Is Fracking To Blame For Texas Earthquakes?

After two days of unusual earthquake activity, people in North Texas are wondering how much more their nerves can take. On Tuesday, nine tremors rattled windows in and around Irving, on the northwest edge of Dallas.

The quakes continued Wednesday.

What’s behind all the recent seismic activity in a place that rarely sees it? Theories abound, including blame being cast on fracking operations in Texas, as we hear from ABC’s Jim Ryan in Dallas-Fort Worth.

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