Was the Los Angeles Earthquake Caused by Fracking Techniques?

The epicenter of today's L.A. quake was 8 miles from oil waste injection wells Kyle Ferrar, FracTracker Alliance Was the 4.4-magnitude earthquake that rattled Los Angeles this morning caused by fracking methods? It's hard to say, but what's clear from the above map, made by Kyle Ferrar of the FracTracker Alliance, is that the quake's epicenter was just eight miles from a disposal well where oil and gas wastewater is being injected underground at high pressure. Don Drysdale, spokesman for the sta...