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Oil field operations likely triggered earthquakes in California a few miles from the San Andreas Fault

  • Written by Thomas H. Goebel, Assistant Professor, University of Memphis
Oil field operations likely triggered earthquakes in California a few miles from the San Andreas FaultActivity in the San Ardo oil field near Salinas, California, has been linked to earthquakes.Eugene Zelenko/Wikimedia, CC BY

The way companies drill for oil and gas and dispose of wastewater can trigger earthquakes, at times in unexpected places.

In West Texas, earthquake rates are now 30 times higher than they were in 2013. Studies have also linked...

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