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Yukon fracking operation shut down due to earthquakes

Yukon fracking operation shut down due to earthquakes
WEBVTT UPDATED FORECAST COMING IN INTHE NEXT FIVE MINUTES.MECCA: MANY OF YOU REACHED OUTTO US ABT THIS.EARTHQUAKES ROCKING HOMES INYUKON.JUST YESTERDAY, A 2.5 EARTHQUAKESTRUCK YUKON.IT MAY NOT SOUND THAT STRONG,BUT FOR THE PEOPLE WHO LIVETHERE, IT SHOOK THEIR HOMES.TODAY, THE CORPORATIONCOMMISSION TOLD US THEY ACTUALLYSHUT DOWN SOME FRACKINGOPERATIONS IN YUKON BECAUSE OFTHESE QUAKESRELIEF CANNOT COME SOON ENOUGHFOR THE FOLKS WHO LIVE THERE.>> WE HEAR A LOUD BOOM THATSOUNDS LIKE 10 OR 12 TRASH CANS,FULL, DUMPED ON YOUR ROOF, ANDTHEN THE HOUSE WILL STARTSHAKING.I MEAN, CONSISTENT VIOLENTSHAKES EVERYDAY TO YOUR PROPERTYHAS TO CAUSE SOME DAMAGEEVENTUALLY.MECCA: A COMPANY IN YUKON HASBEEN DOING SOME 3-D SEISMICSURVEYING OVER THE LAST FEWWEEKS.THIS IS GEARED TOWARD HELPINGOIL DRILLERS GATHER INFORMATION
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Yukon fracking operation shut down due to earthquakes
The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has shut down some fracking operations in Yukon after a series of earthquakes rocked the area this week.“It's a violent shake of the property,” one resident said. Residents say they’re shaken up after at least three 2.5-magnitude quakes hit the area.But residents say these aren't your typical tremors.“Normally earthquakes are kind of rolling,” Debbi Cunningham told KOCO. Instead, he says these are large jolts they don't see coming.“We hear a loud boom that sounds like 10 or 12 trash cans full dumped on your roof, and then the house will start shaking,” Cunningham said.Friday the Oklahoma Corporation Commission confirmed that in response to this shaking, a fracking operation in Yukon was shut down.An OCC spokesperson says if there is no further seismicity, operations will resume with a 50 percent cut in volume and pressure.Residents just hope it’s enough.“I mean, consistent violent shakes every day to your property has to cause some damage eventually,” Cunningham said. “The more they can do to subdue it, I think the better it would be.”

The Oklahoma Corporation Commission has shut down some fracking operations in Yukon after a series of earthquakes rocked the area this week.

“It's a violent shake of the property,” one resident said.

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Residents say they’re shaken up after at least three 2.5-magnitude quakes hit the area.

But residents say these aren't your typical tremors.

“Normally earthquakes are kind of rolling,” Debbi Cunningham told KOCO. Instead, he says these are large jolts they don't see coming.

“We hear a loud boom that sounds like 10 or 12 trash cans full dumped on your roof, and then the house will start shaking,” Cunningham said.

Friday the Oklahoma Corporation Commission confirmed that in response to this shaking, a fracking operation in Yukon was shut down.

An OCC spokesperson says if there is no further seismicity, operations will resume with a 50 percent cut in volume and pressure.

Residents just hope it’s enough.

“I mean, consistent violent shakes every day to your property has to cause some damage eventually,” Cunningham said. “The more they can do to subdue it, I think the better it would be.”