How shale fracking led to an Ohio town's first 100 earthquakes
Monday, August 19, 2013 - 10:30
in Paleontology & Archaeology
Since records began in 1776, the people of Youngstown, Ohio had never experienced an earthquake. However, from January 2011, 109 tremors were recorded and new research in Geophysical Research-Solid Earth reveals how this may be the result of shale fracking.