Seismicity During the Initial Stages of the Guy‐Greenbrier, Arkansas, Earthquake Sequence
We analyze the background seismicity, initiation, and earliest stages of the Guy‐Greenbrier, Arkansas, earthquake sequence, which was potentially induced by wastewater injection starting in July 2010, during the 3 month time period 1 June to 1 September 2010. High‐resolution observations of low‐magn...
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We analyze the background seismicity, initiation, and earliest stages of the Guy‐Greenbrier, Arkansas, earthquake sequence, which was potentially induced by wastewater injection starting in July 2010, during the 3 month time period 1 June to 1 September 2010. High‐resolution observations of low‐magnitude seismicity, and the high‐quality Arkansas public well database, facilitate detailed analysis of spatial and temporal correlations between earthquakes, wastewater injection, and hydraulic fracturing. We detected 14,604 earthquakes, with magnitudes −1.5≤ML≤2.9, using two sensitive, waveform similarity‐based event detection methods in parallel: Fingerprint And Similarity Thresholding, and template matching. We located the 1,740 largest earthquakes that form 16 spatially compact clusters, using P and S phases from 3 stations with the double‐difference relocation algorithm and an improved velocity model constrained by the location of quarry blasts. We enhanced the temporal resolution of these event clusters by assigning smaller unlocated events to a cluster based on waveform similarity. Most clustered earthquakes during this time were both spatially and temporally correlated with hydraulic fracturing stimulation at several production wells. For one cluster, microseismicity was correlated with individual stages of stimulation. Many other wells had no detectable nearby seismicity during stimulation. We found a smaller number of events located on the Guy‐Greenbrier Fault that were likely induced by wastewater injection. The concurrent presence of seismicity induced by hydraulic fracturing and wastewater injection presents a challenge for attribution and seismic hazard characterization, but the combination of precision seismology and high‐quality well information allows us to disentangle the effects of these two processes.Plain Language SummaryA magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurred in Arkansas in 2011, after several months of smaller earthquakes that started in July 2010. Many scientists think that pumping wastewater (from ... |
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Yoon, Clara E.; Huang, Yihe; Ellsworth, William L.; Beroza, Gregory C. (2017). "Seismicity During the Initial Stages of the Guy‐Greenbrier, Arkansas, Earthquake Sequence." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 122(11): 9253-9274. 2169-9313 2169-9356 https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/142265 doi:10.1002/2017JB014946 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth Rutqvist, J., Rinaldi, A. P., Cappa, F., & Moridis, G. J. ( 2013 ). Modeling of fault reactivation and induced seismicity during hydraulic fracturing of shale‐gas reservoirs. Journal of Petruleum Science and Engineering, 107, 31 – 44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2013.04.023 Rabak, I., Langston, C., Bodin, P., Horton, S., Withers, M., & Powell, C. ( 2010 ). The Enola, Arkansas, Intraplate Swarm of 2001. Seismological Research Letters, 81 ( 3 ), 549 – 559. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.3.549 Raleigh, C. B., Healy, J. H., & Bredehoeft, J. D. ( 1976 ). An experiment in earthquake control at Rangely, Colorado. Science, 191 ( 4233 ), 1230 – 1237. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.191.4233.1230 Rowe, C. A., Thurber, C. H., & White, R. A. ( 2004 ). Dome growth behavior at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, revealed by relocation of volcanic event swarms, 1995–1996. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 134, 199 – 221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.01.008 Rubinstein, J. L., & Mahani, A. B. ( 2015 ). Myths and facts on wastewater injection, hydraulic fracturing, enhanced oil recovery, and induced seismicity. Seismological Research Letters, 86 ( 4 ), 1060 – 1067. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220150067 Schaff, D. P., Bokelmann, G. H. R., Ellsworth, W. L., Zanzerkia, E., Waldhauser, F., & Beroza, G. C. ( 2004 ). Optimizing correlation techniques for improved earthquake location. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 94 ( 2 ), 705 – 721. Schultz, R., Mei, S., Pana, D., Gu, Y. J., Kim, A., & Eaton, D. ( 2015 ). The cardston earthquake swarm and hydraulic fracturing of the exshaw formation (Alberta Bakken Play). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105 ( 6 ), 2871 – 2884. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120150131 Schultz, R., Stern, V., Novakovic, M., Atkinson, G., & Gu, Y. J. ( 2015 ). Hydraulic fracturing and the Crooked Lake Sequences: Insights gleaned from regional seismic networks. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 2750 – 2758. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063455 Schultz, R., Wang, R., Gu, Y. J., Haug, K., & Atkinson, G. ( 2016 ). A seismological overview of the induced earthquakes in the Duvernay play near Fox Creek, Alberta. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, 492 – 505. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013570 Shapiro, S. A., Rothert, E., Rath, V., & Rindschwentner, J. ( 2002 ). Characterization of fluid transport properties of reservoirs using induced microseismicity. Geophysics, 67 ( 1 ), 212 – 220. https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1451597 Sileny, J., Hill, D. P., Eisner, L., & Cornet, F. H. ( 2009 ). Non–double‐couple mechanisms of microearthquakes induced by hydraulic fracturing. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B08307. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JB005987 Skoumal, R. J., Brudzinski, M. R., & Currie, B. S. ( 2015a ). Distinguishing induced seismicity from natural seismicity in Ohio: Demonstrating the utility of waveform template matching. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120, 6284 – 6296. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012265 Skoumal, R. J., Brudzinski, M. R., & Currie, B. S. ( 2015b ). Earthquakes induced by hydraulic fracturing in Poland Township, Ohio. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105 ( 1 ), 189 – 197. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120140168 Skoumal, R. J., Brudzinski, M. R., & Currie, B. S. ( 2016 ). An efficient repeating signal detector to investigate earthquake swarms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121, 5880 – 5897. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB012981 Thelen, W. A., Allstadt, K., De Angelis, S., Malone, S. D., Moran, S. C., & Vidale, J. ( 2013 ). Shallow repeating seismic events under an alpine glacier at Mount Rainier, Washington, USA. Journal of Glaciology, 59 ( 214 ), 345 – 356. https://doi.org/10.3189/2013JoG12J111 Vavrycuk, V. ( 2011 ). Tensile earthquakes: Theory, modeling, and inversion. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B12320. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JB008770 Vermylen, J. P., & Zoback, M. D. ( 2011 ). Hydraulic fracturing, microseismic magnitudes, and stress evolution in the Barnett Shale, Texas, USA. Paper SPE‐140507‐MS presented at SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Conference. The Woodlands, TX: Society of Petroleum Engineers. Waldhauser, F., & Ellsworth, W. L. ( 2000 ). A double‐difference earthquake location algorithm: Method and application to the northern Hayward fault, California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90 ( 6 ), 1353 – 1368. Walters, R. J., Zoback, M. D., Baker, J. W., & Beroza, G. C. ( 2015 ). Characterizing and responding to seismic risk associated with earthquakes potentially triggered by fluid disposal and hydraulic fracturing. Seismological Research Letters, 86 ( 4 ), 1110 – 1118. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220150048 Wang, R., Gu, Y. J., Schultz, R., Kim, A., & Atkinson, G. ( 2016 ). Source analysis of a potential hydraulic‐fracturing‐induced earthquake near Fox Creek, Alberta. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 564 – 573. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066917 Warpinski, N. R, Du, J., & Zimmer, U. ( 2012 ). Measurements of hydraulic‐fracture‐induced seismicity in gas shales. In Hydraulic fracturing technology conference (pp. 6 – 8 ). The Woodlands, TX: SPE 151597. https://doi.org/10.2118/151597-PA Wessel, P., Smith, W. H. F., Scharroo, R., Luis, J. F., & Wobbe, F. ( 2013 ). Generic Mapping Tools: Improved version released. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 94, 409 – 410. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EO450001 Yoon, C. E., O’Reilly, O., Bergen, K. J., & Beroza, G. 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ftumdeepblue:oai:deepblue.lib.umich.edu:2027.42/142265 2023-08-20T04:07:38+02:00 Seismicity During the Initial Stages of the Guy‐Greenbrier, Arkansas, Earthquake Sequence Yoon, Clara E. Huang, Yihe Ellsworth, William L. Beroza, Gregory C. 2017-11 application/pdf https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/142265 https://doi.org/10.1002/2017JB014946 unknown IASPEI, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Yoon, Clara E.; Huang, Yihe; Ellsworth, William L.; Beroza, Gregory C. (2017). "Seismicity During the Initial Stages of the Guy‐Greenbrier, Arkansas, Earthquake Sequence." Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 122(11): 9253-9274. 2169-9313 2169-9356 https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/142265 doi:10.1002/2017JB014946 Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth Rutqvist, J., Rinaldi, A. P., Cappa, F., & Moridis, G. J. ( 2013 ). Modeling of fault reactivation and induced seismicity during hydraulic fracturing of shale‐gas reservoirs. Journal of Petruleum Science and Engineering, 107, 31 – 44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2013.04.023 Rabak, I., Langston, C., Bodin, P., Horton, S., Withers, M., & Powell, C. ( 2010 ). The Enola, Arkansas, Intraplate Swarm of 2001. Seismological Research Letters, 81 ( 3 ), 549 – 559. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.3.549 Raleigh, C. B., Healy, J. H., & Bredehoeft, J. D. ( 1976 ). An experiment in earthquake control at Rangely, Colorado. Science, 191 ( 4233 ), 1230 – 1237. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.191.4233.1230 Rowe, C. A., Thurber, C. H., & White, R. A. ( 2004 ). Dome growth behavior at Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, revealed by relocation of volcanic event swarms, 1995–1996. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 134, 199 – 221. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2004.01.008 Rubinstein, J. L., & Mahani, A. B. ( 2015 ). Myths and facts on wastewater injection, hydraulic fracturing, enhanced oil recovery, and induced seismicity. Seismological Research Letters, 86 ( 4 ), 1060 – 1067. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220150067 Schaff, D. P., Bokelmann, G. H. R., Ellsworth, W. L., Zanzerkia, E., Waldhauser, F., & Beroza, G. C. ( 2004 ). Optimizing correlation techniques for improved earthquake location. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 94 ( 2 ), 705 – 721. Schultz, R., Mei, S., Pana, D., Gu, Y. J., Kim, A., & Eaton, D. ( 2015 ). The cardston earthquake swarm and hydraulic fracturing of the exshaw formation (Alberta Bakken Play). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105 ( 6 ), 2871 – 2884. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120150131 Schultz, R., Stern, V., Novakovic, M., Atkinson, G., & Gu, Y. J. ( 2015 ). Hydraulic fracturing and the Crooked Lake Sequences: Insights gleaned from regional seismic networks. Geophysical Research Letters, 42, 2750 – 2758. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL063455 Schultz, R., Wang, R., Gu, Y. J., Haug, K., & Atkinson, G. ( 2016 ). A seismological overview of the induced earthquakes in the Duvernay play near Fox Creek, Alberta. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 122, 492 – 505. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB013570 Shapiro, S. A., Rothert, E., Rath, V., & Rindschwentner, J. ( 2002 ). Characterization of fluid transport properties of reservoirs using induced microseismicity. Geophysics, 67 ( 1 ), 212 – 220. https://doi.org/10.1190/1.1451597 Sileny, J., Hill, D. P., Eisner, L., & Cornet, F. H. ( 2009 ). Non–double‐couple mechanisms of microearthquakes induced by hydraulic fracturing. Journal of Geophysical Research, 114, B08307. https://doi.org/10.1029/2008JB005987 Skoumal, R. J., Brudzinski, M. R., & Currie, B. S. ( 2015a ). Distinguishing induced seismicity from natural seismicity in Ohio: Demonstrating the utility of waveform template matching. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 120, 6284 – 6296. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015JB012265 Skoumal, R. J., Brudzinski, M. R., & Currie, B. S. ( 2015b ). Earthquakes induced by hydraulic fracturing in Poland Township, Ohio. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 105 ( 1 ), 189 – 197. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120140168 Skoumal, R. J., Brudzinski, M. R., & Currie, B. S. ( 2016 ). An efficient repeating signal detector to investigate earthquake swarms. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 121, 5880 – 5897. https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JB012981 Thelen, W. A., Allstadt, K., De Angelis, S., Malone, S. D., Moran, S. C., & Vidale, J. ( 2013 ). Shallow repeating seismic events under an alpine glacier at Mount Rainier, Washington, USA. Journal of Glaciology, 59 ( 214 ), 345 – 356. https://doi.org/10.3189/2013JoG12J111 Vavrycuk, V. ( 2011 ). Tensile earthquakes: Theory, modeling, and inversion. Journal of Geophysical Research, 116, B12320. https://doi.org/10.1029/2011JB008770 Vermylen, J. P., & Zoback, M. D. ( 2011 ). Hydraulic fracturing, microseismic magnitudes, and stress evolution in the Barnett Shale, Texas, USA. Paper SPE‐140507‐MS presented at SPE Hydraulic Fracturing Conference. The Woodlands, TX: Society of Petroleum Engineers. Waldhauser, F., & Ellsworth, W. L. ( 2000 ). A double‐difference earthquake location algorithm: Method and application to the northern Hayward fault, California. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 90 ( 6 ), 1353 – 1368. Walters, R. J., Zoback, M. D., Baker, J. W., & Beroza, G. C. ( 2015 ). Characterizing and responding to seismic risk associated with earthquakes potentially triggered by fluid disposal and hydraulic fracturing. Seismological Research Letters, 86 ( 4 ), 1110 – 1118. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220150048 Wang, R., Gu, Y. J., Schultz, R., Kim, A., & Atkinson, G. ( 2016 ). Source analysis of a potential hydraulic‐fracturing‐induced earthquake near Fox Creek, Alberta. Geophysical Research Letters, 43, 564 – 573. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015GL066917 Warpinski, N. R, Du, J., & Zimmer, U. ( 2012 ). Measurements of hydraulic‐fracture‐induced seismicity in gas shales. In Hydraulic fracturing technology conference (pp. 6 – 8 ). The Woodlands, TX: SPE 151597. https://doi.org/10.2118/151597-PA Wessel, P., Smith, W. H. F., Scharroo, R., Luis, J. F., & Wobbe, F. ( 2013 ). Generic Mapping Tools: Improved version released. Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union, 94, 409 – 410. https://doi.org/10.1002/2013EO450001 Yoon, C. E., O’Reilly, O., Bergen, K. J., & Beroza, G. C. ( 2015 ). Earthquake detection through computationally efficient similarity search. Science Advances, e1501057, 1. https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1501057 Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC) ( 2017a ). Arkansas Well Data Search. Retrieved from http://www.aogc.state.ar.us/welldata/wells/default.aspx (Last Accessed March 2017). Arkansas Oil and Gas Commission (AOGC) ( 2017b ). Arkansas DocuWare Document Imaging Wells File Cabinet. Retrieved from http://aogc2.state.ar.us:8080/DocuWare/PlatformRO/WebClient?orgId=1 (Last Accessed March 2017). Atkinson, G. M., Eaton, D. W., Ghofrani, H., Walker, D., Cheadle, B., Schultz, R., … Kao, H. ( 2016 ). Hydraulic fracturing and seismicity in the western Canada sedimentary basin. Seismological Research Letters, 87 ( 3 ), 631 – 647. https://doi.org/10.1785/0220150263 Bao, X., & Eaton, D. W. ( 2016 ). Fault activation by hydraulic fracturing in western Canada. Science, 354 ( 6318 ), 1406 – 1409. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aag2583 Beyreuther, M., Barsch, R., Kischer, L., Megies, T., Behr, Y., & Wassermann, J. ( 2010 ). ObsPy: A Python toolbox for seismology. Seismological Research Letters, 81 ( 3 ), 530 – 533. https://doi.org/10.1785/gssrl.81.3.530 Bisrat, S., DeShon, H. R., & Rowe, C. ( 2012 ). Microseismic swarm activity in the New Madrid seismic zone. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 102 ( 3 ), 1167 – 1178. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120100315 Bormann, P. ( 2012 ). Seismic sources and source parameters. In New Manual of Seismological Observatory Practice (NMSOP‐2) (2nd ed., chap. 3). Potsdam, Germany: IASPEI, GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences. https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.NMSOP-2 British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission (BCOGC) ( 2012 ). Investigation of observed seismicity in the Horn River Basin. Retrieved from https://www.bcogc.ca/node/8046/download (Last accessed June 2017). British Columbia Oil and Gas Commission (BCOGC) ( 2014 ). Investigation of observed seismicity in the Montney Trend. Retrieved from https://www.bcogc.ca/node/12291/download (Last accessed June 2017). Cattaneo, M., Augliera, P., Spallarossa, D., & Lanza, V. ( 1999 ). A waveform similarity approach to investigate seismicity patterns. Natural Hazards, 19, 123 – 138. Chiu, J. M., Johnston, A. C., Metzger, A. G., Haar, L., & Fletcher, J. 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High‐resolution observations of low‐magnitude seismicity, and the high‐quality Arkansas public well database, facilitate detailed analysis of spatial and temporal correlations between earthquakes, wastewater injection, and hydraulic fracturing. We detected 14,604 earthquakes, with magnitudes −1.5≤ML≤2.9, using two sensitive, waveform similarity‐based event detection methods in parallel: Fingerprint And Similarity Thresholding, and template matching. We located the 1,740 largest earthquakes that form 16 spatially compact clusters, using P and S phases from 3 stations with the double‐difference relocation algorithm and an improved velocity model constrained by the location of quarry blasts. We enhanced the temporal resolution of these event clusters by assigning smaller unlocated events to a cluster based on waveform similarity. Most clustered earthquakes during this time were both spatially and temporally correlated with hydraulic fracturing stimulation at several production wells. For one cluster, microseismicity was correlated with individual stages of stimulation. Many other wells had no detectable nearby seismicity during stimulation. We found a smaller number of events located on the Guy‐Greenbrier Fault that were likely induced by wastewater injection. The concurrent presence of seismicity induced by hydraulic fracturing and wastewater injection presents a challenge for attribution and seismic hazard characterization, but the combination of precision seismology and high‐quality well information allows us to disentangle the effects of these two processes.Plain Language SummaryA magnitude 4.7 earthquake occurred in Arkansas in 2011, after several months of smaller earthquakes that started in July 2010. Many scientists think that pumping wastewater (from ... Article in Journal/Newspaper Journal of Glaciology University of Michigan: Deep Blue Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 122 11 9253 9274 |