Wastewater injection is culprit for most quakes in Colorado and New Mexico
San Francisco CA (SPX) Sep 18, 2014 - The deep injection of wastewater underground is responsible for the dramatic rise in the number of earthquakes in Colorado and New Mexico since 2001, according to a study to be published in the Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America (BSSA). The Raton Basin, which stretches from southern Colorado into northern New Mexico, was seismically quiet until shortly after major fluid injec ... more
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