| Modern Earthquakes due to oil/miniral | | | | |
| exploration & nuclear testing | | | | Man drilled earth and started exploring, |
| | | | extracting and exploiting these wells to |
| 17th October 2005 | | | | fulfill his needs. |
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| Author: Laxmanmurthy Ganesh | | | | From past 100 years, may be billions of |
| | | | gallons of oil and water have been extracted |
| Earthquake theory that blames oil / gas / | | | | from deep earth. |
| mineral exploration & nuclear weapon testing | | | | |
| for the latest disasters | | | | Similarly billions of tons of metals and |
| | | | granite/marble has been extracted and |
| In this article I shall try to present you my | | | | exploited from earth's crust. |
| opinion about the recent aggravation of | | | | |
| earthquakes across the globe. | | | | Some facts on oil exploration/exploitation |
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| A number of Earthquakes have been recorded | | | | # The world has drilled about 5 million oil |
| from the time we know history. Most of the | | | | wells. |
| recorded ones' are those which have caused | | | | |
| major catastrophe and damages. Also when we | | | | # World uses 85 million barrels of oil |
| study history, we find that earthquakes have | | | | everyday. |
| occurred in all continents and oceans of the | | | | |
| Earth. | | | | # World has just about 40 years of oil |
| | | | remaining for consumption. |
| Therefore, earthquakes have had a consistent | | | | |
| record of occurring, their domain has been | | | | Now, |
| wide spread and they have occurred from time | | | | |
| immortal. | | | | 1. This will have definitely created zones |
| | | | which are empty and to be filled. |
| But when we consider Earth in 21st century, | | | | |
| there is a difference. | | | | 2. The sudden loss of pressure in these |
| | | | points will have created zones, which are |
| 1. There has been a sudden increase in the | | | | ready to crumble. |
| number of earthquakes. | | | | |
| | | | 3. The inner earth crust will have lost |
| 2. Earthquakes have occurred at certain | | | | strength due to removal of metals and at the |
| predefined areas and at the same time, large | | | | same time is facing the increased pressure of |
| number of new areas including those | | | | mass on the earth's surface due to man made |
| considered earthquake resistant. | | | | structures. |
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| 3. Earthquakes of considerably large | | | | 4. Huge and sometimes uncontrolled weapon |
| magnitudes are occurring. | | | | nuclear weapon testing in earth's underground |
| | | | is definitely making zones which I consider |
| 4. Certain Earthquakes seem to have links | | | | as crumble zones created by man as I have |
| with each other. | | | | explained above and those which have occurred |
| | | | naturally to crumble and re-distribute. |
| 5. & more | | | | |
| | | | The inside of Earth is very much |
| Why is this change? | | | | hydraulically driven. If some part of an oil |
| | | | well or magma well crumbles, it can transfer |
| Geological studies indicate that,an | | | | the energy to a relatively distant area |
| earthquake, is a vibration or movement of a | | | | through hydraulic transfer of energy to |
| part of the earth's crust due to the folding, | | | | tectonic plates and cause earth to rumble at |
| fracturing, jointing and faulting of rocks as | | | | those points. Therefore earthquakes have |
| well as effects of volcanic forces etc. The | | | | occurred during the formation of these wells |
| rotation of the earth, upwelling of the | | | | and will occur during the dissolution of |
| mantle and seafloor spreading, iso-static | | | | these wells also. |
| adjustments, climatic and geothermal changes, | | | | |
| melting of the Arctic/polar ice caps and rise | | | | Q3 Will all the areas from where oil is being |
| in sea level are some of the events that may | | | | exploited crumble? |
| cause instability and disequilibria on the | | | | |
| earth's surface inland or under the sea. | | | | A. If not the area exactly above these wells, |
| | | | definitely areas nearby will crumble to |
| There may be many other smaller explanations. | | | | tumble as I have explained above (hydraulic |
| | | | push). |
| Now, let me come to my studies about recent | | | | |
| earthquakes and their increased occurrence. | | | | Q4 Can you give some evidences for the above |
| | | | things to have happened? |
| Here, I would like to add three more very | | | | |
| important aspects leading to the pyramid of | | | | A. Yes. Why not? |
| earthquakes to occurring these days. | | | | |
| | | | 1. Consider the recent earthquake in |
| 3. Millions of tons of oil & natural gas | | | | Indonesia. It has happened due to the oil |
| exploration from Earth. | | | | exploration in Indonesian area and Australia. |
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| 4. Millions of tons of metal & rock | | | | 2. Consider the recent earthquake in Iran. It |
| exploration from Earth. | | | | has happened due to oil exploration in the |
| | | | area. |
| 5. Underground weapons/nuclear weapons | | | | |
| testing. | | | | 3. Consider the recent earthquake in Northern |
| | | | part of United States. It has happened due to |
| Now I will have a Q/A format to explain my | | | | oil exploitation in the area and Canada. |
| opinion. | | | | |
| | | | 4. Consider the recent earthquake in South |
| Q0. Can the reasons at 3, 4, & 5 individually | | | | Africa. It has happened due to mining in the |
| cause earthquakes? | | | | area. |
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| A. These may individually cause smaller | | | | 5. Consider the earthquake that occurred in |
| earthquakes of magnitude 2-3. But may trigger | | | | Gujarat, India. It has happened due to |
| very huge earthquakes of magnitude 7-9. | | | | offshore oil exploration in the area and the |
| | | | oil exploration in Gulf. |
| It is like the triggering of an avalanche. A | | | | |
| small trigger on top of a snow-clad mountain | | | | 6. Consider the Earthquake that occurred in |
| can create a terrifying avalanche. | | | | Latur, India. It has happened due to offshore |
| | | | oil exploration and water well exploitation |
| Once triggered, the magnitude of an | | | | in the area. |
| earthquake amplifies with the aid of other | | | | |
| factors such as fault lines or volcano zones | | | | Likewise consider all the earthquakes that |
| etc. | | | | have recently occurred and study those and |
| | | | nearby area. You will find one of the above |
| Q1. Should the above three aspects make an | | | | reasoning. |
| impact for the Earth of such a huge mass? | | | | |
| | | | Q5. If this continues, will it lead to a |
| A. Even though the above three aspects may | | | | major catastrophe? |
| not individually and independently trigger an | | | | |
| earthquake, they definitely fuel the process | | | | A. I feel that it will have done some major |
| by supporting other known and unknown factors | | | | damages by the time oil gets exhausted from |
| causing earthquakes. Well, if you consider an | | | | earth. And it might trigger a series of |
| earthquake of magnitude 6.0, even though it | | | | activities to bring back earth to unstable |
| may create a hell lot of damage in a densely | | | | behavior, which might as well wipe out life |
| populated city, it is a very small or | | | | on earth. |
| un-noticeable one for the Earth of such a | | | | |
| huge mass. I guess you can get the analogy. | | | | Q5. Can we protect our Earth at this point? |
| | | | How? |
| Q2. Kindly explain the theory behind the | | | | |
| above aspects resulting in earthquakes. | | | | A. Definitely worth the try. Drastically |
| | | | reduce the oil/mineral exploitation. Stop the |
| A. From the time of its evolution, Earth has | | | | entire underground weapon testing programs. |
| transformed form a very unstable, active and | | | | |
| dynamic behavior with respect to earthquakes | | | | The above article is just my opinion about |
| and volcanoes to a near stable scenario where | | | | the issue and a ray of hope to all those who |
| life can flourish more consistently and | | | | are suffering nightmares experiencing |
| fearlessly. | | | | earthquakes. |
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| Probably if I make a correction in the above | | | | As I am presently working on the data of |
| statement to state 'has' as 'had', it would | | | | epicenters of various earthquakes, their |
| become more meaningful. OK. Leave it alone. | | | | pattern and their proximity to water/oil |
| | | | mineral mining areas. In a couple of weeks, I |
| This stableness is due to stable earth in its | | | | should be able to publish a list of places |
| inner layers. | | | | where earthquake is imminent. |
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| There are water wells inside the earth. There | | | | Mail me at lganimys@yahoo.co.in for your |
| are oil wells inside the earth. | | | | comments. |