Contents 1. Introduction 2. Seismicity induced by natural processes 2.1. Triggering of earthquakes by the Earth's tide 2.2.Changes of the Earth's rotation speed 2.3. Meteorological processes 2.4. Strong earthquakes 3. Seismicity induced by technogenic impacts 3.1. Creation of large dams and reservoirs 3.2. Oil and gas extraction 3.3. Underground nuclear tests 3.4. Action of powerful electric pu...

[1] Double Wadati‐Benioff seismic zones (DSZ) with two parallel planes of seismicity separated by 15–30 km are a global feature of subduction zones in the 50–200 km depth range. Upper plane seismicity is generally attributed to dehydration of the oceanic crust but the origin of the lower seismicity plane is debated. Serpentine or hydrous‐phase dehydration embrittlement is a commonly advocated m...

We present the results of relocating 17,544 hypocenters determined from data recorded during the 2016 Kumamoto Earthquake sequence, during the interval between April 14, 2016, and August 31, 2016. For this, we used a doubledifference relocation method to constrain high-resolution hypocenter locations by cross-correlation differential times as well as the NIED Hi-net catalog differential times. ...

There has been a significant increase in earthquakes in Central and Eastern US (CEUS) in recent years. This increase in seismicity has been associated with human activities like wastewater injection, and is referred to as induced seismicity. One of the components for hazard and risk calculation from induced seismicity is the level of ground shaking expected from an earthquake at a site of inter...

Reservoir-induced seismicity is a very important issue in the study of geological analysis and ecoenvironmental impact assessment in hydraulic and hydropower engineering. On the other hand, reservoir-induced seismicity is a necessary consideration in the feasibility study of hydropower project. Due to the complexity in the process of reservoir-induced earthquake and the uncertainty of the influ...

A critical review is conducted of a selection paleoseismic works published on, or close to, metropolitan France over the last 30 years. The evolution these may be subdivided into three periods: dawn French studies (≈1990–1995), beginning multidisciplinary paleoseismologic approach, and in first decades 21st century. This most interesting at nine trench sites indicates that it often difficult to...

Karkheh Dam is the largest dam in Iran with a capacity of about 7.4×109 cubic meters and height of 127 meters. Since the first impoundment, increasing in seismic activity in the dam area has been observed that indicates the possible occurrence of reservoir-induced seismicity (RIS).In the present work, a preliminary evaluation is conducted firstly in order to investigate these observations. Base...