Ask an Expert: Fracking and Earthquakes

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SciTech WNET stn15 fracking earthquakes seismic activity geology natural resources
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Ask an Expert: Fracking and Earthquakes

In this video from SciTech Now partner World Science Festival, learn from Columbia University’s Heather Savage how fracking and earthquakes are possibly related. Fracking involves pumping fluid underground in order to force rocks to crack and release gas. If that fluid intersects a fault line, earthquakes can occur.
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