Arkansas Earthquakes...Guy, Greenbrier...Many Suspect Fracking and Injection Wells. Will They Trigger the Big One?

The world has been watching.  Everyone knows earthquakes happen, but they think of California, or the Ring of Fire.  No one would imagine the once sleepy town of Guy, Arkansas as the center of an earthquake storm. We have experienced over 700 earthquakes in the space of six months.  Seismologists have labeled this an official swarm and have peddled the idea that this is a seismically sensitive area and that no one should be alarmed.  Well, that's not going over very well with the populace.  People have been rocked while sitting on their commodes, cabinets have fallen off the walls, cracks have been appearing in foundations and some framing.  People are frightened.  Geologist Scott Ausbrooks from the Arkansas Geological Survey has said he ruled out fracking and is studying injection wells as the possible culprit.  Meanwhile, people in the area agree with him regarding the injection wells, but still think the whole process of fracking is contributing to this.  Mr. Ausbrooks is quoted in Planetsave: "It could just be a naturally occurring swarm like the Enola swarm, or it could be related to ongoing natural gas exploration in the area,” Scott Ausbrooks, geohazards supervisor for the Arkansas Geological Survey, said.

The earthquakes in the past week have been increasing in number and intensity some over 4.0 on the Richter Scale.  They have been centered a little south of Guy, in Greenbrier and have also been felt by people in the larger town of Conway, AR.  Why doesn't Governor Beebe call for a real moratorium on injection wells so we can see if the hypothesis is correct?  If earthquakes are caused by injection wells, we should stop injecting immediately.  Why not stop for a month?  We could see if the quakes stop.  Right now, many, many, many people believe our government is courting a huge disaster.  What if they trigger "the big one?"  Even Mr. Ausbrooks warns people to have emergency preparedness measures in place.  WHY, if there is no danger?  Read the entire Planetsave article here.