@article{epos1758,
          volume = {348},
          number = {6241},
          author = {M. Weingarten and Shemin Ge and Jonathan W. Godt and B. A. Bekins and Justin L. Rubinstein},
           title = {High-rate injection is associated with the increase in U.S. mid-continent seismicity},
       publisher = {American Association for the Advancement of Science},
         journal = {Science},
           pages = {1336--1340},
            year = {2015},
             url = {https://episodesplatform.eu/eprints/1758/},
        abstract = {An unprecedented increase in earthquakes in the U.S. mid-continent began in 2009. Many of these earthquakes have been documented as induced by wastewater injection. We examine the relationship between wastewater injection and U.S. mid-continent seismicity using a newly assembled injection well database for the central and eastern United States. We find that the entire increase in earthquake rate is associated with fluid injection wells. High-rate injection wells ({\ensuremath{>}}300,000 barrels per month) are much more likely to be associated with earthquakes than lower-rate wells. At the scale of our study, a well?s cumulative injected volume, monthly wellhead pressure, depth, and proximity to crystalline basement do not strongly correlate with earthquake association. Managing injection rates may be a useful tool to minimize the likelihood of induced earthquakes.}
}