[HTML][HTML] Two-year survey of earthquakes and injection/production wells in the Eagle Ford Shale, Texas, prior to the MW4. 8 20 October 2011 earthquake

C Frohlich, M Brunt - Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 2013 - Elsevier
Abstract Between November 2009 and September 2011 the EarthScope USArray program
deployed∼ 25 temporary seismograph stations on a 70-km grid in south-central Texas …

A new paradigm for large earthquakes in stable continental plate interiors

E Calais, T Camelbeeck, S Stein… - Geophysical Research …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Large earthquakes within stable continental regions (SCR) show that significant amounts of
elastic strain can be released on geological structures far from plate boundary faults, where …

Oklahoma experiences largest earthquake during ongoing regional wastewater injection hazard mitigation efforts

WL Yeck, GP Hayes, DE McNamara… - Geophysical …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The 3 September 2016, Mw 5.8 Pawnee earthquake was the largest recorded
earthquake in the state of Oklahoma. Seismic and geodetic observations of the Pawnee …

Tectonics of the Colorado Plateau and its margins

KE Karlstrom, J Wilgus, JO Thacker… - Annual Review of …, 2022 - annualreviews.org
The Cenozoic Colorado Plateau physiographic province overlies multiple Precambrian
provinces. Its∼ 2-km elevation rim surrounds an∼ 1.6-km elevation core that is underlain by …

State of stress in areas of active unconventional oil and gas development in North America

JEL Snee, MD Zoback - AAPG Bulletin, 2022 - archives.datapages.com
In this paper, we present comprehensive data on stress orientation and relative magnitude
in areas throughout North America where unconventional oil and gas are currently being …

A historical review of induced earthquakes in Texas

C Frohlich, H DeShon, B Stump… - Seismological …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
In Texas, earthquakes have occurred in close association with activities accompanying
petroleum production since 1925. Here we develop a five‐question test to categorize …

Continuing megathrust earthquake potential in Chile after the 2014 Iquique earthquake

GP Hayes, MW Herman, WD Barnhart, KP Furlong… - Nature, 2014 - nature.com
The seismic gap theory identifies regions of elevated hazard based on a lack of recent
seismicity in comparison with other portions of a fault. It has successfully explained past …

State of stress in the Permian Basin, Texas and New Mexico: Implications for induced seismicity

JEL Snee, MD Zoback - The Leading Edge, 2018 - library.seg.org
Since the 1960s, the Permian Basin of west Texas and southeast New Mexico has
experienced earthquakes that were possibly triggered by oil and gas activities. In recent …

Far‐field pressurization likely caused one of the largest injection induced earthquakes by reactivating a large preexisting basement fault structure

WL Yeck, M Weingarten, HM Benz… - Geophysical …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Mw 5.1 Fairview, Oklahoma, earthquake on 13 February 2016 and its
associated seismicity produced the largest moment release in the central and eastern …

[HTML][HTML] Rupture process and aftershock focal mechanisms of the 2022 M6. 8 Luding earthquake in Sichuan

Z Yang, D Dai, Y Zhang, X Zhang, J Liu - Earthquake Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract According to the China Earthquake Networks Center, a strong earthquake of M6. 8
occurred in Luding County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, China …