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Research Article| June 10, 2015 Myths and Facts on Wastewater Injection, Hydraulic Fracturing, Enhanced Oil Recovery, and Induced Seismicity Justin L. Rubinstein; Justin L. Rubinstein aU.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025 U.S.A.jrubinstein@usgs.gov Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Alireza Babaie Mahani Alireza Babaie Mahani bPacific Geoscience Center, Geological Survey of Canada, Sidney, British Colombia, Canada V8L 5T5 Search for other works by this author on: GSW Google Scholar Author and Article Information Justin L. Rubinstein aU.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, California 94025 U.S.A.jrubinstein@usgs.gov Alireza Babaie Mahani bPacific Geoscience Center, Geological Survey of Canada, Sidney, British Colombia, Canada V8L 5T5 Publisher: Seismological Society of America First Online: 14 Jul 2017 Online ISSN: 1938-2057 Print ISSN: 0895-0695 © 2015 by the Seismological Society of America Seismological Research Letters (2015) 86 (4): 1060–1067. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220150067 Article history First Online: 14 Jul 2017 Cite View This Citation Add to Citation Manager Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn MailTo Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Search Site Citation Justin L. Rubinstein, Alireza Babaie Mahani; Myths and Facts on Wastewater Injection, Hydraulic Fracturing, Enhanced Oil Recovery, and Induced Seismicity. Seismological Research Letters 2015;; 86 (4): 1060–1067. doi: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220150067 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Refmanager EasyBib Bookends Mendeley Papers EndNote RefWorks BibTex toolbar search Search Dropdown Menu toolbar search search input Search input auto suggest filter your search All ContentBy SocietySeismological Research Letters Search Advanced Search The central United States has undergone a dramatic increase in seismicity over the past 6 years (Fig. 1), rising from an average of 24 M≥3 earthquakes per year in the years 1973–2008 to an average of 193 M≥3 earthquakes in 2009–2014, with 688 occurring in 2014 alone. Multiple damaging earthquakes have occurred during this increase including the 2011 M 5.6 Prague, Oklahoma, earthquake; the 2011 M 5.3 Trinidad, Colorado, earthquake; and the 2011 M 4.7 Guy‐Greenbrier, Arkansas, earthquake. The increased seismicity is limited to a few areas and the evidence is mounting that the seismicity in many of these... You do not have access to this content, please speak to your institutional administrator if you feel you should have access.
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