The article doesn't have much to do with frac'ing at all, just the headline.
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"Our scientists cite a series of examples for which an uptick in seismic activity is observed in areas where the disposal of wastewater through deep-well injection increased significantly,” David Hayes, the deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Interior, said in a blog post yesterday, describing research by scientists at the U.S. Geological Survey
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The study is linking water disposal wells with seismic activity, not the producing wells that are being fractured. They could ban frac'ing outright and it wouldn't solve this problem.