Earthquake 'swarm' rattles Arkansas town and its residents Excerpts:
The Arkansas Geological Survey is trying to unravel a mystery: What is causing earthquakes in the town of Guy, Arkansas?
Since September 20, the community of 549 residents north of Little Rock has experienced an almost constant shaking from 487 measurable earthquakes.
"We've had 15 today including a 3.1 (magnitude) from this morning," Scott Ausbrooks, geohazards supervisor for the Geological Survey, said Monday. "These are shallow quakes between two and eight kilometers (between one-and-a-quarter and five miles) below the surface."
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"This time last year we had 39 quakes total for the entire state," said Ausbrooks.
And, while some still want to blame fracking, geologists still don't know for sure..
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