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Texas Earthquakes: Uncovering the Link to Oil and Gas Extraction
On Monday, three earthquakes struck west Texas in a sparsely populated area, the latest among dozens to hit the state in less than two weeks. The earthquakes included a magnitude 4.9 temblor that tied for the eighth-strongest earthquake in the state’s …