Can earthquakes be caused by human activity?

It's 2013. We've sent humans to the moon and can send trillions of gigabytes zipping around the world with the tap of finger, but still—still—we can't predict earthquakes. But we do know this: Messing around with a fault—injecting things in it, taking things out of it—can induce earthquakes. read more

Thanks in part to oil and gas activity, Oklahoma had more than 500 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater in 2014. Oil and gas activity is linked to quakes in Oklahoma and other states Thanks in part to oil and gas activity, Oklahoma had more than 500 earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater in 2014. read more