UK fracking firm Cuadrilla pauses drilling after tremor

LONDON (AP) — The only firm drilling for shale gas in Britain has temporarily suspended fracking after a mild earthquake.
Cuadrilla says it has halted drilling for 18 hours after a tremor was detected at its site in Little Plumpton, northwest England.
The British Geological Survey recorded the 0.8-magitude quake just after 11:30 a.m. Friday. It follows several smaller tremors earlier this week.
Cuadrilla says the tiny tremor was “way below anything that would be felt at surface, much