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06/19/2018 / By Edsel Cook

Study: South Korea’s largest earthquake was likely triggered by geothermal fracking

Two separate studies have suggested that hydraulic fracking is the likeliest cause behind South Korea’s worst earthquake. An Eco Watch article shared the studies’ findings linking a fracking operation for a local geothermal power plant to the 2017 Pohang earthquake. In November 15 of that year, a massive earthquake struck the southern port of Pohang. It was the second biggest […]

05/05/2017 / By Jayson Veley

Observers worried that “nuclear chain reaction” could still occur at Fukushima… cleanup could take 100 years or more

On March 11, 2011, terror struck northeastern Japan in the form of a massive magnitude-9 earthquake, which in turn unleashed a devastating tsunami that wiped out virtually everything in the city of Sukuiso. The effects of the earthquake were felt around the entire world, and even years later, the people of Japan were still finding […]

04/11/2017 / By JD Heyes

28 nuclear reactors in the United States could suddenly fail due to earthquakes… most are located along the East Coast

The Fukushima disaster that occurred six years ago last month continues to plague Japan and the rest of the world to this day. Heavily damaged by a massive tsunami caused by an equally destructive earthquake, radioactive problems persist without any relief in sight. In fact, as noted by Fukushima Watch, the world’s worst nuclear disaster since […]

12/28/2016 / By Isabelle Z.

Scientists warn about wave of catastrophic earthquakes about to be unleashed from enormous hole discovered in ocean floor

Scientists are warning that a tear in the Earth’s crust in the Banda Sea to the north of Australia could lead to serious natural disasters such as earthquakes and tsunamis as they get closer to understanding the fault and its ramifications. Perhaps the word “tear” is misleading; it is actually one of the biggest faults […]

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