The USGS earthquake hazards map excludes earthquakes caused by human activities such as pumping wastewater from hydraulic fracturing or injecting carbon dioxide deep underground.
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- If You Think You're Safe From Earthquakes, You May Be ... (nationalgeographic.com)
- https://eos.org/articles/the-united-states-has-an-updated-map-of-earthquake-hazards (eos.org)
- https://www.usgs.gov/programs/earthquake-hazards/science/2023-50-state-long-term-national-seismic-hazard-model-0 (usgs.gov)
- https://www.congress.gov/crs-product/R43836 (congress.gov)
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