“Geologists exploring for oil set off hundreds...
“Geologists exploring for oil set off hundreds of such explosions around the U.S. every week, and none has ever set off an earthquake.”
--U.S. Geological Survey seismologist Lucille M. Jones, offering assurances about the planned detonation of 1,200 pounds of dynamite at 4 a.m. Sunday in the Whittier Narrows Recreation Area--near the epicenter of the Oct. 1 quake.
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