Article 41EG1 Fracking at Lancashire site paused after seismic event detected

Fracking at Lancashire site paused after seismic event detected

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Kevin Rawlinson
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Magnitude 0.4 tremor follows several others recorded since Cuadrilla restarted drilling

Fracking operations in Lancashire have been shut down after seismic activity was detected. The move came a little more than a week after the process was restarted in the UK for the first time since it was banned in 2011.

Cuadrilla Resources, which is carrying out the operations at its Preston New Road site, confirmed it paused work early on Tuesday as a precaution because of the microseismic event, which was measured at a magnitude of 0.4 and within the limit allowed by UK authorities.

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