Oil firm halts fracking following quake

Posted On: Dec. 14, 2018 4:28 AM CST

U.K.-based oil and gas firm Cuadrilla Resources Ltd. has halted its fracking operations temporarily in Blackpool after a 1.5-magnitude quake struck the region on Dec. 11, The Guardian reported. The tremor was higher than the regulatory threshold of 0.5-magnitude. The company had resumed fracking after a month-long break at its Preston New Road site.