r/WTF 8d ago

Skyscraper swimming pool during Myanmar earthquake

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u/cheezballs 8d ago

In the mid-west of the US, spent our whole life hearing about how we dont get Earthquakes, but when we do get one it'll likely be pretty bad along the fault in southern MO.

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u/Sohn_Jalston_Raul 8d ago

also oil and natural gas extraction and building rural water wells has caused an increase in earthquakes across the midwest US because of ground subsistence.