A U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) team has found that a sharp jump in earthquakes in America’s heartland appears to be linked to oil and natural gas drilling operations.
As hydraulic fracturing has exploded onto the scene, it has increasingly been connected to earthquakes. Some quakes may be caused by the original fracking — that is, by injecting a fluid mixture into the earth to release natural gas (or oil). More appear to be caused by reinjecting the resulting brine deep underground.
More here.
It’s within the realm of possibility that large scale oil drilling around Banda Aceh by Exxon/Mobile may have caused the earthquake and resulting tsunami in 2004. And then there was Haiti…
When Ohio and the U.K. are getting earthquakes, you know something is definitely haywire. Ay chihuahua!