Investigation of regional seismicity before and after hydraulic fracturing in the Horn River Basin, northeast British Columbia

• Published in: Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences
• Main Authors: Farahbod, Amir Mansour, Kao, Honn, Walker, Dan M., Cassidy, John F.
• Other Authors: Calvert, Andrew
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2015
• Subjects: Fort Nelson; Horn River
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1139/cjes-2014-0162; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/full-xml/10.1139/cjes-2014-0162; http://www.nrcresearchpress.com/doi/pdf/10.1139/cjes-2014-0162

We systematically re-analyzed historical seismograms to verify the existence of background seismicity in the Horn River Basin of northeast British Columbia before the start of regional shale gas development. We also carefully relocated local earthquakes that occurred between December 2006 and Decemb...