Highlights Seismograph picks up 0.4 magnitude event Preston New Road site still in testing phase Tremor strength close to current regulatory threshold for pause London — Hydraulic fracturing, commonly known as “fracking,” of shale rock for natural gas extraction was temporarily suspended on Tuesday, as minor seismic activity was recorded near UK shale pioneer Cuadrilla’s Preston New Road site in Northwest England. Receive daily email alerts, subscriber notes & personalize your experience. Register Now The event was recorded by one of many seismographs within Cuadrilla’s permitted area of operation, and registered 0.4 on the Local Magnitude (ML) scale at 1545 GMT on Tuesday, at a location just over a mile away from the well surface site near Little Plumpton, Lancashire. Operations were paused overnight as a precautionary measure following the event, and are set to resume on Wednesday. “This is an extremely low level of seismicity, far below what […]