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Earthquakes Influenced by Water

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Earthquakes and Water

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Thus far, we have focused on the effects of earthquakes on hydrological processes. This is not a one-way relationship. Changes in pore pressure can also induce earthquakes. In this chapter we thus discuss several ways in which hydrology influences seismicity. While the term and ‘induced’ and ‘triggered’ are often used interchangeably, we endeavor to refer to ‘triggered earthquakes’ when the hydrologic process adds a small contribution to the stress that causes the earthquake. For ‘induced earthquakes’, the hydrologic change plays a dominant role. In practice, the distinction can be difficult to make because the mechanisms through which water influences seismicity are not known or straightforward to quantify.

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Wang, CY., Manga, M. (2010). Earthquakes Influenced by Water. In: Earthquakes and Water. Lecture Notes in Earth Sciences, vol 114. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-00810-8_8

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