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In this chapter there is a description of the seismic parameter ranges as they are in the mine. Chapter ends with a comparison between natural earthquakes and events experienced in mines. Here I have included some estimates of the released energy in a wide seismic magnitude range. Using seismic efficiency concept I have compared the released energy and seismic energy with TNT explosions and electricity demands of South Africa. Depending on the earthquake size its energy when converted into electricity would be consumed in less time as it takes to blink an aye or could meet the nearly 300 years demand.
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Glazer, S.N. (2016). Seismic Source Parameter Ranges. In: Mine Seismology: Data Analysis and Interpretation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32612-2_4
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