Induced Earthquake During Hydraulic Fracturing: Magnitude 0.2 - October 26, 2018

While hydraulic fracturing the PNR-1z well at Preston New Road in Lancashire a 0.2 magnitude earthquake occurred at 12:26pm BST on Fri 26th Oct 2018. The earthquake was close to the wellbore at a depth of about 2km. The earthquake was preceded by a number of smaller ones.