Study: Man-Made Quakes Might Not Be as Powerful as Natural Ones

摘要

The debate over the possibility wastewater disposal wells could be linked to increased seismic activity was a hot topic at the Summer Nape 2014 program and in academia thanks to a new study by a federal geophysicist. US Geological Survey geophysicist Susan Hough has completed a study that suggests man-made earthquakes cause less shaking and in general have about 16 times less energy than natural earthquakes with the same magnitude.