Largest recorded Alberta earthquake probably natural, scientist says

The largest earthquake ever recorded in Alberta, which rattled homes and nerves Tuesday, was probably due to natural causes, says a geologist.

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18 comments

    1. Lots of oil and gas activity right above where the quake took place, so there may be a corolation, but because it was so deep id say it was mother earth doing her thing..

    2. @roof pizza Come on pizza… Science this out. Fracking is linked to seismic events of magnitude 3 and lower on the Richter scale. Rarely reaching 4. This was a 5.3 event. Richter is logarithmic so 5 is 100 times larger than 3. Fracking related seismic events would be barely perceptible by a human observer.

    1. Where did you hear that? the weather channel? they cant even predict tomorrows weather so i wouldnt hold my breath..

  1. Theres a deformity in the area called the peace river arch and a fault system below it, even tho theres lots of oil and gas activity there id also have to say because of the depth, was a natural quake, mother nature doing her thing, so CARRY ON..

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