Induced Seismicity

Anthropogenic activities have the potential to induce seismicity by altering the stress conditions within the Earth's crust. Extensive evidence establishes a connection between these activities (such as reservoir impoundment, hydraulic fracturing, hydrocarbon production, wastewater disposal, enhanced geothermal systems, CO2 storage) and occurrence of earthquakes . Regulatory agencies have implemented monitoring guidelines to ensure the implementation of appropriate mitigation strategies in response to induced seismic events for public safety. At Mahan Geophysical Consulting, we offer the following services in compliance with these regulations:

• Baseline studies to assess the pre-existing level of seismic activity and hazard. This includes fault slip potential analysis and probabilistic seismic hazard assessment.
• Design and implementation of seismic monitoring systems tailored to identify earthquakes in accordance with regulatory requirements.
• Earthquake source analysis (time, location, magnitude, focal mechanism).
• Analysis of earthquake ground motions and their damage potential and generation of ground motion and shaking intensity maps.
• Design of induced seismicity mitigation plan.