If California’s Drought Weren’t Scary Enough, Now It May Trigger Earthquakes

Scientists believe the risk of quakes is growing as the state drains groundwater reserves near the San Andreas Fault.

California’s drought has reached epic proportions. Nearly 60 percent of the state is in exceptional drought—the most severe category—and farmers are depleting groundwater reserves at record rates as wildfires break out north and south.

Now there’s something else to worry about: drought-triggered earthquakes.

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