Constraining maximum event magnitude during injection-triggered seismicity

Recently triggered seismic events such as the Pohang earthquake have exceeded predictions of average energy releases by a factor of 1000. A new framework is proposed to define maximum event magnitudes as a function of pre-existing critical stresses and fluid injection volume.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ziyan Li, Derek Elsworth, Chaoyi Wang, EGS-Collab
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2021-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-20700-4