North Louisiana experienced five more earthquakes in the past 24 hours.
This brings the total to 16 earthquakes since Dec.4, including the 4.9 magnitude quake on March 5 (the largest inland quake in Louisiana history) and a 4.0 magnitude quake this morning, March 9.
The largest earthquake in state history occurred in 2006 approximately 100 miles off the coast of Grand Isle with a 5.3 magnitude.
What’s very interesting: the activity lines up with the Haynesville–Bossier Shale, one of the largest natural gas fracking regions in the U.S. Roughly 13% of all natural gas in the U.S. comes from this region.
Scientists have found that wastewater injection from oil and gas operations can trigger small earthquakes in some areas.
Now geologists will be watching closely to determine whether this is natural fault activity or potentially influenced by nearby energy activity.
READ MORE:North Louisiana has experienced 16 earthquakes since December
