Science: During the past decade or so the oil and gas industry has injected wastewater into deep rocks in eastern Texas, causing Earths surface to bulge ever so slightlyand likely triggering a series of tremors there in 2012, a new study suggests. Scientists say the work offers hope that similar analyses of the landscape in other oil- and gas-producing regions could help identify areas at risk of human-caused earthquakes.
The 2012 quakes shook the small town of Timpson, Texas, which lies northeast of...