Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Hydraulic fracking, the primary method for accessing natural gas in the U.S., can also cause earthquakes, which are often signaled by foreshocks ...

The research is in the form of a computer model and field experiment data of ground faults. The combined approach indicates that there is a connection between subsurface fluid injections and ...

Ohio officials have halted hydraulic fracturing operations at a well pad in Noble County following recent earthquake activity ...

Evidence is growing that fracking for oil and gas is causing earthquakes that shake the heartland. States like Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas and Ohio are being hit by earthquakes that appear linked to oil ...

The 5.6 magnitude earthquake that hit nine miles northwest of Pawnee Saturday morning was the largest in the state’s history, damaging buildings and prompting Governor Mary Fallin to issue a state of ...

Soon after the 5.9 earthquake struck Mineral, Va. on Tuesday the internet was buzzing with speculation that fracking could have caused the rare east coast quake. It turns out that injecting large ...

A well drilling rig works in Colorado. A new study linked drilling disposal wells to earthquakesJon Mullen via Getty Images The headlines were clear: fracking causes earthquakes. Yesterday an ...

Pennsylvania environmental regulators have found a likely correlation between a natural gas company’s fracking operation and a series of tiny earthquakes in western Pennsylvania last year. The quakes ...

One year ago, sitting at my desk in Philadelphia, I looked up to see the lights above me swinging from the drop ceiling. A low rumble seemed to sound, like thunder. But looking out the window, the sky ...

Hydraulic fracking, the primary method for accessing natural gas in the U.S., can also cause earthquakes, which are often signaled by foreshocks preceding the main seismic event. A new study analyzing ...

How Foreshocks Mitigate Seismic Danger of FrackingDavid McNew - Getty Images However, these earthquakes often have one handy feature that helps mining operations avoid the worst-case scenarios.