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Risk of Human-Triggered Earthquakes Laid Out in Biggest-Ever Database


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Nepal earthquake 2015

A 7.8-magnitude earthquake that hit Nepal on April 30, 2015, has been linked by some to groundwater pumping.

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From mining projects to oil and gas operations, human activity has set off earthquakes around the world and in many geological settings.

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