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Pumping water underground for power may have triggered South Korean quake

Enhanced geothermal systems marshal the Earth’s subsurface heat for electricity

Pohang quake damage

QUAKING POINT  A magnitude 5.5 earthquake that rattled the South Korean town of Pohang in November 2017 may have been caused by human activities, two new studies suggest.

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By Carolyn Gramling

- More than 2 years ago

Injecting fluid into the ground for geothermal power generation may have caused the magnitude 5.5