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Hydraulic fracturing assessment on seismic hazard by Tsallis statistics

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Nowadays, because of the intensive use of hydraulic fracturing (HF) in mining, the study of its impact on mining extraction becomes crucial. Here we use the Sotolongo-Costa–Posadas (SCP) model, which is based on Tsallis formalism, to assess the impact of HF on the microearthquakes’ magnitudes and interevent times in a Chilean underground mine. In this regard, we analyse the seismic hazard at regions with HF and HF-free, which is an important issue for workers’ safety and continuity of the mining operations. The results reveal that the HF diminishes the value of the q entropic index associated with the SCP model, which implies that the magnitude and the autocorrelation of the microearthquakes decrease.

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“Hydraulic fracturing assessment on seismic hazard by Tsallis statistics” Erick de la Barra, Pedro Vega-Jorquera, Sérgio Luiz E. F. da Silva and Héctor Torres.

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Thanks to the Direction of Research of Development of the University of La Serena (DIDULS), and Project: PTE202138 of the Post-graduate program of the Department of Physics of the University of La Serena.

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  1. Department of Physics, University of La Serena, La Serena, CO, Chile

    Erick de la Barra & Pedro Vega-Jorquera

  2. Department of Mathematics, University of La Serena, La Serena, CO, Chile

    Erick de la Barra & Héctor Torres

  3. Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Turin, TO, Italy

    Sérgio Luiz E. F. da Silva

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de la Barra, E., Vega-Jorquera, P., da Silva, S.L.E.F. et al. Hydraulic fracturing assessment on seismic hazard by Tsallis statistics. Eur. Phys. J. B 95, 92 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1140/epjb/s10051-022-00361-6

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