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  • Hydraulic fracking
    Why Is Fracking Harmful?
    / Frackquakes

    …is also known as “frackquakes”). Drilling and pumping operations produce vibrations that can be detected by sensitive instruments. Sometimes, however, small tremors and even earthquakes magnitude 4.0 or higher have been recorded in some areas where shale gas is being developed (see also moment magnitude). These disturbances can be…

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    …is also known as “frackquakes”). Drilling and pumping operations produce vibrations that can be detected by sensitive instruments. Sometimes, however, small tremors and even earthquakes magnitude 4.0 or higher have been recorded in some areas where shale gas is being developed (see also moment magnitude). These disturbances can be…

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