Induced Earthquake Bibliography

Newspaper & Magazine articles on Induced Earthquakes

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  1. JoAnna Wendel, It's Not Just Fracking: New Database of Human-Induced Quakes," EOS Magazine, 97, 22 December 2016.

  2. Julia Rosen, "Pumped to Rumble," Science Magazine, 1299, June 19, 2015.

  3. "Oil CEO Wanted University Quake Scientists Dismissed: Dean's E-Mail" Bloomberg Business, May 15, 2015

  4. John Kemp, "Toward Sensible Risk Management of Earthquake Risk in Energy Production," Insurance Journal, May 11, 2015

  5. "Oklahomans call on governor to implement a hold on injection wells," New4 TV Oklahoma, May 11, 2015

  6. Anna Kuchment and Robert Wilonsky, "State orders well tests for links to Venus-Midlothian quakes," Dallas Morning News, May 8, 2015

  7. Paul Movies, "Half of disposal wells targeted by Oklahoma regulators over earthquake risks have lowered depths or volumes, Corporation Commission says," NewsOK, May 6, 2015

  8. Alan Neuhauser, "After Earthquakes, Silence in the Sooner State," U.S. News and World Report, May 6, 2015

  9. Laura Arenschield, "Fracking, wastewater-injection wells raise Ohio's quake risk, feds say," The Columbus Dispatch, May 4, 2015

  10. Grace Hood, "As worries grow over man-made quakes, 50-year-old Colorado temblors reverberate," Colorado Public Radio, May 4, 2015

  11. "3.2 Quake Rocks Dallas: Can We Expect More?," CBS TV News Dallas, Texas, May 3, 2015

  12. Zahira Torres and Laura J. Nelson, "Baldwin Hills-area quakes not linked to oil operations, experts say," LA Times, May 3, 2015

  13. Kerri Rempp, "USGS creating model for induced earthquakes," The Chandron Record, April 28, 2015

  14. Becky Oskin, "Fracking is not the cause of quakes. The real problem is wastewater," The Washington Post, April 27, 2015

  15. Robert Francis, "Railroad Commission moves to close disposal wells near Azle related to quakes," Ft. Worth Business Press, April 25, 2015

  16. "Earthquake findings reverberate through industry," Ft. Worth Business Press, April 24, 2015

  17. Richard Perez-pena, "U.S. Maps Pinpoint Earthquakes Linked to Quest for Oil and Gas," New York Times, April 23, 2015

  18. Bruce Finley, "USGS drafting new hazard maps as oil and gas boom causes quakes," Denver Post, April 23, 2015

  19. Paul Monies, "Wide area of Oklahoma included in update to risks from induced earthquakes," News OK, April 23, 2015

  20. Alexandra Witze, "Race to unravel Oklahoma’s artificial quakes: Earthquakes linked to oil and gas operations prompt further research into human-induced seismic hazards.," Nature, April 21, 2015

  21. K. Querry and Chellie Mills, "Oklahoma Geological Survey: Earthquakes linked to oil and gas activity," News Channel 4 TV Oklahoma, April 21, 2015

  22. "Scientists see how gas drilling in Texas triggers swarm of small earthquakes, study says," U.S. News and World Report, April 21, 2015

  23. Rivka Galchen, "Weather Underground: The arrival of man-made earthquakes," New Yorker, April 21, 2015

  24. Eric Hand, "Are earthquakes triggered by oil and gas production becoming deadlier?," Science, February 13, 2015

  25. "Coal Mining Often Causes Earthquakes," Grand Junction Sentinel, August 7, 2007

  26. "Magnitude 2.8 Earthquake Rattles Paradox in Western Colorado," Denver Post, August 3, 2007

  27. "Earthquake in Western Colorado?" (Paradox) KJCT8 News (Grand Junction), August 3, 2007

  28. "Quake Rattles Utah-Colorado Border," (Paradox) Salt Lake Tribune, August 3, 2007

  29. "Earthquake Rattles West Slope Town," (Paradox) Rocky Mountain News, August 3, 2007

  30. Beverly Corbell, "Earthquake Shakes up area Near Ridgway," The Daily Sentinel (Grand Junction) November 23, 2006

  31. "Minor earthquake shakes homes in area" (Ridgway) Denver Post, November 22, 2006

  32. Demetria Gallegos, "Small Quake Hits Southwest Colo.," (Ridgway) Denver Post, November 21, 2006

  33. "Minor Quake Shakes Southwestern Colorado," (Ridgway) Rocky Mountain News, November 21, 2006

  34. James Oberg, "Can Earthquakes be Tamed? Human Activity Can Cause Quakes, But Preventing Them is Harder," NBC News, December 27, 2004

  35. "Earthquake shakes region near Utah-Colorado border," (Paradox) USATODAY, November 7, 2004

  36. "Do Quakes and Dams have a Lethal Link?" (Koyna)The Times of India, July 29, 2003

  37. "Minor Earthquake Shakes Northeast Ohio," (Ashtabula) CNN, January 26, 2001

  38. Nancy Lofholm, "Residents Invited to Air Earthquake Concerns," (Paradox) Denver Post, June 16, 2000

  39. "Plant Blamed For Earthquakes," (Paradox) Rocky Mountain News, June 9, 2000

  40. "Solution with a Grain of Salt Decreasing Earthquakes Means Saltier Water in Colorado River Basin," (Paradox) Denver Post, June 8, 2000

  41. Nancy Lofholm, "Feds Give State the Quakes - Saltwater Pumped Deep Underground in Western Colorado is Lubricating Fault Lines," (Paradox), Denver Post, June 6, 2000 at A1

  42. Louis Werner, "Dam Safety -- Does Record Flooding Threaten the Aswan High Dam?," Scientific American, July 1997 at 31.

  43. "Doolittle Will Push for an Auburn Dam Despite Cost and Earthquake Concerns," Auburn Sentinel, Feb. 23, 1996

  44. Kimberly A. Moy, "Report on Auburn Dam Urges More Quake Data," The Sacramento Bee, Feb. 22, 1996 at A1.

  45. Gus Thomsen, "Federal Agency to Check Auburn Dam Seismic Concerns," The Auburn Journal, Feb. 18, 1996 at A5.

  46. Andrew C. Revkin, "Wanted: A New Salt Mine," The New York Times, Dec. 10, 1995 at 49.

  47. Shirley Salemy, Jon Hand & Steve Orr, "New Tremor at Retsof mine, 'Pretty Deep Underground'," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 9, 1995 at 1B.

  48. Mara D. Bellaby, "Akzo Called Negligent," Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, June 9, 1995 at 1B.

  49. Excess Mining May have Caused Collapse, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, April 29, 1995?

  50. "Quake rattles townspeople of Dinosaur," (Rangely) The Gazette (Colorado Springs), March 21, 1995

  51. Joe Garner, "Quake Jolts West Slope 4.1 Tremblor, Aftershock Rattle the Area from Rangley to Dinosaur," Rocky Mountain News, March 21, 1995

  52. "Colorado Area Shaken But Not Hurt by Quake," (Rangely) The Deseret News (Salt Lake City), March 20, 1995

  53. Utah Seismologists: Mining Might Have Caused Quake, Casper Star Tribune, Feb. 17, 1995 at B1.

  54. Quake Cause Conjecture Premature: Wyo Geologist, Casper Star Tribune, Feb. 17, 1995 at B1.

  55. Kathryn Hollinger, "Groveland couple's dream home threatened by new mine plans," The Lake & Valley Clarion (Livingston County, NY) Dec. 15, 1994 at 1.

  56. Chester A. Mcqueary, "He felt the earth move when scientists nuked western Colorado," High Country News, December 12, 1994

  57. Janice Bullard, Perilous ground at Akzo, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Sept. 2, 1994 at 1 A.

  58. Shirley Salamy, Akzo fears gas level is omen of sinking, Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, Aug. 19, 1994 at 1A.

  59. Elmer M. Savilla, "New York Salt Mine Collapse Exposes Ecological Disaster," America's Eagle, June 1994 at 4.

  60. Chuck Cottone, "Pillars of Salt: An Ecological Disaster," America's Eagle, June 1994 at 8.

  61. "Geologist Says Cuylerville Shock was Not an Earthquake," America's Eagle, June, 1994 at 10.

  62. Rae Tyson, "Mine Becoming Subterranean Saltwater Sea," USA Today, June 17, 1994 at 17A.

  63. Ellen Golbaum, "Did Human Activity Trigger Earthquake Near Buffalo?" Reporter, State University of New York at Buffalo, April 27, 1994.

  64. Richard Manasterk, "Reservoir Linked to Deadly Quake in India," Science News, April 9, 1994 at 229.

  65. Fred Hawkins, "Opinion: The Media Overstates Colorado's Earthquake Dangers," Boulder Daily Camera, February 10, 1994 at 2C

  66. "Small Quakes have Georgians Shaking," Longmont Daily Times-Call Sept. 27, 1993

  67. T. Valut, "Environmental Aspects of Reservoir Induced Seismicity," Water Power & Dam Construction, May 1993 at 29.

  68. "Government Blames Quakes on Drilling," ? Canada, April 1993.

  69. "Workers Blasting Hill Trigger Earthquake," Houston Post, TX, December 29, 1992.

  70. "Tremors quit when Army stopped injecting waste deep below arsenal," The Gazette (Colorado Springs) November 28, 1992

  71. Bill Scanlon, "25 Years Ago, The Ground Shook Around Denver," (RMA) Rocky Mountain News, Denver, CO, November 27, 1992.

  72. "Ignoring Ohio's Little Quakes," (Ashtabula) Cleveland Plain Dealer, July 6, 1992.

  73. "Minor earthquake felt in Commerce City; no property damage or injuries reported," The Gazette (Colorado Springs) November 9, 1989

  74. Paul Hutchinson, "Minor-league Quake Rattles Commerce City," (RMA) Denver Post, November 9, 1989

  75. T. Valut, Research on reservoir induced seismicity, Water Power & Dam Construction, August 1989 at 30.

  76. "Wastequakes," Discover Magazine, April 1989 at 8.

  77. R. Monastersky, "Wastewells Implicated in Ohio Quake," Science News, August 27, 1988 at 132

  78. Willaim Hershey, "Report Says Injection Wells May be Concern in Quakes," (Ashtabula) Akron Beacon Journal, April 8, 1986 at A16

  79. "When Forcing Fluids Makes Quakes," Science News, May 4, 1985 at ?.

  80. "Modelling Induced Seismicity," Water Power & Dam Construction August 1980 at 42.

  81. "Research in Induced Seismicity," Water Power & Dam Construction May 1980 at 51.

  82. "McVicker Dismayed at Announced Pumping Test," The Denver Post, August 4, 1968 at 3.

  83. "Arsenal Planning to Pump Well," The Denver Post, July 16, 1968 at 4.

  84. William Sullivan, "Denver to Get a 'Shrinkage' Test As Quake-Area Well is Tapped," The New York Times, July 4, 1968 at 42.

  85. Neal Stanford, "U.S. Reacts to Charge it Triggered Earthquake," The Christian Science Monitor, June 12, 1968 at ?

  86. Naomi Nover, "Arsenal Well: LBJ to Face Quake Report," The Denver Post, March 15, 1968 at 71.

  87. "Authorities Divided on Pumping," The Denver Post, March 10, 1968 at 14.

  88. Walter Sullivan, "Quake at Denver Called Possible," The New York Times, March 8, 1968 at 53.

  89. "Koyna Dam to be Strengthened," The Times of India, December 14, 1967

  90. "Quake Toll 179; more after-shocks," The Times of India, December 14, 1967

  91. "Quake Toll rises to 125," The Times of India, December 13, 1967

  92. "100 killed in earthquake in Koyna Nagar," The Times of India, December 12, 1967

  93. "100 Dead and 1,000 Hurt in Bombay Area Quake," The New York Times, December 12, 1967.

  94. Gene Lindberg, "Evans Favors Pumping Well," The Denver Post, November 29, 1967 at 3.

  95. Doug Huigen, "Location of Quake Pinpointed," The Denver Post, November 28, 1967 at 2.

  96. Bill Symons, "Plea Renewed for Army to Act on Arsenal Well," The Denver Post, November 28, 1967 at 2.

  97. "Forecast of Quake Upheld," The Denver Post, November 27, 1967 at 3.

  98. "Denver Rocked by Sharp, Widely Felt Earthquakes," Rocky Mountain News, November 27, 1967 at 1.

  99. "Experts to Review Quakes: Arsenal Well in Focus Again," Rocky Mountain News, Nov. 27, 1967 at 3.

  100. "5 Quakes Jolt 2-State Region," The Denver Post, Nov. 27, 1967 at 1.

  101. R. Roger Harkins, "Wednesday's Quake: Was It the Arsenal's Child?," Daily Camera Focus, August 13, 1967 at 3.

  102. Joanne Reckler, "Quake '5 times Worse than Last Big One'," Rocky Mountain News, August 10, 1967 at 1.

  103. "Quake Jolts City," Boulder Daily Camera, August 9, 1967 at 1.

  104. Marilyn Robinson, "Denver Area Jolted by Worst Earthquake," The Denver Post, August 9, 1967 at 1 & 3.

  105. Greg Pinney, "Geologist Gives View on Quake," The Denver Post, Aug. 9, 1967 at 4.

  106. "Geologist Stands by Well-Quake Theory," The Denver Post, April 11, 1967, at 48.

  107. David Brand, "Record Quake Shakes Widespread Area," Rocky Mountain News, April 11, 1967 at 5.

  108. Marilyn Robinson, "Aftershocks Still Rock Denver Area," The Denver Post, April 11, 1967 at 1.

  109. Marilyn Robinson, "Record Earthquake Shakes Denver Area," (RMA) The Denver Post, April 10, 1967 at 1.



  110. "Quake Jolts Boulder Area," (RMA) Boulder Daily Camera, April 10, 1967 at 1.

  111. "Instant Earthquake,"(RMA) Time Magazine, April 1, 1966 at p. 93

  112. Walter Sullivan, "How to Start an Earthquake," (RMA) New York Times, March 27, 1966 at p. 196.

    Compiled by Darlene Cypser
    Last update: 5/17/2015