Deadly 2011 earthquake linked to groundwater extraction

Sunday, October 21, 2012 - 17:00 in Earth & Climate

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An earthquake that killed nine people in Spain last year may have been triggered by decades of pumping water from a nearby natural underground reservoir, suggesting human activities played a role in moving Earth's crust, scientists reported on Sunday.

Read the whole article on Reuters:Science

More from Reuters:Science

Learn more about

Latest Science Newsletter

Get the latest and most popular science news articles of the week in your Inbox! It's free!

Check out our next project, Biology.Net