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September 6, 2013

Study: Fracking Wastewater Tied to Earthquakes in Ohio City 
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New research has confirmed the link between wastewater from the gas
drilling technique known as fracking and a series of earthquakes in
Youngstown, Ohio. No earthquake had ever been recorded in Youngstown
until an injection well began pumping wastewater from fracking sites
deep into the ground for storage back in 2010. Over the next year, 109
earthquakes were detected. A new study published in the journal
Geophysical Research Letters says the earthquakes corresponded with
fluctuating activity at the well.

 

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