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Causal factors for seismicity near Azle, Texas

Overview of attention for article published in Nature Communications, April 2015
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Title
Causal factors for seismicity near Azle, Texas
Published in
Nature Communications, April 2015
DOI 10.1038/ncomms7728
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Authors

Matthew J. Hornbach, Heather R. DeShon, William L. Ellsworth, Brian W. Stump, Chris Hayward, Cliff Frohlich, Harrison R. Oldham, Jon E. Olson, M. Beatrice Magnani, Casey Brokaw, James H. Luetgert

Abstract

In November 2013, a series of earthquakes began along a mapped ancient fault system near Azle, Texas. Here we assess whether it is plausible that human activity caused these earthquakes. Analysis of both lake and groundwater variations near Azle shows that no significant stress changes were associated with the shallow water table before or during the earthquake sequence. In contrast, pore-pressure models demonstrate that a combination of brine production and wastewater injection near the fault generated subsurface pressures sufficient to induce earthquakes on near-critically stressed faults. On the basis of modelling results and the absence of historical earthquakes near Azle, brine production combined with wastewater disposal represent the most likely cause of recent seismicity near Azle. For assessing the earthquake cause, our research underscores the necessity of monitoring subsurface wastewater formation pressures and monitoring earthquakes having magnitudes of ∼M2 and greater. Currently, monitoring at these levels is not standard across Texas or the United States.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 4 3%
United Kingdom 1 <1%
France 1 <1%
Unknown 154 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 38 24%
Researcher 22 14%
Student > Master 22 14%
Student > Bachelor 18 11%
Student > Doctoral Student 10 6%
Other 29 18%
Unknown 21 13%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Earth and Planetary Sciences 76 48%
Engineering 16 10%
Environmental Science 13 8%
Social Sciences 4 3%
Energy 3 2%
Other 21 13%
Unknown 27 17%
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This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 257. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 28 September 2021.
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