20 Dec 2018
20 Dec 2018
Man-made earthquakes prevention through monitoring and discharging their causative stress-deformed states
- 1Department of General and Applied Geophysics, Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
- 2Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt
- 3Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma, USA
- 4JYL LLC., Houston, Texas, USA
- 5Earthview Associates Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
- 1Department of General and Applied Geophysics, Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
- 2Geology Department, Faculty of Science, Al-Azhar University, Assiut, Egypt
- 3Boone Pickens School of Geology, Oklahoma State University, Oklahoma, USA
- 4JYL LLC., Houston, Texas, USA
- 5Earthview Associates Inc., Houston, Texas, USA
Abstract. Despite our understanding of the different mechanisms of man-made earthquakes, their short-term prediction and prevention is yet to be attained. In this study, we propose an integrated four-step approach to predict and prevent man-made earthquakes or reduce their chance of occurrence. Our four-step approach includes: 1) locating the highly anomalous zones of microseismic emission (MSE) that result from the stress-deformed state inside a geological formation and often represents the seismic nuclei
for impending earthquakes, 2) Monitoring the variations and dynamics of the anomalous MSE zones over a period of one lunar month, 3) inducing a creep-discharging of the MSE zones using a vibroseis seismic source at the ground surface, and 4) monitoring the same MSE zones following the creep-discharge to determine whether the stress-deformed state was released and the chance of potential earthquake occurrence has been eliminated or reduced. The proposed full four-step approach has never implemented at one single location. Nevertheless, the steps have been tested separately at different sites and have proven successful. We propose conducting the full four-step approach at various locations of potential man-made earthquake activities around the world including the state of Oklahoma in the United States.
Oleg Kuznetsov et al.


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RC1: 'Report on the manuscript: Man-made earthquake prevention through monitoring and discharging their causative stress-deformed states by Kuznetsov et all, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences – Discussions.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Apr 2019
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AC1: 'Reply to reviewer comments', Ahmed Ismail, 01 Jul 2019
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AC1: 'Reply to reviewer comments', Ahmed Ismail, 01 Jul 2019
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SC1: 'reviewing', Ali Attia, 18 Jul 2019
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AC2: 'Reply to the reviews of Dr. Ali Attia', Ahmed Ismail, 17 Aug 2019
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SC2: 'discussion', Ali Attia, 19 Aug 2019
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AC2: 'Reply to the reviews of Dr. Ali Attia', Ahmed Ismail, 17 Aug 2019
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EC1: 'Update regarding your manuscript', Oded Katz, 15 Aug 2019


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RC1: 'Report on the manuscript: Man-made earthquake prevention through monitoring and discharging their causative stress-deformed states by Kuznetsov et all, Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences – Discussions.', Anonymous Referee #1, 18 Apr 2019
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AC1: 'Reply to reviewer comments', Ahmed Ismail, 01 Jul 2019
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AC1: 'Reply to reviewer comments', Ahmed Ismail, 01 Jul 2019
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SC1: 'reviewing', Ali Attia, 18 Jul 2019
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AC2: 'Reply to the reviews of Dr. Ali Attia', Ahmed Ismail, 17 Aug 2019
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SC2: 'discussion', Ali Attia, 19 Aug 2019
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AC2: 'Reply to the reviews of Dr. Ali Attia', Ahmed Ismail, 17 Aug 2019
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EC1: 'Update regarding your manuscript', Oded Katz, 15 Aug 2019
Oleg Kuznetsov et al.
Oleg Kuznetsov et al.
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