fracking – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com Blogging about maps since 2003 Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:08:53 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://www.maproomblog.com/xq/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/cropped-logo-2017-04-32x32.jpg fracking – The Map Room https://www.maproomblog.com 32 32 116787204 USGS Earthquake Forecast Maps Now Include Human-Induced Earthquakes https://www.maproomblog.com/2016/04/usgs-earthquake-forecast-maps-now-include-human-induced-earthquakes/ Fri, 08 Apr 2016 19:08:22 +0000 http://www.maproomblog.com/?p=1467 More]]> usgs-induced-earthquakes

For the first time, USGS forecast maps that measure the potential damage from earthquakes in the coming year now include human-induced earthquakes, such as those caused by hydraulic fracking. (Oklahoma looms large for that very reason.) Maps for the western U.S., where a different methodology is used, presume that all earthquakes are natural in that region. [Max Galka]

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