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Fracking and Earthquakes.
06-Apr-12Human beings have become so incredibly powerful. A 600% increase in 3.0-or-greater magnitude earthquakes in middle America with no known natural explanation for it – the USGS describes the earthquakes as “almost certainly manmade.” The probable cause is fracking. “If you are doing deep well injection, you are altering the stress on the underlying rocks [...]