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A risk-mitigation approach to the management of induced seismicity

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Title: A risk-mitigation approach to the management of induced seismicity
Authors: Bommer, JJ
Crowley, H
Pinho, R
Item Type: Journal Article
Abstract: Earthquakes may be induced by a wide range of anthropogenic activities such as mining, fluid injection and extraction, and hydraulic fracturing. In recent years, the increased occurrence of induced seismicity and the impact of some of these earthquakes on the built environment have heightened both public concern and regulatory scrutiny, motivating the need for a framework for the management of induced seismicity. Efforts to develop systems to enable control of seismicity have not yet resulted in solutions that can be applied with confidence in most cases. The more rational approach proposed herein is based on applying the same risk quantification and mitigation measures that are applied to the hazard from natural seismicity. This framework allows informed decision-making regarding the conduct of anthropogenic activities that may cause earthquakes. The consequent risk, if related to non-structural damage (when re-location is not an option), can be addressed by appropriate financial compensation. If the risk poses a threat to life and limb, then it may be reduced through the application of strengthening measures in the built environment—the cost of which can be balanced against the economic benefits of the activity in question—rather than attempting to ensure that some threshold on earthquake magnitude or ground-shaking amplitude is not exceeded. However, because of the specific characteristics of induced earthquakes—which may occur in regions with little or no natural seismicity—the procedures used in standard earthquake engineering need adaptation and modification for application to induced seismicity.
Issue Date: 1-Apr-2015
Date of Acceptance: 12-Jan-2015
URI: http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/63065
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10950-015-9478-z
ISSN: 1383-4649
Publisher: Springer Verlag
Start Page: 623
End Page: 646
Journal / Book Title: Journal of Seismology
Volume: 19
Issue: 2
Copyright Statement: © 2015 The Author(s). This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author(s) and the source are credited.
Keywords: Science & Technology
Physical Sciences
Geochemistry & Geophysics
Induced seismicity
Risk management
Seismic hazard
Fragility functions
Duration
Seismic retrofitting
GROUND-MOTION PREDICTION
ENHANCED GEOTHERMAL SYSTEMS
EARTHQUAKE LOSS MODELS
HAZARD ASSESSMENT
STIMULATION
PROBABILITY
DURATION
DAMAGE
VARIABILITY
PERFORMANCE
0404 Geophysics
Publication Status: Published
Online Publication Date: 2015-02-04
Appears in Collections:Civil and Environmental Engineering
Geotechnics
Faculty of Engineering