Distant quakes trigger tremors at US waste-injection sites, says study
Thursday, July 11, 2013 - 13:30
in Earth & Climate
Large earthquakes from distant parts of the globe are setting off tremors around waste-fluid injection wells in the central United States, says a new study. Furthermore, such triggering of minor quakes by distant events could be precursors to larger events at sites where pressure from waste injection has pushed faults close to failure, say researchers.