Azle, Texas, USA. 13th January 2014. Outside the town hall in Reno, Texas, residents are reminded to come to meeting and unite. Organizers intend to meet state officials in Austin and get the oil industry to admit to causing 32 recent quakes. Credit: J. G. Domke/Alamy Live News


32 earthquakes in three weeks have residents of Reno, Texas, concerned over damage to their homes and falling property value. Environmental and health issues have not united them like the shaking. Few miles north in Wise county residents in Dish, Texas, tried to prove how the air was making them sick. Texas Railroad Commission could find no proof, residents claimed wells released pollution at night and during hydraulic fracturing.


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Location: Reno, Parker County, Texas, USA
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