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2 More Fracking-Related Earthquakes Hit Oklahoma Despite New Rules Meant to Prevent Them

2015-10-12 17:03:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed

EcoWatch: Two earthquakes registering at a 4.5 and a 4.4 magnitude shook frack-happy Oklahoma on Saturday, some of the strongest felt in the state this year. The stronger quake occurred just a few miles from the city of Cushing, which holds one of the largest crude oil storage facilities in the world. The recent quakes struck only a handful of weeks after the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC), the states public utilities commission, shut down several disposal wells around Cushing and issued new regulations...

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