No, I said it because nothing noteworthy came to mind.
If you wanted to be 100% accurate, you can go back through the records and find SOME sort of seismic activity, at some point, anywhere.
I could have been more clear if I said "there hasn't been any consistent or noteworthy seismic activity in the middle of Oklahoma in recorded history."
The simple fact of the matter is that you don't go from having 3 earthquakes in a century to 20+ earthquakes a day for reasons related to known natural causes. The earthquake clusters that occur regularly in places like California and Alaska are explicable (tectonics). The earthquake clusters that occur regularly in places like Hawaii and Wyoming / Montana are explicable (volcanism). The earthquake clusters that occur regularly - and recently - in Oklahoma are not attributable to any natural cause. You can be as skeptical as you wish, but that's the facts.
You said: pertaining to seismic activity in the middle of Oklahoma "No, I said it because nothing noteworthy came to mind." No no no were not gonna play that game now, you come off like ya got volumes of knowledge! and then try to explain it away by saying something like that.
Now your showing your ignorance.
You said: I could have been more clear if I said "there hasn't been any consistent or noteworthy seismic activity in the middle of Oklahoma in recorded history."
I would say the USGS has the facts on that.
1377 Earthquakes recorded between 1970 to 5/27/2015 as per the USGS Oklahoma seismicity map
First recorded earthquake in Oklahoma was in Oct 1882!
Earthquakes have been recorded in every decade since 1915!
Largest earthquake recorded 22 miles NNE of Shawnee 5.6 mag Nov 6 2011
most of these would fall in the "middle" of Oklahoma check the USGS yerself don't take my word for it.
You said: And in fairness, it's probably not really accurate to call them "earthquakes",
Again the USGS disagrees with you and calls them earthquakes and or aftershocks.
You said: The tremors measured in Oklahoma are being localized to about 3-5 km in depth
Fairview Oklaohoma fact sheet:
OGS Dr. Jeremy Boak reports,
the shallowest earthquake was 4.03 miles, deepest was 6.11 miles avg. 4.835 miles 8 recorded earthquakes in the fact sheet
You said:
So you're telling me that you know of a reason why earthquake clusters would occur in the absolute middle of the Stable Interior Craton, with no fault zones for 1000 miles, composed of some of the oldest and thickest rock on the planet?
if such a fault were to exist, which it does not, in that part of the country
I gotta hear this one. Please, enlighten us.
The only known surface expression of an active fault occurs in southwestern Oklahoma. The last slip on this fault is estimated to be about 1300 years ago and may have been equivalent to a magnitude 6.5 or 7.0 earthquake. This fault is known as the Meers Fault and is visible from the air as can be seen in the following picture. OGS seismic program
125 miles to fairview from meers
So you sir have no merit with me Since you clearly have an agenda which is against Fracking.
Your information is lacking and spotty with your hyperbole and innuendo., I find it amazing that someone with your "knowledge" would not know that there was a fault line 125 miles from Fairview.
You did say you wanted to be enlightened no? Good day sir, my debate with you is through
