US mid-continent seismicity linked to high-rate injection wells

Thursday, June 18, 2015 - 14:30 in Earth & Climate

A dramatic increase in the rate of earthquakes in the central and eastern US since 2009 is associated with fluid injection wells used in oil and gas development, says a new study.

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