German coal mining sets off 4.0 earthquake
Mining sets off earthquake in west Germany
Mining in west Germany has caused dozens of small tremors in the past year.
“A police spokesman in the Saarlouis region on the French border said the earthquake measured 4.0 on the Richter scale, the strongest on record in the area, and had knocked over chimneys and caused electricity outages. Roughly 1,000 demonstrators gathered near the epicenter in Saarwellingen, police said, to demand an end to mining work which has sparked dozens of small tremors this year alone.” Reuters
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