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Earthquakes induced by human activity have been documented in a few locations in the United States, Japan, and Canada. The cause was injection of fluids into deep wells for waste disposal and secondary recovery of oil, and the use of reservoirs for water supplies. Most of these earthquakes were minor. The largest and most widely known resulted from fluid injection at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver, Colorado. In 1967, an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 followed a series of smaller earthquakes.
Why is the conclusion that this human activity has a "negative effect"? Arent earthquakes part of the natural geologic process? Why is an earthquake considered harmful? (just because it can wreck human activities?)
This is obviously more evidence that human activities do have a negative effect on the Earth's environment and the natural processes.
Originally posted by veritas93
As long as these dams aren't located on top of fault-lines, then they should be fine. I can't imagine that this is going to cause any large earthquakes. If anything, this process might be relieving pressure along those faults and preventing larger quakes in the future. This may also propse a new way to relieve that pressure that exists in some of the more problematic fault-lines.
Originally posted by Muaddib
as long as they "hope" that it will only help relieve pressure, and not cause any additional damage to those damns, or cause worse earthquakes is alright....because you think you can control earthquakes...
I am highly skeptic we can actually control the weather, or any of the Earth's natural processes....
Originally posted by Muaddib
This is obviously more evidence that human activities do have a negative effect on the Earth's environment and the natural processes.
There have been reports done by at elast three countries in which evidence was found that earthquakes have been caused by injection of fluids into deep wells.
Earthquakes induced by human activity have been documented in a few locations in the United States, Japan, and Canada. The cause was injection of fluids into deep wells for waste disposal and secondary recovery of oil, and the use of reservoirs for water supplies. Most of these earthquakes were minor. The largest and most widely known resulted from fluid injection at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal near Denver, Colorado. In 1967, an earthquake of magnitude 5.5 followed a series of smaller earthquakes.
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