INDUCED EARTHQUAKES CORRELATIONS WITH EARTH’S CRUSTAL THICKNESS

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  • Marilia Hagen

Keywords:

Earth’s crust, waste wells, Oklahoma

Abstract

In this paper, we carried out an investigation about the possible causes for enhancement of
earthquakes in USA over the last seven years. From our calculations, indications set forth that the increased
evolution of the quakes in the country is due to the human actions. For further analysis, we divided the country
into three main seismological regions: western, central and, eastern. We roughly classified the areas by their
thickness of Earth’s crust in a variation 25-45-25 km. The thickest area is in the mid- continent and most of this
region are part of the Great Plains. In our study, we are going to investigate the reason for the Mississippi Lime
in Oklahoma a very thick area, started an unusual earthquake activity since 2010, most at Oklahoma/ Kansas
border. In this region, also, there are many anthropogenic activities concerning with the waste water wells and
more than 4000 of them active at the moment in the state. The enhancement of earthquakes cluster is
investigated in other locations in the USA. Those studies elsewhere indicated that the anthropogenic reasons
vary; one of the most important is the deep waste water disposal used to recycle contaminated water extracted
from the gas and oil wells, and other independent sources will be examined. We intend to explain why not all
the waste wells are triggering earthquakes and how it would be strongly attached to the unevenness of the
Earth’s crust.

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Published

2021-11-23

How to Cite

Marilia Hagen. (2021). INDUCED EARTHQUAKES CORRELATIONS WITH EARTH’S CRUSTAL THICKNESS. GEOMATE Journal, 11(23), 2228–2234. Retrieved from https://geomatejournal.com/geomate/article/view/2566

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