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  2. Earthquake environmental effects - Wikipedia

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    EEE represent a significant source of hazard, especially (but not exclusively) during large earthquakes. This was observed for example during more or less catastrophic seismic events recently occurred in very different parts of the world. Earthquake environmental effects are divided into two main types:

  3. Induced seismicity - Wikipedia

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    The public tends to feel more negatively towards earthquakes caused by human activities than natural earthquakes. [96] Two major parts of public concern are related to the damages to infrastructure and the well-being of humans. [95] Most induced seismic events are below M 2 and are not able to cause any physical damage.

  4. Earthquake - Wikipedia

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    While most earthquakes are caused by the movement of the Earth's tectonic plates, human activity can also produce earthquakes. Activities both above ground and below may change the stresses and strains on the crust, including building reservoirs, extracting resources such as coal or oil, and injecting fluids underground for waste disposal or ...

  5. What causes earthquakes? The science behind why seismic ... - AOL

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    Earthquakes are common on the West Coast, with multiple plate boundaries like the San Andreas fault making geologic activity more likely. They are rarer on the East Coast, but they do happen .

  6. The Human-Induced Earthquake Database - Wikipedia

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    In 2016, Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij funded a team of researchers from Durham University and Newcastle University to conduct a full review of induced seismicity. This review formed part of a scientific workshop aimed at estimating the maximum possible magnitude earthquake that might be induced by conventional gas production in the Groningen gas field.

  7. Environmental disaster - Wikipedia

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    Environmental disaster is caused by human activity, so many believe that such disasters can be prevented or have their consequences reduced by human activity as well. Efforts to attempt mitigation are evident in cities such as Miami, Florida , in which houses along the coast are built a few feet off of the ground in order to decrease the damage ...

  8. Why some huge earthquakes cause great destruction while ...

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    The magnitude of an earthquake isn't enough to determine how much death and destruction it will cause. Location, time of day, building codes and other factors make a big difference.

  9. Why do earthquakes happen? - AOL

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    Movement of tectonic plates against each other sends seismic waves rippling across earth’s surface