Local seismographs registered the energy associated with the shockwave from one of the strongest earthquakes ever recorded.

Noble County was suddenly the sight of dozens of small earthquakes this year after fracking operations started in Buffalo Township.

Then another. By May 8, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources had detected 53 earthquakes in the county, prompting the agency to halt hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – at a well pad there.

According to the department's earthquake database, 53 earthquakes were recorded in the Southeast Ohio county within that time frame. Two of those hit magnitudes over 3.0 on the Richter scale.

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The quake is the sixth-strongest on record, according to the United States Geological Survey. It’s also the largest since 2011, when a magnitude 9.1 quake shook Japan. Below is a table of the largest ...

By May 8, the Ohio Department of Natural Resources had detected 53 earthquakes in the county, prompting the agency to halt hydraulic fracturing – or fracking – at a well pad there. “This part of the ...