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US Geological Survey (USGS): http://www.usgs.

gov/
As is the case elsewhere in the world, there is evidence that some central and e
astern North America earthquakes have been triggered or caused by human activiti
es that have altered the stress conditions in earth's crust sufficiently to indu
ce faulting. Activities that have induced felt earthquakes in some geologic envi
ronments have included impoundment of water behind dams, injection of fluid into
the earth's crust, extraction of fluid or gas, and removal of rock in mining or
quarrying operations.
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Youngstown Ohio: http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/states/?region=Ohio
NBC news report: http://www.nbcnews.com/science/fracking-practices-blame-ohio-ea
rthquakes-8C11073601
Before January 2011, Youngstown, Ohio, which is located on the Marcellus Shale,
had never experienced an earthquake, at least not since researchers began observ
ations in 1776. However, in December 2010, the Northstar 1 injection well came o
nline to pump wastewater from fracking projects in Pennsylvania into storage dee
p underground. In the year that followed, seismometers in and around Youngstown
recorded 109 earthquakes, the strongest registering a magnitude-3.9 earthquake o
n Dec. 31, 2011. The well was shut down after the quake.
Scientists have known for decades that fracking and wastewater injection can tri
gger earthquakes. For instance, it appears linked with Oklahoma's strongest reco
rded quake in 2011, as well as a rash of more than 180 minor tremors in Texas be
tween Oct. 30, 2008, and May 31, 2009.
For instance, the first earthquake recorded in Youngstown occurred 13 days after
pumping began, and the tremors ceased shortly after the Ohio Department of Natu
ral Resources shut down the well in December 2011. In addition, dips in earthqua
ke activity lined up with Memorial Day, the Fourth of July, Labor Day, Thanksgiv
ing and other times when injection at the well was temporarily stopped.
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Conway Arkansas
http://earthquaketrack.com/p/united-states/arkansas/recent
ABC News Report: http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/hundreds-arkansas-earthquakes-
linked-natural-gas-injection-wells/story?id=13431093
area around Guy has had more than 1,100 earthquakes since September 2010. He sai
d that the earthquakes are rattling the Arkansas countryside in part of what's k
nown as the Fayetteville shale.
Raw data compilation: http://www.scribd.com/doc/201899833/Dec-2010-Seismic-Activ
ity-Conway-Arkansas
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Azel Texas
http://earthquaketrack.com/us-tx-azle/recent
City of Azel:
http://www.cityofazle.org/index.aspx?NID=456
Map: http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2014/01/14/north-texas-earthquakes-appear-
more-centralized-than-previously-thought/
Orange circles are quakes, wavy lines are location of injection wells
Google Map Quake and injection well location Nov-Dec 2013: https://www.google.co
m/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&t=m&oe=UTF8&msa=0&msid=202293095463227667841.0004eae9ecc094d20
6461&dg=feature
Texas Almanac:
http://www.texasalmanac.com/topics/environment/notable-earthquakes-shake-texas-o
ccasion
Fluid withdrawal is usually associated with aseismic subsidence and faulting suc
h as occurs in the Houston area. However, small earthquakes are sometimes report
ed. In 1925, small shocks were associated with subsidence produced from oil prod
uction at the Goose Creek old field near Houston.
Larger earthquakes in East Texas also may have resulted from fluid withdrawal. T
entative relations between withdrawal and seismicity have been proposed for the
1932 Mexia-Wortham and the 1957 Gladewater earthquakes. More convincing evidence
exists for the earthquakes in some oil and gas fields in South Texas.
The injection of fluids into the earths crust for disposal or for secondary recov
ery of oil also has been known to produce earthquakes in other states. Some eart
hquakes, none very damaging, may be associated with fluid injection in the Permi
an Basin of West Texas.
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Oklahoma - earthquake swarms
http://stateimpact.npr.org/texas/2014/01/07/earthquake-swarms-shaking-oklahoma-a
s-well/
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Denver Colorado: Earthquakes and the Rocky Mountain Arsenal Disposal Well (1961)
http://geosurvey.state.co.us/hazards/Earthquakes/Documents/ERC/DENVER%20AREA%20%
20EARTHQUAKES%20AND%20ROCKY%20MTN%20ARSENAL%20DISPOSAL%20WELL-EVANS%201970-2ND%2
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