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Oklahoma Quakes Decline Amid Curbs on Energy Industry’s Disposal Wells [1]

"The number of earthquakes in Oklahoma has fallen 25% in 2016 compared with a year earlier, a decline attributed in part to actions by state regulators to police the oil and gas industry’s practice of pumping wastewater from its operations deep underground."

Erin Ailworth reports for the Wall Street Journal June 30, 2016. [2]

Disasters [3]
Energy & Fuel [4]
Southwest (AZ NM OK TX) [5]
Public [6]
Source: Wall St. Journal [2], 07/05/2016
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[1] https://www.sej.org/headlines/oklahoma-quakes-decline-amid-curbs-energy-industry%E2%80%99s-disposal-wells [2] http://www.wsj.com/articles/oklahoma-quakes-decline-amid-curbs-on-energy-industrys-disposal-wells-1467323816 [3] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/disaster [4] https://www.sej.org/category/topics-beat/energy [5] https://www.sej.org/category/region/national/southwest [6] https://www.sej.org/taxonomy/term/81