Confirmed: 4.6-Magnitude Earthquake in British Columbia Caused by Fracking (Likely World’s Largest)

Fluid injection from fracking triggered a 4.6-magnitude earthquake in British Columbia, the largest fracking-related earthquake in the province. Oklahoma

Source: Confirmed: 4.6-Magnitude Earthquake in British Columbia Caused by Fracking (Likely World’s Largest)

New Research Links Scores of Earthquakes to Fracking Wells Near a Fault in Ohio – NYTimes.com

New Research Links Scores of Earthquakes to Fracking Wells Near a Fault in Ohio – NYTimes.com.

Oklahoma Frackquake – Geology

Oklahoma Frackquake – Geology.

 

Potentially induced earthquakes in Oklahoma, USA.  Links between Wastewater Injection and the 2011 M 5.7 earthquake Sequence.  Geology

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More Earthquakes in Loppersum, the Netherlands – NYTimes.com

More Earthquakes in Loppersum, the Netherlands – NYTimes.com.

Researchers from Alberta universities will eavesdrop on fracking

Researchers from Alberta universities will eavesdrop on fracking.

Permit to drill is only a mile from nuclear plant – Timesonline.com: Home

Permit to drill is only a mile from nuclear plant – Timesonline.com: Home.

U.S. Geological Survey Links Man-Made Earthquakes to Gas Drilling | StateImpact Pennsylvania

U.S. Geological Survey Links Man-Made Earthquakes to Gas Drilling | StateImpact Pennsylvania.

Ohio voters want fracking halted for safety studies: poll | Reuters

Ohio voters want fracking halted for safety studies: poll | Reuters.

Jointing and Fracturing in the Marcellus Shale

Marcellus_issue5.pdf (application/pdf Object).

Jointing and Fracturing in the
Marcellus Shale
A discussion of natural fractures, or joints, present in the Marcellus Shale
and the hydraulic fractures that are induced during unconventional gas
drilling to extract natural gas.
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T H E S C I E N C E B E N E A T H T H E S U R F A C E
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Snapshot: Co-occurrence of earthquakes and geological faults in Central NY

Snapshot: Co-occurrence of earthquakes and geological faults in Central NY.