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Fracking has been linked to two minor earthquakes in northwest England, very likely by lubricating an already stressed fault zone and thus making it easier for the land to shift (pdf). A report in August (pdf) by seismologist Austin Holland at the OGS also suggested that a swarm of nearly 50 small quakes of magnitude 1.0 to 2.8 near the center of the state might have been triggered by nearby fracking.
Still, researchers say it seems unlikely that fracking had anything to do with last weekend's magnitude 5.6 quake
"I won't say that man's activity never ever caused the release of seismic stress, but hydro-fracks are such small things," Keller adds. "If we were talking a magnitude 1 or 2 earthquake, that'd be different,..."
Did Fracking Cause Oklahoma's Largest Recorded Earthquake?: Scientific American
get it?
you stupid ideologues can't read and comprehend at the same time.
Who cares? Minor earthquakes relieve the strain on fault lines and prevent big earthquakes that actually cause damage.