Fracking Caused Earthquake Boom In Ohio, Quakes In Texas, Oklahoma and New Mexico (1-06-15) ~ https://youtube/watch?v=ojkIWPzaLbo In March 2014, hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – caused 77 earthquakes in a small Ohio town that had no previous experience with seismic activity, according to a new study. One quake was large enough to be felt in neighboring areas. Fracking in Poland Township, Ohio was halted two days after the area was hit with a magnitude-3 earthquake along a hidden fault in rock which was deep beneath a natural gas well in the Utica Shale, according to research published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America. The studys authors said the magnitude-3 quake was one the largest earthquakes ever induced by hydraulic fracturing in the United States. All 77 quakes occurred between March 4-12, the study found.
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 02:16:17 +0000
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