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What caused a spate of recent earthquakes in Alabama and the Florida Panhandle? Researchers think it may be related to oil and gas operations in the area. School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences' Andrew Newman weighs in on Georgia's earthquake risk."We don't necessarily live in an 'earthquake zone,' but our earthquake risk is not zero," he says.