Can States Stop Man-Made Earthquakes?

Stateline: Stopping an earthquake before it starts? It sounds like a feat possible only for a superhero.

But in Kansas and Oklahoma state policymakers are showing that insofar as humans are causing earthquakes, they can stop them, too. After restricting oil and natural gas operations in certain hotspots, Oklahoma is feeling an average of about two earthquakes a day, down from about six last summer, and Kansas is feeling about a quarter of the tremors it once did.

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