The cause for the Colorado earthquake swarm has been found !
It is a frac (fracking) / drilling operation… spanning miles around the earthquake zone.. the earthquake epicenter — of ALL the recent quakes — rests inside this drilling area.
To be more precise.. it is a coal bed methane fracking operation: here is the link to one of the local operators nearby:
XTO energy — Coal bed methane fracking
Here are the coordinates, so you can look it up on google earth to see how big this operation actually is :
37.145°N, 104.719°W
watch the video here:
About frac (fracking) :
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydraulic_fracturing
| Magnitude | 2.9 |
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| Location | 37.145°N, 104.719°W |
| Depth | 3.2 km (2.0 miles) (poorly constrained) |
| Region | COLORADO |
| Distances | 19 km (11 miles) W of Trinidad, Colorado 37 km (22 miles) NW of Raton, New Mexico 52 km (32 miles) S of Walsenburg, Colorado 288 km (178 miles) S of DENVER, Colorado |
| Location Uncertainty | horizontal +/- 5.5 km (3.4 miles); depth +/- 8.2 km (5.1 miles) |
| Parameters | NST= 17, Nph= 27, Dmin=3.3 km, Rmss=1.51 sec, Gp= 83°, M-type=local magnitude (ML), Version=8 |
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