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Fracking, not water disposal, behind earthquakes: study

March 29, 2016 Bob Weber - THE CANADIAN PRESS

EDMONTON – New research suggests that hydraulic fracking of oil and gas wells is behind earthquakes caused by humans in Western Canada. A study, published Tuesday by a group of top Canadian researchers, says problems in Alberta and British Columbia…

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Induced earthquakes raise chances of damaging shaking in 2016: USGS

March 29, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

New maps identifying potential ground-shaking hazards from both human-induced and natural earthquakes show there is potential for damaging shaking from induced seismicity for about 7 million who people live and work in areas of central and eastern United States (CEUS),…