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Study: Injection wells can induce earthquakes miles away from the well
This article discusses a study that shows that fracking injection wells can induce earthquakes miles away from the well. Study finds injecting fluid into sedimentary rock can produce bigger, more distant earthquakes than injecting into the underlying basement rock. A study of earthquakes induced by injecting fluids deep underground […]
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USGS: Small earthquake detected in Louisa
This article discusses a recent earthquake in Louisa County, near the Lake Anna Nuclear Power Plant.
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Study: More earthquakes, more anxiety in Oklahoma
This article discusses how the increased number of earthquakes is having a detrimental impact on the mental health of people living in Oklahoma. Oklahomans’ Google searches for anxiety increase following earthquakes, according to a new study.Oklahoma isn’t an earthquake-prone area, naturally. However, over the past decade, there’s been a sharp increase […]
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Study: Radar images show large swath of West Texas oil patch is heaving and sinking at alarming rates
This article discusses how Texas is rapidly becoming more susceptible to earthquakes and sink holes because of fracking.
Analysis indicates decades of oil production activity have destabilized localities in an area of about 4,000 square miles populated by small towns, roadways and a vast network of oil and gas pipelines […]
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Study: Oklahoma’s earthquakes related to wastewater injection depth
Human-made earthquakes in Oklahoma are strongly linked to the depth at which wastewater from the oil and gas industry are injected into the ground, according to a new study, led by researchers from the university of Bristol. There has been an approximately 800-fold increase in the annual number of earthquakes […]
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Volume of fracking fluid pumped underground tied to Canada quakes
Fracking wells should not go to 11. Instead, turning down the volume — that is, of water pumped underground to help retrieve oil and gas — may reduce the number of earthquakes related to hydraulic fracturing.
https://www.sciencenews.org/article/volume-fracking-fluid-pumped-underground-tied-canada-quakes
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Why some fracking wells are prone to triggering earthquakes
Why does fracking cause earthquakes in some places and not others? Alberta scientists say they’ve figured out some factors that make certain wells prone to triggering earthquakes. That could help make it possible to forecast the risk of fracking-induced earthquakes in the future.
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/fracking-earthquakes-schultz-1.4492762
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Study defines link between fracking, earthquakes in northern Alberta
EDMONTON — Scientists have figured out how hydraulic fracking causes earthquakes in northern Alberta, but they have a way to go before they can use that knowledge to predict if it will cause temblors in other areas.
Study defines link between fracking, earthquakes in northern Alberta
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Study: Fracking fluids key to number of earthquakes near gas wells
Three years after hydraulic fracturing for natural gas – also known as fracking – began around the central Alberta community of Fox Creek, the number of earthquakes in the region suddenly began to rise, including a magnitude-4.8 tremor that rattled the town in January, 2016, and forced the shutdown […]
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