I believe this area is outside the Marcellus Shale belt. There may be other conventional gas drilling or deep well injection. There are enough evils associated with Marcellus that we know of, so we do not have to blame ALL of the wrongs of the world on Marcellus, just some of them.

:-)

Jim Kotcon

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"Barbara Fleischauer" barbaraf@labs.net 8/23/2011 3:41 PM >>>

I think I felt it this afternoon. I thought my chair was shaking in a funny way, then I moved it and it seemed like it happened again. It did not feel like anything very strong. marcellus perhaps?

From: Duane330@aol.com [mailto:Duane330@aol.com] Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 2:37 PM To: CLEAR@cheat.org Cc: Robert.Bastress@mail.wvu.edu; tracita@gmail.com; tchancock@fs.fed.us; cburns@chacompanies.com; barbaraf@labs.net; CMARSHWV@aol.com Subject: Significant Earthquake Jars Region

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/usc0005ild.html

Magnitude 5.9 - VIRGINIA

2011 August 23 17:51:03 UTC

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Earthquake Details

* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.

Magnitude http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php#magnitude

5.9

Date-Time http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php#date

* Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 17:51:03 UTC * Tuesday, August 23, 2011 at 01:51:03 PM at epicenter

Location http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php#location

37.975°N, 77.969°W

Depth http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php#depth

1 km (~0.6 mile) (poorly constrained)

Region http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php#region

VIRGINIA

Distances http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php#distances

45 km (27 miles) E of Charlottesville, Virginia 55 km (34 miles) SW of Fredericksburg, Virginia 64 km (39 miles) NW of RICHMOND, Virginia 82 km (50 miles) NNE of Farmville, Virginia

Location Uncertainty http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php#uncertainty

horizontal +/- 10.9 km (6.8 miles); depth +/- 7.4 km (4.6 miles)

Parameters http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php#parameters

NST=390, Nph=390, Dmin=57.9 km, Rmss=1.17 sec, Gp= 47°, M-type=regional moment magnitude (Mw), Version=6

Source http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php#source

* Magnitude: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D) Location: USGS NEIC (WDCS-D)

Event ID http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/glossary.php#eventid

usc0005ild