Claim: Since fracking recommenced in Lancashire there have been 17 earthquakes in nine days.
Fact-check: Is fracking causing earthquakes? - Full Fact
Verdict: there were 18 earthquakes, but they're very small, and earthquakes of this scale happen thousands of times in the uk each year. fracking inherently tends to cause small earthquakes, but has occasionally been indirectly linked with larger ones as well.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Abbas Panjwani
Date published: 2018-11-01T00:00:00