# Fracking and quakes...? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [January 5, 2012, 9:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fracking-and-quakes/608485 "2012-01-05T09:24:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fracking-and-quakes/608485/21 "2012-01-06T03:59:57Z")
[U.S. Government Confirms Link Between Earthquakes and Hydraulic Fracturing](http://community.nasdaq.com/News/2011-11/us-government-confirms-link-between-earthquakes-and-hydraulic-fracturing.aspx?storyid=101994) ---
**Author:** ![Satellite\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Satellite\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Satellite_Guy)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fracking-and-quakes/608485/22 "2012-01-06T07:01:21Z")
Funny… I frac for a living, and we don’t have earthquakes around here… Just sayin’… ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Colossus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.colossus/32/9423_2.png) [@Dr.Colossus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Colossus)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2012, 7:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fracking-and-quakes/608485/23 "2012-01-06T07:07:31Z")
> [@Satellite\_Guy](#): > > Funny… I frac for a living, and we don’t have earthquakes around here… Just sayin’… yeah. true story: when i was 3, i waddled away from supervision in the back yard and came across a two-stroke gas/oil mixture in an old coke bottle and i drank nearly all of it. and i’m just fine. just sayin’. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fracking-and-quakes/608485.md?page=1)