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New USGS Report Links Fracking and Earthquakes

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by Akhila Vijayaraghavan - triplepundit.com - April 5, 2012

The US Geological Survey (USGS) will be presenting a paper next month at the annual meeting of the Seismological Society of America in San Diego. The paper will directly link an “unprecedented” increase in frequency and magnitude of earthquakes to drilling for oil and gas.

This link is not a new one. The USGS already linked about 50 earthquakes in Oklahoma due to fracking.

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GO TO THE ABSTRACT: Are Seismicity Rate Changes in the Midcontinent Natural or Manmade?

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