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Man-made earthquakes weaker than natural earthquakes of same magnitude | #Geology #GeologyPage Man-made earthquakes, a side effect of some high-tech energy drilling, cause less shaking and in general are about 16 times weaker than natural earthquakes with the same magnitude, a study found. People feeling the ground move from induced quakes those that are not natural, but triggered by injections of wastewater deep underground report significantly less shaking than those who experience more normal earthquakes of the same magnitude, according to a study by US Geological Survey geophysicist Susan Hough. Read more : geologypage/2014/08/man-made-earthquakes-weaker-than.html Geology geologypage
Posted on: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 01:00:02 +0000

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