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Archive Home > 2009 > June > 17 > Drilling and quakes: Is there a connection?

Drilling and quakes: Is there a connection?

There’s little consensus among scientists, but a Texas town unaccustomed to — and surprised by — tremors would like to know

By Jeff Carlton / The Bulletin
June 17, 2009

CLEBURNE, Texas — The earth moved here on June 2. It was the first recorded earthquake in this Texas town’s 140-year history — but not the last.

There have been four small earthquakes since, though none with a magnitude greater than 2.8. The most recent ones came....

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