From: EcoWatch
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A 3.4-magnitude earthquake struck northern Colorado Saturday night,
and environmentalists weren’t surprised to learn that the epicenter was
near a fracking site.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake struck about 9:35 p.m. It was felt in five towns, NBC 9 reported, with Greeley being the nearest.
There were no reports of damage, but anti-fracking activists say
there is not a lot of math to add up in this incident. The USGS site
refers to eastern Colorado as nearly “aseismic” and states that
earthquakes are rare in the state, overall. However, The Tribune
reported that the earthquake took place less than two miles away
from two oil and gas wastewater injection wells that the state has not
inspected in nearly two years.
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