Louisiana rattled by strongest earthquake in decades

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Source: USA Today

An unusual earthquake early Thursday, March 5 in northwestern Louisiana awoke people from their sleep, shook furniture, rattled pipes and raised eyebrows due to its strength.

The U.S. Geological Survey previously reported that the magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck about 5:30 a.m. March 5 with its epicenter just north of Coushatta, about 50 miles from Shreveport. Later, the earthquake was upgraded to a magnitude 4.9.

The 4.9 earthquake is the strongest in the region in decades, USGS data shows.

Republican state Sen. Thomas Pressly of Shreveport, Louisiana said he was awakened by the earthquake.

Read more: https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/louisiana-rattled-strongest-earthquake-decades-152754643.html

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Fracking?

[ananda]

1. Fracking?

Or is Louisiana on a fault?

[Lovie777]

2. I know about earthquakes...........

earth moves.

ignoring earth's climate changes won't fair well with the ignorant rich people.

[TomSlick]

4. Louisiana sits on a sedimentary basin and every now and then sediment moves.

Unlike a tectonic plate earthquake, Louisiana has earthquakes that are shallow and usually relatively minor.

[ananda]

6. Thank you.

That makes sense.

[SergeStorms]

5. My first thought as well.

If not in Louisiana proper, Arkansas and Oklahoma are fracking states and they're right next door.

[C Moon]

3. Don't go around tonight. Well, it's bound to take your life. There's a bad moon on the rise.

[Mawspam2]

7. Trump never refilled the SPR after Biden used them...

...now the salt mines are collapsing.

The Strategic Petroleum Reserve only has 20 days of oil in them.