Injecting wastewater underground can cause earthquakes up to 10 kilometers away
- Written by Emily Brodsky, Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz

Earthquakes in the central and eastern United States have increased dramatically in the last decade as a result of human activities. Enhanced oil recovery techniques, including dewatering and hydraulic fracturing, or fracking, have made...
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