Deadliest Earthquake in Southern California History Linked to Oil Drilling

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Nov 1, 2016, 10:03 am146 ptsTrending
Four out of five large earthquakes in Southern California from 1900 to 1935 may be linked to the state's early oil boom , says a study written by two leading U.S. Geological Survey scientists published Tuesday in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America . The 1933 Long Beach earthquake killed 120…

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