Good morning everyone. I'm Mary with Mary Greely News. Thank you for joining me.
At 3;21 am central daylight time and I believe it would be 2:21 there in New
Mexico there was a magnitude 4.0 earthquake. Using Google Earth here you can see the 4.0,
it's not far from last year's earthquake on March 23rd of 5.0. And it's along or close to the
Mid-Continental Failed Rift System. The western arm of that failed
system. The failed Mid-continent Rift System is one of the most impressive failed rifts
in the world. The red line that I have drawn out is a section that they call the Cambrianian Rift
and then like I said, it's the western part of this failed rift system, that goes up around Ohio,
Michigan. And the eastern part of this failed rift system, is the
New Madrid Fault of late I've talked about. How it seems like this failed rift system has been
"Reactivated. We've even got earthquakes in South Dakota
which are really rare. And here you can see the red line. Can you see the red line
of the failed rift system? This one research paper has this u-shaped rift system. The dotted
line down here is part of the Greenville Front that extends down into Texas. Now granted this
area has a lot of fracking and a lot of waste disposal wells that we know can cause earthquakes
but, the oil and gas industry would dispute that these earthquakes were caused by fracking or
the uh disposal of waste water. Some of them could have been but, this 4.0 was 12.2 kilometers in
depth. So that would be about 7.5 miles below sea level. All earthquakes are measured at sea level.
Way below where the fluids is being pumped into the ground. We got a 3.7
that was five kilometers in depth. That was before that was uh yesterday. A 3.8 yesterday
8.7 kilometers in depth. Uh 3.4 yesterday seven kilometers in depth. So that would
be a little more than four miles in depth. Uh we got a 2.7 on the 7th yesterday, a 2.7
um that was on the 7th. Another 2.7 on the 5th and then on the third a 2.8. This research paper talks
about failed rift systems plate tectonics shape the evolution of the continents and the oceans
viva the Wilson cycle. In which continents rift apart to form new oceans that may grow
in the size of the Atlantic and Pacific before closing and vanishing. However many,
many continental rifts such as the North American Realfoot Rift. Now that's the section up by the
New Madrid fault system. And southern Oklahoma Oligogen failed to develop into spreading centers.
The Mid-Continent Rift System forms one of the most prominent gravity features in North America.
The recognized geophysical anomaly extends from an arch from southern Oklahoma to Lake Superior
and then into southern Michigan. We suggest that the period of formation of the Mid-Continent Rift
was also a time of extensive igneous activity in Texas and New Mexico.
What that is, is volcanic rock that was trying to rip apart
and where we have rifting. Kind of like the "Ring of Fire" you have volcanic um activity. Yeah and
I have talked about how the continents have shown signs of starting to move.
So far this year as of February 9 2021 there's been 15 earthquakes greater than a magnitude 6.
Last year for the entire year there was only 121 earthquakes greater than a magnitude 6.
So the question is was this earthquake caused by the injection of waste water or the reactivation
of that failed rift system? Did you feel this earthquake? How long did it last? I'm sure
you had some minor damage. If you're close by cracks in foundation. Things that fell
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