Fracking ruled out as contributor to East Coast quake

September 6, 2011

Despite blog posts and Internet essays, expanded gas drilling had nothing to do with the Aug. 23 Virginia earthquake that shook the region, several scientists said. No one has connected the "hydraulic fracturing" drilling technique used in shale layers with strong, widespread earthquakes.  Read more.

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