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Reservoir-induced Seismicity in Brazil

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A compilation of 16 cases of reservoir-induced seismicity in Brazil is presented with maximum magnitudes ranging from 1.6 M L to 4.2 m b . The compilation includes: location of the main epicentral area with respect to the reservoir (inside the lake, at the margin, or outside), predominant geology, and the temporal distribution of the main phase(s) of activity (initial or delayed in relation to impoundment). Data on the regional stress field for some reservoirs is also included. Four recent cases are discussed in more detail: Tucuruí, Nova Ponte, Miranda, and Serra da Mesa. A comparison with all other reservoirs deeper than 30 m and 50 m suggests that the hazard for induced-seismicity varies within Brazil: the NE part of the intracratonic Paraná basin has higher hazard as compared with the southern part of the same basin. No correlation of the induced hazard with variations in natural seismicity can be observed.

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  1. Inst. Astronômico e Geofísico, Universidade de São Paulo, Rua do Matão 1226, 05508-900, São Paulo, SP, Brazil

    Marcelo Assumpção

  2. Observatório Sismológico, Universidade de Brasília, Campus Universitário, 70910-900, Brasília, DF, Brazil

    Vasile Marza, Lucas Barros, Cristiano Chimpliganond, José Eduardo Soares, Juraci Carvalho, Daniel Caixeta, Alexandre Amorim & Edmar Cabral

  3. Seismological Laboratory, National Institute (R & D) for Earth Physics, RO-76900, Bucharest-Magurele, Romania

    Vasile Marza

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Assumpção, M. et al. (2002). Reservoir-induced Seismicity in Brazil. In: Trifu, C.I. (eds) The Mechanism of Induced Seismicity. Pageoph Topical Volumes. Birkhäuser, Basel. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-0348-8179-1_25

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