Earthquakes spike by as much as 700 percent in Permian – www.hobbsnews.com

Earthquakes spike by as much as 700 percent in Permian – www.hobbsnews.com

Earthquakes spike by as much as 700 percent in Permian Levi Hill/News-Sun The ground is starting to shake in the Permian Basin and those who live in the region are beginning to take notice even as scientist watch the number of earthquakes in the region skyrocket. The sheer number of earthquakes has increased but luckily the magnitude of most remains small. According to Dr. Urbi Basu, a research scientist with the New Mexico Tech Seismological Ob…