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世界上每天都在经历着大大小小的地震。在过去的几年里,世界上每个居民几乎都能直观感受到地震数量的上升。据美国地质调查局统计,过去10年间,发生在美国本土的3.0级以上的地震数量增加了10倍。1967年至2000年,美国每年平均发生21次地震;而2011年共发生了188次地震。美国的地质学家最近给出了一个答案,“地震的频发与被排入地下储水井的工业废水有关。”新研究显示,两个
The world is experiencing large and small earthquakes every day. In the past few years, almost every inhabitant in the world can intuitively feel the increase in the number of earthquakes. According to the United States Geological Survey, the number of earthquakes above 3.0 in the United States has increased 10-fold over the past 10 years. From 1967 to 2000, the United States suffered an average of 21 earthquakes a year on average; in 2011, a total of 188 earthquakes occurred. An American geologist recently gave an answer, “The frequent earthquakes are related to the industrial waste being discharged into underground storage wells.” "The new study shows that two