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Man-made earthquakes increasing in Central and Eastern U.S. - LA Times
Earthquakes, just like climate change are naturally occurring events.
To suggest that humans are causing them is arrogant. The mountains in America were created by earthquakes before any of us were even here.
The seismicity rate in 2013 was 70 times greater than the background seismicity rate observed in Oklahoma prior to 2008, state officials said.
Human-induced earthquakes have troubled scientists because they pose a risk to public safety — and because they have become larger. A magnitude 5.6 earthquake believed to have been caused by wastewater injection hit near Prague, Okla., in 2011, injuring two people and destroying 14 homes. That same year, a 5.3 earthquake struck a remote part of Colorado, near the town of Trinidad close to the New Mexico border, which the USGS said was also triggered by wastewater injection.
Earthquakes, just like climate change are naturally occurring events.
To suggest that humans are causing them is arrogant. The mountains in America were created by earthquakes before any of us were even here.