lawrence merrick is giving me a tour of his house. earthquakes are tearing it apart. in 2014, everything was repaired, everything was fine again. so after 2014, it happened. everything again, that you get this crick's. cracks in the window, frames in the wall, in the glass panes themselves. now a pair of wooden braces is the only thing holding the house together. when was this put up or 2 more than 2 and a half years ago already. so you've had this up for 2 and a half years. yeah. no, to now of years. this is, you know, switched lawrence lives in a village outside groaning and in the netherlands. europe's largest natural gas field lies 3 kilometers beneath the surface. here, a joint project by shell and exxon mobil has drilled for decades, a lucrative business that's also benefited the state and unleashed earthquakes. the dutch government says it will in production next year, unless there's an emergency need that has residents wandering and groaning, and the issues about more than just structural damage. even if the cracks in your house or tiny, if there's one tiny cr