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Texas oil and gas agency investigating 5.4 magnitude earthquake in West Texas, the largest in three decades

The quake was the third largest in Texas history, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. An increase in seismic activity in Texas has been linked to injecting fracking wastewater underground.

The Texas Tribune

Undersea volcano near Mariana Trench is believed to be erupting, say scientists

Experts are investigating whether the activity detected has been caused by shallow earthquakes or material exploding from the crater

Wales Online

Three quakes hit Fiji islands region, no tsunami warnings

Three earthquakes were recorded south of the Fiji islands in the Pacific on Wednesday evening, each at a depth of around 600 km (370 miles), the United States Geological Survey said.

Reuters

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Warning to people living near world's largest active volcano after spike in earthquakes

Since September scientists have reported a spike in the number of earthquakes in the area around the massive Hawaiian volcano Mauna Loa and a build up of magma has caused the summit to swell

Daily Mirror

Is Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, at risk of erupting?

Mauna Loa’s current seismic activity is above normal levels and has prompted an advisory level of yellow on the four-tier system, officials say

The Independent UK

Hawaii's Big Island gets warning as huge volcano rumbles

Hawaii officials are warning residents of the Big Island to prepare for the possibility that the world’s largest active volcano may erupt given a recent spike in earthquakes at the summit of Mauna Loa

The Independent UK

Three small earthquakes felt in North

People sensed the tremors caused by three earthquakes in the northern provinces of Chiang Mai and Phrae early Thursday morning.

Bangkok Post

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Fracking caused daily earthquakes at UK’s only active site

Exclusive: Lancashire site responsible for 192 earthquakes over course of 182 days in 2018-19, Lib Dem analysis has found

The Guardian - UK

Is Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, at risk of erupting?

Mauna Loa’s current seismic activity is above normal levels and has prompted an advisory level of yellow on the four-tier system, officials say

The Independent UK

Is Hawaii’s Mauna Loa, the world’s largest active volcano, at risk of erupting?

Mauna Loa’s current seismic activity is above normal levels and has prompted an advisory level of yellow on the four-tier system, officials say

The Independent UK

Earthquake hits world's biggest active volcano with aftershocks continuing to be felt

The 5.0-magnitude volcano hit the island of Hawaii, only miles away from the largest active volcano, Mauna Loa, which has since been closed off to visitors

Daily Mirror

Series of earthquakes rattle Hawaii amid Mauna Loa volcano unrest

Mauna Loa is the largest active volcano on the planet and is in a “state of heightened unrest”, scientists say.

Al Jazeera

Hawaii volcano closed to visitors after dozens of earthquakes hit it in one day

The volcano’s current seismic activity is above normal levels, officials say

The Independent UK

Dinosaur-killing asteroid impact triggered mega earthquakes that shook Earth for ‘weeks to months’

Asteroid impact triggered the biggest earthquakes experienced by our planet during this era

The Independent UK

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‘We would go back’: will Hurricane Fiona worsen Puerto Rico’s population drain?

Hurricane Maria, earthquakes and federal neglect were already driving the US territory’s youth and talent to the mainland

The Independent UK

Hawaii national park closes world’s largest active volcano due to increased seismic activity

Around 44 small-magnitude earthquakes recorded in past 24 hours around Mauna Loa

The Guardian - UK

What harnessing geothermal power shares with fracking

The link between the fracking process and earthquakes is also a possibility in extracting geothermal energy

Reuters

Blasts near North Stream were explosions, not earthquakes, Swedish seismologist says

A Swedish seismologist said on Tuesday he was certain the seismic activity detected at the site of the Nord Stream pipeline gas leaks in the Baltic Sea was caused by explosions and not earthquakes nor landslides.

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Reuters

Denmark's Geological Survey recorded seismic shakings resembling blasts

(This Sept. 27 story corrects time of second blast to 1703 GMT, not 0503 GMT)

The Independent UK

Why are there so many earthquakes in Mexico?

According to the National Seismological Service, five tectonic plates interact in Mexico: North America, Cocos, Pacific, Rivera and the Plate of the Caribbean

Los Angeles Times

Fault along Calif. coast could unleash earthquake on scale of San Andreas, study shows

LOS ANGELES — A fault system running nearly 70 miles along the coast of Los Angeles and Orange counties has the potential to trigger a magnitude 7.8 earthquake, according to a new study that is the latest to highlight the seismic threats facing Southern California.

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"Wrong kind of shale": North East geologist reacts after Government lifts UK fracking ban

Liz Truss's Government lifted the fracking ban on Thursday morning - breaking a promise of the 2019 Tory manifesto

The Independent UK

‘Wrong kind of shale’ and 280m years too late: Geologists react to fracking move

The controversial go-ahead was met with concerns over earthquakes and an increase in greenhouse gas production.

Wales Online

The UK earthquakes linked to fracking

Risk of earthquakes relating to fracking has been raised as an issue as the practice is allowed again

Daily Mirror

Fracking ban axed and earthquake limit lifted in Tories' 100-well oil and gas bonanza

Business Secretary Jacob Rees-Mogg claims the move will boost the UK's energy security despite a scientific report warning it's impossible to say if it'll cause earthquakes.

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