L.A.’s deadliest quake may have been caused by oil drilling

Monday, October 31, 2016 - 12:31 in Earth & Climate

Historical sleuthing has turned up evidence for a possible link between oil production and a handful of damaging earthquakes that took place in the Los Angeles Basin during its oil boom in the early 20th century, according to a new study published 1 November in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA). In […]

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