2. A recent survey suggests that
gas and oil production may
be the cause in such a high
increase of earthquakes
around the Midwest area of
our nation.
The increase in earthquakes
was said to be man made.
Along the state line of
Colorado and New Mexico
methane production started
there.
Around the time methane
production grew in that
area, there was a large
increase in earthquakes.
3. Research has also said that
other earthquakes have
been linked to huge amounts
of leftover wastewater being
dumped deep into the earth.
Another idea of why these
small earthquakes are
happening could be due to
fracking.
Fracking is short for
hydraulic fracturing, which
is the process when rocks
below the earth’s surface
are opened and widened by
injecting chemicals and
liquids at high pressure.
An earthquake that occured
in Oklahoma was measured
at 5.6, which was said to be
too strong to have been
linked to oil and gas.
4. Many of the earthquakes that happened in the United States
were around magnitude of 3.
Level 3 earthquakes are only mild and do not destroy many
things.
Level 3 earthquakes usually just slightly rock parked cars or
could be felt slightly by people in the upper floors of buildings.
