Animated map: all earthquakes of the past 15 years

This animated map created from the NOAA, NWS, and PTWC shows every recorded earthquake in chronological order from January 1, 2001 to December 31, 2015. The size of the circle shows the magnitude of the earthquakes in relation to each other. The color represents the earthquake depth.

Source: Tech Insider
KrazyKat42says...

If you look at Oklahoma in the beginning and then 2014+ you can see all the earthquakes caused from deep-well injection of all the fracking fluid.

Source: I am a petroleum engineer.

eric3579says...

That is the one thing i looked for when watching this. All the quakes i'd heard about in the midwest from fracking.

KrazyKat42said:

If you look at Oklahoma in the beginning and then 2014+ you can see all the earthquakes caused from deep-well injection of all the fracking fluid.

Source: I am a petroleum engineer.

ChaosEnginesays...

It’s funny. I’ve lived in the aftermath of a pretty major earthquake for nearly 8 years now. My city is still rebuilding and my house still has cracks in the walls.

And it barely registered on that animation.

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