FOR KIDS: Fracking waste and quakes
Underground storage of liquid waste from these mining operations can make an area more vulnerable to tremors
Web edition: July 29, 2013
Underground storage of liquid waste from these mining operations can make an area more vulnerable to tremors
By Stephen Ornes
Web edition: July 29, 2013
Enlarge Shake-prone sites
Red and orange areas in this U.S. map show places with the highest risk from naturally occurring earthquakes.
Credit: Science/AAAS
Earthquake activity has spiked recently in parts of the central United States where shale rock is increasingly being mined for natural gas and oil. Most of the quakes are small and don?t cause damage. But some of the small shakes may be signs that a larger one will strike soon in the area, scientists now report.Visit the new Science News for Kids website and read the full story:?Fracking waste and quakes
Citations
E. Wayman. ?Huge quakes may foretell smaller, human-caused ones.? Science News. July 12, 2013.
Source: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/351946/title/FOR_KIDS_Fracking_waste_and_quakes
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