Fracking can negatively impact air and water quality in fracked areas. Fact checked by Suzanne Kvilhaug. Reviewed by JeFreda R. Brown. The U.S. natural gas industry has enjoyed re ...

Hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as fracking ... the stronger the quake. Until recently, earthquakes in Oklahoma were few and far between. In 2010, the state experienced just 41 tremors.

Areas of Central and South Texas, including in the Austin and San Antonio regions, have felt substantial tremors lately. What ...

Earthquakes began occurring more frequently in southern Kansas and Oklahoma in 2013 after an increase of hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, in which high-pressure liquid is used to fracture ...

Fracking, the common term for hydraulic fracturing ... “Thanks To Fracking, Earthquake Hazards In Parts Of Oklahoma Now Comparable To California.” We needn’t say more.

Dr. Uzonna Anyiam’s focus as a geophysicist is in the study of earthquakes triggered by onshore and offshore human activities such as hydraulic fracturing for shale gas development, CO2 sequestration, ...

A recent development in this research is that my students and I are now applying a modified variation of CS to explore human-induced earthquakes associated with hydraulic fracturing (or “fracking”) ...