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Is there anything that can be done to help with letting people know when there will be an earthquake like the do with tornados?

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1. The number of earthquakes in the Central US have increased over the past decade.
2. In 2015 there ere a little over 1000 of M3+ earthquakes.

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1. Since 2015 earthquake rates have declined.
2.The average is 25 earthquakes per year.
3. Most earthquakes are a 3-4 range and large enough to be felt by many and small enough to rarely cause damage

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what causes the most induced earthquakes?

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Whats the average size of an earthquake.

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1. In 2019, 130 M3+ earthquakes occurred in the same region.
2. The number of earthquakes in the central U.S. has increased dramatically over the past decade.
3. Since 2015, earthquake rate has declined

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1. The rate peaked in 2015 with 1010 M3+ earthquakes. Since 2015, earthquake rate has declined.
2. In 2019, 130 M3+ earthquakes occurred in the same region.

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Do induced earthquakes cause more damage or less damage than normal earthquakes?

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1. Induced seismicity can occur at significant distances from injection wells and at different depths.
2. Not all wastewater injection wells induce felt earthquakes.

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1. Nonetheless, this rate is far higher than the average of 25 earthquakes per year.
2. Most of these earthquakes are in the magnitude 3–4 range
3.at least 58 earthquakes of this size have occurred each year, and at least 100 earthquakes of this size every year since 2013.

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What kind of damage do the induced earthquakes make?

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1) The USGS can use computer simulations to evaluate the relationships between extraction and earthquakes

2) The hazard model that the USGS released in 2016, 2017, and 2018 forecasted the expected strength and frequency of potential ground shaking from future induced & natural earthquakes for a one-year period, based on mostly earthquake data from the previous year

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1) Wastewater disposal wells are more likely to induce earthquakes than hydraulic fracturing.

2) Some of the wells where you are able to pour fluid down the well with no added pressure can still increase the fluid pressure and can still induce earthquakes

3) Not all wells can create an induced earthquake

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If people stop injecting wastewater can induced earthquakes be prevented?

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1. Between the years of 1973-2008 there was and average of 25 earthquakes of magnitude three and larger in the central and eastern United States.

2. The rate peaked in 2015 with 1010 M3 earthquakes. Since 2015, the earthquake rate has declined.

3. Damage has been cause by some of the larger events, including the M5.8 Pawnee and M5.0 Crushing Oklahoma earthquakes that occurred in 2016.

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1. Disposal of waste fluids that are a byproduct of oil production is the primary cause of earthquakes in the central United States.

2. Well not requiring surface pressure to inject wastewater can still induce earthquakes.

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Which city has the highest induced Earthquake

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1. All  of these characteristics help us understand if the earthquakes are induced and the physical processes causing them.

2. The catalog of earthquakes generated by the temporary seismic stations provides key data for basic research to understand the mechanics of induced earthquakes.

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Are there any ways that we can start working on preventing these ways that human induced earthquakes occur? or can we at least make them happen less often?

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Are there any ways that we can start working on preventing these ways that human induced earthquakes occur? or can we at least make them happen less often?

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? how do we prevent them

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Are the induced earthquakes less damaging than natural occurring earthquakes?

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Are the induced earthquakes less damaging than natural occurring earthquakes?

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2 things about induced earthquakes

1. Recent increases in earthquake occurrence rates in Oklahoma have been linked to the injection of large volumes of saltwater, a byproduct of oil and gas extraction.

2. The 2016 M5.8 Pawnee, Oklahoma earthquake is the largest earthquake to have been induced by wastewater disposal.

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Oklahoma has a higher chance of feeling induced earthquakes than naturally occurring, Induced earthquakes weren’t considered for damage estimates until recently when they started become more frequent/violent

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Oklahoma has a higher chance of feeling induced earthquakes than naturally occurring, Induced earthquakes weren’t considered for damage estimates until recently when they started become more frequent/violent

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Wastewater is produced at all oil wells, not just hydraulic fracturing sites.

Induced seismicity can occur at significant distances from injection wells and at different depths.

Not all wastewater injection wells induce earthquakes.

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3 things about earthquakes

1.The number of earthquakes in the central U.S. has increased dramatically over the past decade. Between the years 1973–2008, there was an average of 25 earthquakes of magnitude three and larger in the central and eastern United States.

2. Since 2009, at least 58 earthquakes of this size have occurred each year, and at least 100 earthquakes of this size every year since 2013.

3. The rate peaked in 2015 with 1010 M3+ earthquakes. Since 2015, earthquake rate has declined.  A.K

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Disposal of waste fluids including oil are the number 1 reason for induced earthquakes, Induced earthquakes can occur quite far from the injection wells that cause it, Wells not requiring surface pressure can still cause earthquakes

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Disposal of waste fluids including oil are the number 1 reason for induced earthquakes, Induced earthquakes can occur quite far from the injection wells that cause it, Wells not requiring surface pressure can still cause earthquakes

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Some interesting facts about induced earthquakes are that Induced seismicity can occur at significant distances from injection wells and at different depths. Earthquakes can be induced at distances of 10 miles or more away from the injection point and at significantly greater depths than the injection point. And Wells not requiring surface pressure to inject wastewater can still induce earthquakes. - Drew Heimsoth

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Some interesting facts about induced earthquakes are that Induced seismicity can occur at significant distances from injection wells and at different depths. Earthquakes can be induced at distances of 10 miles or more away from the injection point and at significantly greater depths than the injection point. And Wells not requiring surface pressure to inject wastewater can still induce earthquakes. - Drew Heimsoth

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Disposal of waste fluids that are a byproduct of oil production is the primary cause of the recent increase in earthquakes. building construction, carbon capture and storage, nuclear explosions, geothermal operations and research experiments that test fault stress can all cause induced earthquakes. About 25 induced earthquakes occur per year. - Drew Heimsoth

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Disposal of waste fluids that are a byproduct of oil production is the primary cause of the recent increase in earthquakes. building construction, carbon capture and storage, nuclear explosions, geothermal operations and research experiments that test fault stress can all cause induced earthquakes. About 25 induced earthquakes occur per year. - Drew Heimsoth

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1. Areas of high induced earthquake hazard were identified in Oklahoma

2. the hazard is higher than natural earthquakes by a factor of 3 and is similar to the chance of damage caused by natural earthquakes in parts of California.

3. Temporary seismic stations allow us to accurately pinpoint the location of the seismicity including small earthquakes that are not recorded by permanent US seismic networks.