People in the Greenbrier area are certain of one thing: as the drilling and fracking increased in their area so did the earthquakes. Greenbrier resident, Dirk Deturck lives on a ridge between Guy and Greenbrier. He was watching the rigs. As soon as they increased drilling and fracking on the Greenbrier side, then the Greenbrier quakes started increasing in intensity and frequency. "They feel really different now." Deturck said. He described the sensation as waves rolling underneath them and when it hit it sounds like a "boom." He believes the injection wells have a lot to do with the quakes, but blames all of the activity including fracking and compressor stations. During the snow storm Deturk noticed all gas activity stopped: no compressors running, no drilling, no fracking and no injecting. Guess what? He said he looked at USGS data and there were no earthquakes for three days following the snow. He also noticed a cluster of small quakes on the Tennessee side of the Mississippi River the same day as some larger ones in Greenbrier. He feared the gas production could trigger a "big one" and possibly set off the New Madrid Fault. We've had many assurances from experts from AGS that that will PROBABLY never happen, but still they tell us to make plans for emergency preparedness. Interesting.
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