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Earthquake Hazard Map Includes Human-Caused Quakes For First Time
ResumeThe U.S. Geological Survey this week released a new earthquake hazard map that, for the first time, includes quakes resulting from man-made causes, rather than natural causes. Oklahoma tops the list of the states most vulnerable to human-induced quakes. Parts of it are now as earthquake-prone as California. Here & Now's Meghna Chakrabarti talks with Mark Petersen, chief of the USGS National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project, about the most seismically active states.
![USGS map displaying intensity of potential ground shaking from natural and human-induced earthquakes. There is a small chance (one percent) that ground shaking intensity will occur at this level or higher. There is a greater chance (99 percent) that ground shaking will be lower than what is displayed in these maps.](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2016/03/0329_earthquake-map1.png)
![USGS map displaying 21 areas impacted by induced earthquakes as well as the location of fluid injection wells that have and have not been associated with earthquakes.](https://media.wbur.org/wp/2016/03/0329_earthquake-map2.png)
Guest
- Mark Petersen, chief of the USGS National Seismic Hazard Mapping Project.
This segment aired on March 29, 2016.