The PE work for my guyed tower included a seismic analysis. A summary
showed the lateral seismic load as 567 lbs and the 90mph wind load as
3858 lbs. So in my case, wind load far exceeds seismic excitation and
is the controlling load for the analysis. YMMV.
If you want to worry about quakes and tsunami, move to the OR or WA
coast. Check out the July 20 issue of the New Yorker or this link
http://www.earthmagazine.org/article/unlocking-cascadia-subduction-zones-secrets-peering-recent-research-and-findings
or volcano induced lahars - goodbye Tacoma, Puyallup, Renton and more
from a Mt Rainier eruption.
Grant KZ1W
Seattle/Redmond WA
On 7/27/2015 13:05 PM, Mike & Becca Krzystyniak wrote:
Recently the public outcry on this caused Irving TX area to have more
sensors deployed to monitor what is going on (by TX-A&M I think...).
http://earthquaketrack.com/us-tx-irving/recent
All are at least 2X below the Barnett Shale (about 2.1km down), and more
importantly, I'm not sure the shale makes it that far east.
You have to admit looking at the data, something is going on...
As I am moving to new QTH which is near the epicenter for the largest one
recorded this year in NTX, I too am wondering about snapping tower guys
under tension or that "bump" snapping a cable on the crank up.
73 Mike K9MK
-----Original Message-----
From: TowerTalk [mailto:towertalk-bounces@contesting.com] On Behalf Of
Matthew King - KK4CPS
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 2:44 PM
To: Steve Baughn
Cc: Jon; TowerTalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Someone's Tower Fall Over in OK?
Those aren't exactly unbiased websites!
The fact of the matter is that there will be debate for a long time over the
issue. Until the incidence of earthquakes occurring AT FRACKING DEPTH goes
up a meaningful amount, it will continue. Most earthquakes take place far,
far deeper in the earth than fracking depth. As was stated earlier, there
most be faults to allow plates to shift along one another for there to be a
quake.
Will we see more sinkholes around fracked areas? That seems a more likely
outcome, if there is any negative outcome at all.
My few pennies' worth.
Matt
KK4CPS
On Mon, Jul 27, 2015 at 3:36 PM, Steve Baughn <baughn@centurylink.net>
wrote:
I think there are some differing opinions expressed here:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/04/11/ohio-earthquakes
www.rt.com/usa/fracking-ohio-quake-earth-165
73,
Steve, WD8NPL
From: Jon
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 3:21 PM
To: Don W7WLL
Cc: Towertalk
Subject: Re: [TowerTalk] Someone's Tower Fall Over in OK?
Earthquakes are not caused by fracking!
Recently had several studies done here in DFW area because of this
very topic. We had over 30 tremors with 40 days... Fracking is a 2 -
5 day event at a well to fracture the shale at the level where they
are extracting oil and/or gas. Most of these happen deeper than those
wells.
It is possibly related to injection wells as was likely the causes here.
Either way there has to be a fault that slips to create the quake.
4.5 is noticable quake. You can feel a 2.5 - 3.2 feels like the
house got bumped.
On Monday, July 27, 2015, Don W7WLL <w7wll@arrl.net> wrote:
Or the result of fracking? Know folks with towers in OK have to
contend
with tornados at times, but earthquakes seem to be on an increase too?
Wonder if anyone has ever encountered a tower-earthquake related
issue in OK.
Don W7WLL
-----Original Message----- From: USGS ENS
Sent: Monday, July 27, 2015 11:41 AM
Subject: 2015-07-27 18:12:15 (M4.5) OKLAHOMA 36.0 -97.6 (122a9)
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
Region: OKLAHOMA
Geographic coordinates: 36.006N, 97.576W
Magnitude: 4.5
Depth: 3 km
Universal Time (UTC): 27 Jul 2015 18:12:15
Time near the Epicenter: 27 Jul 2015 13:12:15
Local standard time in your area: 27 Jul 2015 10:12:15
Location with respect to nearby cities:
6 km (3 mi) NNE of Crescent, Oklahoma
19 km (11 mi) NW of Guthrie, Oklahoma
40 km (24 mi) NNW of Edmond, Oklahoma
48 km (29 mi) WSW of Stillwater, Oklahoma
59 km (36 mi) N of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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