relation: https://episodesplatform.eu/eprints/1750/
title: Increasing seismicity in the U. S. midcontinent: Implications for earthquake hazard
creator: Ellsworth, William L.
creator: Llenos, Andrea L.
creator: McGarr, Arthur F.
creator: Michael, Andrew J.
creator: Rubinstein, Justin L.
creator: Mueller, Charles S.
creator: Petersen, Mark D.
creator: Calais, Eric
subject: Collective properties of seismicity
subject: Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis - stationary
subject: USA
subject: Conventional hydrocarbon extraction
subject: Unconventional hydrocarbon extraction
description: Earthquake activity in parts of the central United States has  increased dramatically in recent years. The space-time distribution  of the increased seismicity, as well as numerous published  case studies, indicates that the increase is of anthropogenic origin,  principally driven by injection of wastewater coproduced  with oil and gas from tight formations. Enhanced oil recovery  and long-term production also contribute to seismicity at a few  locations. Preliminary hazard models indicate that areas experiencing  the highest rate of earthquakes in 2014 have a short-term  (one-year) hazard comparable to or higher than the hazard in  the source region of tectonic earthquakes in the New Madrid  and Charleston seismic zones.
publisher: Society of Exploration Geophysicists
date: 2015-06
type: Article
type: NonPeerReviewed
identifier:   Ellsworth, William L. and Llenos, Andrea L. and McGarr, Arthur F. and Michael, Andrew J. and Rubinstein, Justin L. and Mueller, Charles S. and Petersen, Mark D. and Calais, Eric  (2015) Increasing seismicity in the U. S. midcontinent: Implications for earthquake hazard.  The Leading Edge, 34 (6).  pp. 618-626. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1190/tle34060618.1 <https://doi.org/10.1190/tle34060618.1>     
relation: http://doi.org/10.1190/tle34060618.1
relation: doi:10.1190/tle34060618.1