Russian TV: Massive groundwater extraction was behind the deaths of nine people, with 100 injured and thousands homeless, which was the toll of Spain’s earthquake in 2011. New research links human activity with earthquakes around the world.
The earthquake in southeastern Spain in 2011 near the city of Lorca caught seismologists by surprise with its shallow depth (only 3 km), mild strength (5.1 magnitude) and extensive damage.
In addition to the lives lost and injured, buildings were reduced to rubble and cars flattened.
Scientists led by Dr. Pablo Gonzalez, from the University of Western Ontario in Canada, took it upon themselves to find the cause behind the quake.
Researchers used satellite data to map the ground deformation caused by the Lorca earthquake and then modeled the data.
Categories: Death, Environment, Europe, Spain
There is a world-wide shortage of usable water and hence the over-use of ground water.
In my home town which is along the coast and an island, it is so bad that in some places sea water is already contaminating the ground water system!
Not to mention the fact that sea levels are also rising, compounding the problem.