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Earthquakes triggered by humans pose growing risk

  • Written by Gillian Foulger, Professor of Geophysics, Durham University
imageDevastation in Sichuan province after the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake, thought to be induced by industrial activity at a nearby reservoir.dominiqueb/flickr

People knew we could induce earthquakes before we knew what they were. As soon as people started to dig minerals out of the ground, rockfalls and tunnel collapses must have become recognized...

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