Blackpool Shale Gas drilling suspended after quake (UK)

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Source: BBC

Shale gas test drilling in Lancashire has been suspended following an earthquake on the Fylde coast.

Cuadrilla, the firm behind the tests, said drilling had been suspended as a precaution after the 1.5 magnitude tremor - the second in two months.

It will now examine the data collected by the British Geological Survey (BGS) before deciding whether to resume.

A tremor centred on Poulton-le-Fylde on 1 April shared a "similar location and mechanism", the BSG said.

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1. "Four thousand holes in Blackburn, Lancashire."

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2. Yeah... natural disasters usually have that effect on people...

"Usually" being the keyword there.