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April 26, 2018Science476 citations

Assessing whether the 2017 M w 5.4 Pohang earthquake in South Korea was an induced event

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KKKwang‐Hee KimJRJin‐Han ReeYKYoung‐Hee Kim

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The moment magnitude (Mw) 5.4 Pohang earthquake, the most damaging event in South Korea since instrumental seismic observation began in 1905, occurred beneath the Pohang geothermal power plant in 2017. Geological and geophysical data suggest that the Pohang earthquake was induced by fluid from an enhanced geothermal system (EGS) site, which was injected directly into a near-critically stressed subsurface fault zone. The magnitude of the mainshock makes it the largest known induced earthquake at an EGS site.

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Kim et al. (2018) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69d7baddae371f9756ae299chttps://doi.org/10.1126/science.aat6081
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