Minor earthquakes detected near fracking site in Lancashire

One tremor was magnitude 0.3, the level beyond which experts say fracking has to proceed with cautionA series of small earthquakes have been detected in Lancashire close to the site where major fracking operations began this week.The British Geological Survey, which provides impartial advice on environmental processes, recorded four tremors in the vicinity of the energy firm Cuadrilla’s site on Preston New Road near Blackpool on Friday. Continue reading...