while the university of groningen has published its own study into the issue of drilling and it. there is a direct connection between drilling in the northern gas fields and also the earthquakes in fact specialists are also concerned too about layers of sandstone in the region which they say could eventually lead to yet more tremors happening when a solution hasn't been found for something like a decade and this map does show the number of quakes that have hit the region too and we can see here also that they've been occurring mostly in the northern gas fields where the fault lines are concentrated around an area where something like sixty thousand people currently live the dutch economy minister says if the government had taken the problem more seriously production could have been cut in half since twenty thirty although activists do you say that those measures wouldn't have been sufficient they are pumping gas out of our soil for decades now. in the beginning there were also earthquakes but they just denied it it's not an earthquake it's an airplane going going boom or it's som

the university groningen has directly connected to early. the northern gas fields to the quake's specialists in the field are also concerned too about lays in sandstone in the region which they say could lead to yet more tremors a solution to the problem hasn't been found for decades already this map does show the number of earthquakes that have hit the region and we can see there in the parts of the gas fields where the fault lines are concentrated. supporting. causing problems around sixty thousand people living in the region. where the country's economy minister says that during his government the problem should be taken more seriously the production is set to fall twice comparing with twenty activists however still say the measures are not enough as the quakes continue we are not so this fight with the government. took. not enough earthquakes keep going on when they are extract the gas out of the ground as they do now so it has to go to zero they are pumping gas out of our soil for decades and. in the beginning there were also earthquake

the university of groningen has published its own study into the issue of drilling it claims there is a direct connection between drilling in the northern gas field and the earthquakes specialists are also concerned about layers of sandstone in the region which they say could eventually lead to yet to more tremors happening a solution hasn't been found for decades already this map shows the number of earthquakes that have hit the region we can see that they've been occurring in those northern gas fields where the fault lines are concentrated around an area where sixty thousand people currently live the dutch economy minister says if the government had taken the problem more seriously but action could have been cut in half since twenty thirteen activists however still say these measures wouldn't be sufficient they are pumping gas out of our soil for decades now. in the beginning there were also earthquakes but they just deny that it's not an earthquake it's an airplane going going boom or something else but the last years it's obvious that the. real quakes that's what worries us very m

the university of groningen has published its own study into the issue of drilling it claims there's a direct connection between drilling in the northern gas fields and the earthquakes specialists are also concerned about the layers of sandstone in the region which they say could eventually lead to yet more tremors happening a solution hasn't been found for decades already this map shows the number of earthquakes that have hit the region we can see that they've been occurring in the northern gas fields where the fault lines are concentrated around an area where sixty thousand people currently live the dutch economy minister says if the government had taken the problem more seriously production could have been cut in half since twenty thirty nine activists however still say these measures wouldn't be sufficient they're pumping gas out of our sorry will for decades now and in the beginning there were also earthquakes but they just denied it it's not an earthquake it's an airplane going going to more it's something else but the last years it's obvious that there are real earthquakes and

well university of groningen has that published its own study to into the issue drilling and it does claim there's a direct connection between drilling in the northern gas fields and also those earthquakes specialists are also concerned about layers of sandstone in the region which they say could eventually lead to yet more tremors happening well the solution hasn't been found for decades and this map to show also the number of earthquakes that have hit the region we can see to that they've been occurring in those northern gas fields where the fault lines are concentrated in that's an area where around sixty thousand people currently live the dutch economy minister says if the government had taken the problem more seriously production could have been cut in half since twenty thirteen or their response activists believe that those measures wouldn't have been sufficient they're pumping gas out of our soil for decades now. in the beginning there were also earthquakes but they just denied it it's not an earthquake it's an airplane going going to more it's something else but the last year

now the dutch city of groningen is home to one of europe's richest gas fields but locals are concerned about the environmental impact they do blame corporations for numerous earthquakes in the area the latest coming within the last fortnight on friday around ten thousand people marched against gas drilling in the area the process to say the problem has not been taken seriously enough with quakes continuing to damage local infrastructure meanwhile the strongest earthquake in five years hit the netherlands and january eighth reaching three point four in magnitude. it was often up and you know we have earthquake damage my home is damaged but in comparison with others it isn't that bad my house isn't being held up with braces but i am worried i think it has to do with money and the lack of having good people who know how to deal with processing claims. this problem goes back many years the poor into that people have been waiting too long to receive compensation for the damages that have been caused because and they have been waiting too long for the drilling to stop it needs to happen now