Subject: Re: SD Quakes
From: Thomas Dick dickthomas01@.............
Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:55:08 -0600
On 11/17/2011 6:32 PM, chrisatupw@....... wrote:
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> From: Randall Pratt
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> Sent: Thu, 17 Nov 2011 22:53
> Subject: SD Quakes
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> I’ve researched a bit more on drilling and I don’t believe there is
> any relation here. There are 3 old wells in the 6 to 10 thousand foot
> range but all are listed as wildcat dry holes in the state records.
> The nearest production appears to be about 15 miles northwest.
> http://denr.sd.gov/des/og/maps/fallriver.gif The quakes are in sec 35
> of 11S 5E. Looking at the USGS sites there seems to be a pattern of
> historical activity roughly following the Nebraska South Dakota border
> and these would fit that pattern
> http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/south_dakota/seismicity.php
> Randy
I see another quake occurred last night. I think I remember a fault line
running from NE Oklahoma into SW South Dakota....but the current
activity smells of well drilling .....sorry for the pun
On 11/17/2011 6:32 PM, chrisatupw@....... wrote:
I’ve
researched a bit more on drilling and I don’t
believe there is any relation here. There are 3 old
wells in the 6 to 10 thousand foot range but all are
listed as wildcat dry holes in the state records.
The nearest production appears to be about 15 miles
northwest. http://denr.sd.gov/des/og/maps/fallriver.gif
The quakes are in sec 35 of 11S 5E. Looking at the
USGS sites there seems to be a pattern of historical
activity roughly following the Nebraska South Dakota
border and these would fit that pattern http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/south_dakota/seismicity.php
Randy
I see another quake occurred last night. I think I remember a fault
line running from NE Oklahoma into SW South Dakota....but the
current activity smells of well drilling .....sorry for the pun