The physical mechanisms of induced earthquakes

MJA Moein, C Langenbruch, R Schultz… - Nature Reviews Earth & …, 2023 - nature.com
Anthropogenic operations involving underground fluid extraction or injection can cause
unexpectedly large and even damaging earthquakes, despite operational and regulatory …

LOC‐FLOW: An end‐to‐end machine learning‐based high‐precision earthquake location workflow

M Zhang, M Liu, T Feng… - … Society of America, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The ever‐increasing networks and quantity of seismic data drive the need for seamless and
automatic workflows for rapid and accurate earthquake detection and location. In recent …

Modeling and prediction of aftershock activity

S Baranov, C Narteau, P Shebalin - Surveys in Geophysics, 2022 - Springer
We provide an overview of the basic models of the aftershock processes and advanced
methods used to predict postseismic hazard. We consider both the physical mechanisms for …

Disposal From In Situ Bitumen Recovery Induced the ML 5.6 Peace River Earthquake

R Schultz, JU Woo, K Pepin… - Geophysical …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Earthquakes induced by human activities can impede the development of underground
resources. Significant induced events (M5) have caused both economic and human losses …

[HTML][HTML] Global physics-based database of injection-induced seismicity

IR Kivi, A Boyet, H Wu, L Walter… - Earth System …, 2023 - essd.copernicus.org
Fluid injection into geological formations for energy resource development frequently
induces (micro) seismicity. Moderate-to large-magnitude induced earthquakes may cause …

Distinguishing the causal factors of induced seismicity in the Delaware Basin: Hydraulic fracturing or wastewater disposal?

I Grigoratos, A Savvaidis… - … Society of America, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Identifying the causal factors behind elevated seismicity rates in areas with multiple ongoing
oil and gas activities has always been a challenging issue that is lacking a homogeneous …

Earthquakes induced by wastewater disposal near Musreau Lake, Alberta, 2018–2020

T Li, YJ Gu, J Wang, R Wang… - Seismological …, 2022 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Although hydraulic fracturing‐induced earthquakes have been widely reported in Alberta,
Canada, only one seismic cluster (the Cordel Field) has thus far been linked to wastewater …

En echelon faults reactivated by wastewater disposal near Musreau Lake, Alberta

R Schultz, Y Park, AL Aguilar Suarez… - Geophysical Journal …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
We use machine-learning and cross-correlation techniques to enhance earthquake
detectability by two magnitude units for the earthquake sequence near Musreau Lake …

Lateral fluid propagation and strike slip fault reactivation related to hydraulic fracturing and induced seismicity in the Duvernay Formation, Fox Creek area, Alberta

E Konstantinovskaya, Q Li, A Zhmodik… - Geophysical Journal …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Fault shear slip potential is analysed in the area where induced earthquakes (up to 3.9 M w)
occurred in May–June 2015 approximately 30 km south of Fox Creek, Western Canada …

Peace River Induced Seismic Monitoring (PRISM) Nodal Seismic Array

YJ Gu, W Sun, TC Yu, J Wang… - Seismological …, 2025 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Abstract From 23 November 2022 to 30 November 2022, a sequence of earthquakes with a
peak magnitude of ML 5.6 occurred∼ 46 km away from Peace River—a vibrant rural …