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The short answer seems to be "yes". The less tinfoil-hatty answer is a *qualified* "yes": it causes earthquakes, but very small ones. You can feel the ground shaking, but the worst that will happen is minor damage and non-life-threatening injuries. For more on the subject, go here: Is Drilling for Oil Cause of Texas Earthquakes? June 13, 2009 http://somagcc.blogharbor.com/blog/_archives/2009/6/13/4220983.html
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no the sucking out part, but the digging part, yes
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No. The geology of earthquakes is related to "fault lines" or overlapping shelves of rock deep below the surface. Oil deposits, even within a fault line have no affect on whether a quake will occur there, even when "sucked out". The drilling is so miniscule and shallow compared to a fault line, it could not cause one.
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