Human mining and resource extraction can trigger induced earthquakes

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Human activities involving resource extraction, mining, and georesource exploitation can alter subsurface stress states and trigger induced earthquakes.

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The retrieved papers provide clear and direct support for the claim that human mining and resource extraction can trigger induced earthquakes, detailing mechanisms such as mining, geothermal exploitation, and hydraulic fracturing that cause anthropogenic seismic events.

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Earthquake hazard and risk analysis for natural and induced seismicity: towards objective assessments in the face of uncertainty.

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Bommer JJ. Earthquake hazard and risk analysis for natural and induced seismicity: towards objective assessments in the face of uncertainty.. 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-022-01357-4

Discusses frameworks for assessing and mitigating seismic hazards specifically attributed to induced earthquakes resulting from human activities.

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An open data infrastructure for the study of anthropogenic hazards linked to georesource exploitation.

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Orlecka-Sikora B, Lasocki S, Kocot J, Szepieniec T, Grasso JR, Garcia-Aristizabal A, Schaming M, Urban P, Jones G, Stimpson I, Dineva S, Sałek P, Leptokaropoulos K, Lizurek G, Olszewska D, Schmittbuhl J, Kwiatek G, Blanke A, Saccorotti G, Chodzińska K, Rudziński Ł, Dobrzycka I, Mutke G, Barański A, Pierzyna A, Kozlovskaya E, Nevalainen J, Kinscher J, Sileny J, Sterzel M, Cielesta S, Fischer T. An open data infrastructure for the study of anthropogenic hazards linked to georesource exploitation.. 2020. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-0429-3

Notes that mining, georesource exploitation, and hydrocarbon extraction have the potential to cause rock deformation and induced earthquakes.

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Random forest forecasting of time to failure for Granite hydraulic fracturing using acoustic emission signals.

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Hooper MP, Xie AY, Li BQ. Random forest forecasting of time to failure for Granite hydraulic fracturing using acoustic emission signals.. 2025. https://doi.org/10.1007/s44421-025-00005-2

Explains that resource extraction operations such as geothermal energy utilization involve hydraulic fracturing that can induce earthquakes.

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