INDUCED SEISMICITY
Abstract
Induced seismicity is caused by human activity which alters the stresses in the Earth's crust. The most dangerous can be large artificial lakes behind river dams, the extraction and injection of water in the process of the exploitation of hydrocarbons, and classic mining in deep mines. Excess extraction of fresh and thermal water, oil and gas, or mining in large open pit mines can sometimes have a disproportionately large influence on seismicity. In Slovenia only seismicity induced by classic coal mining is presently known; however, the monitoring of seismicity at large water dams is appropriately regulated and carried out.
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