Change BC Fracking or Expect Damaging Earthquakes: Report
A comprehensive new scientific study warns that stress changes caused by the technology could trigger a magnitude 5 earthquake or greater in the region.
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Geophysicist Ole Kaven on Man-Made Earthquakes
Apparently things are moving and shaking in Oklahoma, literally.
8 States Dealing With Huge Increases in Fracking Earthquakes
A new report, released Thursday from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), identified eight states in the eastern and central U.S. where fracking operations have led to dramatic increases in earthquakes, primarily from the injection of the wastewater byproduct of drilling operations into underground wells.