Ohio Earthquake Likely Caused by Fracking Wastewater

Wednesday, January 4, 2012 - 19:00 in Psychology & Sociology

Residents of Youngstown, Ohio, received an extra surprise on Christmas Eve and again on New Year's Eve--earthquakes, measuring 2.7 and 4.0 on the Richter scale, respectively. No one was injured and only a few cases of minor damage were reported after the Dec. 31 event. [More]

Read the whole article on Scientific American

More from Scientific American

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net