Fracking Linked To 109 Earthquakes In Youngstown, Ohio
Monday, August 19, 2013 - 12:40
in Earth & Climate
The people of Youngstown, Ohio say they never felt an earthquake before two-and-a-half years ago. But between January of 2011 and February of 2012, 109 tremors were recorded and the author of a new article points the finger at hydraulic fracturing - fracking. In December 2010, Northstar 1, a deep injection well built to pump wastewater produced by fracking in the neighboring state of Pennsylvania, came online. In the 14 months that followed seismometers in and around Youngstown recorded 109 earthquakes; the strongest was a magnitude 3.9 earthquake on December 31, 2011. Six of them could be 'felt'. read more