Oklahoma earthquakes linked to fracking wastewater wells, study says

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Fifth of the quakes that helped turn the state into the earthquake capital of America were caused by just four wells

Scientists have, for the first time, linked hundreds of earthquakes across a broad swath of Oklahoma to a handful of wastewater wells used by the fracking industry.

The research, published in the journal Science on Thursday, said about one-fifth of the quakes that helped turn Oklahoma into the earthquake capital of America were caused by just four wells.

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