Wastewater injection is culprit for most quakes in southern Colorado and northern New Mexico

Monday, September 15, 2014 - 16:00 in Earth & Climate

The deep injection of wastewater underground is responsible for the dramatic rise in the number of earthquakes in Colorado and New Mexico since 2001, according to a study to be published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA).

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