Earthquakes in Oklahoma – Earthquake Map
Great example of how visualization can make the case that “standard” industry practices are in fact damaging the public.
The map is interactive and the screen shot above is only one example.
The main site is located at: http://earthquakes.ok.gov/.
From the homepage:
Oklahoma experienced 585 magnitude 3+ earthquakes in 2014 compared to 109 events recorded in 2013. This rise in seismic events has the attention of scientists, citizens, policymakers, media and industry. See what information and research state officials and regulators are relying on as the situation progresses.
The next stage of data mapping should be identifying the owners or those who profited from the waste water disposal wells and their relationships to existing oil and gas interests, as well as their connections to members of the Oklahoma legislature.
What is it that Republicans call it? Ah, accountability, as in holding teachers and public agencies “accountable.” Looks to me like it is time to hold some oil and gas interests and their owners, “accountable.”
PS: Said to not be a “direct” result of fracking but of the disposal of water used for fracking. Close enough for my money. You?