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Obviously I'm not actually an expert, but this article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-17726538 says that coal mining causes earthquakes too, and basically it's not as big a deal as it sounds, and at least fracking creates gas which is a relatively clean fossil fuel - so less bad for the environment than burning coal or oil. Basically two sides to every story and all - but unless we reduce our energy use, then we need it to come from somewhere, and you could make a case for fracking being less bad overall than coal, gas, nuclear etc.
But I can see why it's scary!