Lancashire fracking: MP calls for process to cease after tremors

In August 2019 we reported on the occurrence of tremors after they led to operations being suspended at the only active shale gas site in the UK.

We used data from the British Geological Survey, which records seismic events induced by human activities.

And we annotated our chart to explain how events with a magnitude below zero are very small while those above 2.0 can be felt by people on the surface.

Get the data

• CSV: induced seismicity, August 15-26 - from British Geological Survey: Induced Seismicity around the British Isles in the last 50 days

Quotes and interviews

• Mark Menzies, Conservative MP, Fylde
• Miranda Cox, Kirkham
• Spokesperson, Oil and Gas Authority (OGA)
• Spokesperson, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS)
• Cuadrilla was approached for comment

Visualisation and illustration

• Histogram: Seismic events at Cuadrilla fracking site, August 15-26
• Diagram: What is fracking?