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Earthquakes & Maps Link Oil and Gas.
« on: April 25, 2015, 08:17:33 PM »
This is OFF TOPIC. It shows what you can do with computers and data.
The full title of the article is:
U.S. Maps Pinpoint Earthquakes Linked to Quest for Oil and Gas
The information was released on Thursday.
You already know that the US Geological survey does neat maps. Great for hikers. But recently they published maps that link earthquakes to old and gas extraction.
For the full text go Here.
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By far the hardest-hit state, the report said, is Oklahoma, where earthquakes are hundreds of times more common than they were until a few years ago because of the disposal of wastewater left over from extracting fuels and from drilling wells by injecting water into the earth. But the report also mapped parts of eight other states...

The report is about data from the USA. It is not about other placers.  8)