Earthquake fear ends Dutch gas boom:
The Dutch are proud of the way they have created a country by fighting back the ocean—but when they started making their own earthquakes it proved a step too far.
The tiny village of Zeerijp in the northern Netherlands looks ordinary on the surface, yet closer inspection reveals cracks in homes, schools and historic buildings.
A series of quakes caused by extractions at Europe's biggest gas field in Groningen province culminated in a 3.4-magnitude tremor in January, the biggest for six years.
[...] Facing a wave of public anger over the threat to life and limb, the Dutch government announced that all gas extraction from Groningen will end by 2030.
(Score: 0, Offtopic) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday September 27 2018, @05:21AM
A person used to say the "Village/City of York", because there was a territory called York in which there existed a village. Eventually, that village/city got so large, that it became synonymous with "York"; if you were going to "York", that pretty much meant you were going to the city/village.
That is to say, people started naming villages/cities. So, is it really the village of Zeerijp? I think not. I think it's the village named "Zeerijp"; it's the village Zeerijp.