Oil and gas drilling operations—namely the disposal of wastewater through disposal wells are being blamed for an increase in earthquakes around Salina, Kansas, the city that sits squarely in the middle of the state along Interstate 70.
Earthquakes have been on the increase over the past few months. The Salina Journal reported the county had 138 quakes 2.0 magnitude or higher between mid-August and the end of December 2021.
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