An In‐Depth Seismological Analysis Revealing a Causal Link Between the 2017 MW 5.5 Pohang Earthquake and EGS Project

JU Woo, M Kim, DH Sheen, TS Kang… - Journal of …, 2019 - Wiley Online Library
Hydraulic injection by the Pohang enhanced geothermal systems (EGSs) has been
suspected to trigger the 2017 moment magnitude (MW) 5.5 Pohang earthquake in South …

Optimization of network-based earthquake early warning systems on the Korean Peninsula

S Cho, JK Ahn, EH Hwang - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Most countries and local governments provide earthquake services in the public domain,
and they must have high accuracy. If a missed alarm of the Earthquake Early Warning (EEW) …

Seismic hazard assessment for the Korean Peninsula

S Park, TK Hong, G Rah - Bulletin of the Seismological …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
ABSTRACT The Korean Peninsula is located in a stable intraplate region with low‐
seismicity rates and long recurrence intervals of major earthquakes. Recent moderate‐size …

Linearly combined ground motion model using quadratic programming for low-to mid-size seismicity region: South Korea

D Jang, JK Ahn, TW Kim, DY Kwak - Frontiers in Earth Science, 2023 - frontiersin.org
This study suggests a linearly combined ground motion model (GMM) optimized for the
within-rock conditions of South Korea. Ground motions recorded by accelerometers …

Discrimination of Small Earthquakes and Buried Single‐Fired Chemical Explosions at Local Distances () in the Western United States from Comparison of Local …

KD Koper, MM Holt, JR Voyles… - Bulletin of the …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
Seismologists distinguish underground nuclear explosions from more commonly occurring
earthquakes using moment tensor inversion, high‐frequency P/S amplitude ratios, mb: M s …

Spatiotemporal seismicity evolution and seismic hazard potentials in the western East Sea (Sea of Japan)

TK Hong, S Park, J Lee, W Kim - Pure and Applied Geophysics, 2020 - Springer
The earthquakes in the western East Sea (Sea of Japan) mostly occur in the continental
margin off the east coast of the Korean Peninsula. The seismic hazard potentials in and …

Research Catalog of Inland Seismicity in the Southern Korean Peninsula from 2012 to 2021 Using Deep Learning Techniques

J Han, K Joo Seo, S Kim, DH Sheen… - Seismological …, 2024 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
A seismicity catalog spanning 2012–2021 is proposed for the inland and near‐coastal areas
of the southern Korean Peninsula (SKP). Using deep learning (DL) techniques combined …

Seismological characteristics of microearthquake sequence near Suncheon, South Korea, from 2009 to 2020

D Kwak, S Kim, DH Sheen, S Kim - Geosciences Journal, 2022 - Springer
We analyzed the seismological characteristics of a microearthquake sequence that occurred
from September 2009 to August 2020 with epicenters concentrated within a small area,∼ 10 …

Role of backbone fault system on earthquake spawning and geohazards in the Seoul metropolitan area

S Park, TK Hong, B Kim, J Lee - Earth and Space Science, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Major earthquakes in continental regions may cause significant damage. Preexisting fault
system across megacity receives high attention for possible seismic damages. Earthquake …

Toward robust and routine determination of Mw for small earthquakes: Application to the 2020 Mw 5.7 Magna, Utah, seismic sequence

J Holt, KM Whidden, KD Koper… - Seismological …, 2021 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
To better characterize seismic hazard, particularly, for induced seismicity, there is an
increasing interest in methods to estimate moment magnitude (⁠ M w⁠) for small …