Regionally, hydrofracking, commonly called fracking in a large concern. Fracking

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Regionally, hydrofracking, commonly called fracking in a large concern. Fracking is used to extract large volumes of fossil fuels from beneath Earth's surface, but many suggest that fracking leads to increased earthquakes. How could the process of fracking actually trigger an earthquake. Regionally, hydrofracking, commonly called fracking in a large concern. Fracking is used to extract large volumes of fossil fuels from beneath Earth's surface, but many suggest that fracking leads to increased earthquakes. How could the process of fracking actually trigger an earthquake. Regionally, hydrofracking, commonly called fracking in a large concern. Fracking is used to extract large volumes of fossil fuels from beneath Earth's surface, but many suggest that fracking leads to increased earthquakes. How could the process of fracking actually trigger an earthquake.

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Fracking results in faciliting of narrow fractures in rock formation. this increases the probability of microseismic events which can result in releasing of built up stress in a fault area, thus triggering an earthquake

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