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Fracking: Earthquakes are triggered well beyond fluid inject

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Fracking: Earthquakes are triggered well beyond fluid inject

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NewsPoster Joined: Mon Aug 30, 2010 9:56 am Posts: 20756	Fracking: Earthquakes are triggered well beyond fluid inject Science Daily Geology Using data from field experiments and computer modeling of ground faults, researchers have discovered that the practice of subsurface fluid injection used in 'fracking' and wastewater disposal for oil and gas exploration could cause significant, rapidly spreading earthquake activity beyond the fluid diffusion zone. The results account for the observation that the frequency of man-made earthquakes in some regions of the country surpass natural earthquake hotspots. Read more
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