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The Indonesian government ruled that the Lusi mud eruption was triggered by drilling and held an oil company responsible. Instead, a curved rock layer capping the mud reservoir may have amplified passing seismic waves and the trigger may have been natural.

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Figure 1: Mud flow in Sidaorjo, Indonesia.

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Davis, P. Triggered mud eruption?. Nature Geosci 6, 592–593 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo1899

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