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Number of earthquakes above magnitude 2 on Richter scale caused by onshore oil and gas drilling activity in the United States from 2017 to 2021*

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Release date

June 2021

Region

United States

Survey time period

2017 to 2021

Supplementary notes

* Data for Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
** Data for first five months of the year.

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Number of onshore earthquakes caused by oil drilling in the U.S. 2017-2021

Published by ÌÇÐÄÆƽâ°æ Research Department, Jul 8, 2021
The number of oil drilling induced earthquakes recorded in the U.S. South reached *** in the first five months of 2021. Earthquakes above the magnitude of * on the Richter scale increased *** between 2017 and 2020 as a result of drilling methods that require injections of water. Water injections are used in order to maintain or increase pressure levels in the reservoir and thus raise oil outflow from the well.
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