Seismometers

A division of the Ohio Department of Natural Resources will be receiving four new seismometers and plans to deploy at least two of them in the western and northwestern parts of the state, enabling it to monitor more of the state for seismic activity.

Earthquakes such as the one that forced a wastewater disposal well in Youngstown, OH, to be closed at the beginning of the year can be avoided if oil, natural gas and service companies are more knowledgeable of the local and regional geology.

The Ohio company that owns a wastewater disposal well in Youngstown shut down by state regulators for allegedly triggering a series of earthquakes will pay for a study to determine the cause of the seismic activity.