Nature Communications (May 2020)

Causal mechanism of injection-induced earthquakes through the Mw 5.5 Pohang earthquake case study

  • I. W. Yeo,
  • M. R. M. Brown,
  • S. Ge,
  • K. K. Lee

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16408-0
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 12

Abstract

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The authors here suggest a causal mechanism for injection-induced earthquakes. They further suggest pore pressure modeling as a practical alternative to direct in-situ pore pressure observation which can then be used for stress build-up monitoring.