Induced Earthquake During Hydraulic Fracturing: Magnitude 0.5 (2) - October 29, 2018

While hydraulic fracturing the PNR-1z well at Preston New Road in Lancashire a 0.5 magnitude earthquake occurred at 6:01pm UTC on Mon 29th 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.