prior to fracking.  I would not be surprised to find in time that it is a contributory factor.  

I also thought if it was category 10+ how many two story buildings are there even in the area at risk?  

Edited September 14, 2023 by horn4life

[atomheartbevo 90058]

1 hour ago, horn4life said:

how many two story buildings are there even in the area at risk?  

[RPM 26430]

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit western Texas on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake struck about 23 miles west-southwest from Mentone, Texas, around 4:27 a.m. local time.

"You probably were just rudely awakened by an earthquake. USGS is reporting a M5.2 south of Carlsbad, NM, which occurred at 3:27am. We felt it here in Santa Teresa," the National Weather Service for El Paso, Texas, said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/53-magnitude-earthquake-hits-western-texas-rcna124155

@blacklab maybe we should change this to the All Encompassing Texas Earthquake thread

[Samson's Wig 3195]

Stop Californianing my Texas!

[crash_davis 23159]

2 hours ago, RPM said:

A 5.3-magnitude earthquake hit western Texas on Wednesday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

The quake struck about 23 miles west-southwest from Mentone, Texas, around 4:27 a.m. local time.

"You probably were just rudely awakened by an earthquake. USGS is reporting a M5.2 south of Carlsbad, NM, which occurred at 3:27am. We felt it here in Santa Teresa," the National Weather Service for El Paso, Texas, said in a post on X, formerly known as Twitter.

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/53-magnitude-earthquake-hits-western-texas-rcna124155

@blacklab maybe we should change this to the All Encompassing Texas Earthquake thread

Are they fracking way the fuck out there? 

[HRSchenker 2292]

47 minutes ago, crash_davis said:

Are they fracking way the fuck out there? 

Yeah there's a ton of oil wells and fracking sites out there. I frequently look at the USGS worldwide earthquake map and there are rumblings in that area all the damn time. Just so happened to be one big enough to wake people up. Be careful looking at the online map. You could easily waste hours of your day looking at earthquakes, googling their GPS locations, and seeing satellite footage of the epicenter. Every once in a while there will be a small one located below a house and I always wonder if it was something else that caused it like a late night trip to Chipotle.