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Earthquakes are on the rise in unexpected areas… and it’s humanity’s fault

A new USGS hazards report identifies oil and gas wastewater disposal wells as the culprit for the huge upswing in damaging earthquakes around the central and southern U.S.

Earthquakes are on the rise in unexpected areas… and it’s humanity’s fault

[DIGEST: Wired, USGS, Mother Jones]

For the first time ever, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) has released a seismic hazard forecast that includes human-induced earthquakes. The new report shows that 7 million people in states across the central and southern U.S., a region not historically associated with seismic activity, are at risk of a damaging earthquake. Dangerous earthquakes are now just as likely to hit northwest Oklahoma as they are Monterey, California, which lies along the infamous San Andreas Fault.

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