It's Official: Injection of Fracking Wastewater Caused Kansas’ Biggest Earthquake

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Oct 14, 2016, 11:45 am96 pts
The largest earthquake ever recorded in Kansas—a 4.9 magnitude temblor that struck northeast of Milan on Nov. 12, 2014—has been officially linked to wastewater injection into deep underground wells, according to new research from the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). The epicenter of that extremely rare…

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