Earthquakes and a new fact for theodicy

I hope I don't have to spell out why this is significant in a minor way for those wrestling with the issues of theodicy.

That quake was triggered by changes in tectonic forces caused by 200 years of underground coal mining, ... the monetary damage done by the earthquake exceeded the total value of the coal extracted in the area

Wired Science: Filed in: disasters, mining, theodicy, evil, anthropogenic, earthquakes