Political Factoid
"The majority, if not all
of the earthquakes [in
the Raton Basin in Colorado and
New Mexico] since August
2001* have been triggered
by the deep injection of
wastewater related to the
production of natural gas
from the the coal-bed
methane field."
-- [emphasis added]
-- U.S. Geological Survey
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5 earthquakes 1970-2001
95 earthquakes 2001-2011
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