Cause is to Effect as Fracking is to Earthquakes

Even if you aren't a fan of analogies this one is pretty easy to figure out and data over time has shown this to be true in places where you might not expect to find (or feel) an earthquake. Oklahoma is one such place. The rate of earthquakes in Oklahoma has increased by about 50% since October 2013 and a likely factor in the increase in earthquakes is fracking, the process of extracting natural gas from shale rock layers deep within the earth. Many of the tremors have been on the smaller side (3.0 in magnitude) so far but researchers and geophysicists believe these may follow a trend and be building up to bigger more devastating earthquakes as has been noted in other regions in the past. At present Oklahoma is considered at risk for 5.0+ earthquakes. As for fracking, I've blogged about it in the past (see Fracking – July 10, 2013) and despite the sugar coated natural gas commercials promoting it on TV, the news is definitely not good.