(task) Mapping man made earthquakes

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> From: Margery Schab <margeryschab@gmail.com>
> Subject: From Seeking Alpha:man made earthquakes
> Date: March 28, 2016 at 10:12:21 PM EDT
> To: Joyce Hale <joyceHale43@gmail.com>, Mary Anne Sullivan <maryannedsullivan@gmail.com>, beth kelley <bethkelleynyc@mac.com>, "B. Arrindell" <glassart@fortyfrogfarm.com>, Gina Angiola <gangiola11@gmail.com>, Michael Mcdonald <michael.d.mcdonald@me.com>, Kathy Gilbeaux <gilbojer@aol.com>
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> USGS forecast includes human-induced quakes for first time
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> Mar 28 2016, 18:55 ET | By: Carl Surran <http://seekingalpha.com/author/sa-editor-carl-surran/articles>, SA News Editor
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> The U.S. Geological Survey releases maps <http://www.usgs.gov/blogs/features/usgs_top_story/induced-earthquakes-raise-chances-of-damaging-shaking-in-2016/?from=title> that for the first time show potential seismic dangers from man-made as well as naturally-occurring earthquakes.
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> The states most as risk of earthquakes from oil and gas activity - Oklahoma, Kansas, Texas, Colorado, New Mexico and Arkansas, in order - are largely concentrated in regions where the energy industry disposes of millions of gallons of wastewater that is produced during the drilling and pumping process.
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> In 2015, the USGS recorded 2,500 quakes with a magnitude of 2.5 or higher in Oklahoma, up from just three in 2005; the state's leading oil and gas producers include CLR <http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CLR>, CHK <http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/CHK>, DVN <http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/DVN>, SD <http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/SD> and MRO <http://seekingalpha.com/symbol/MRO>.
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