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Anthropogenic seismicity in the surroundings of some reservoirs in Colombia
Mario Helberto Leal-Noriega- Carlos Alberto Vargas-Jiménez
Published 2020-09-30
Keywords
- Anthropogenic seismicity,
- Induced seismicity,
- Reservoirs,
- Stored volume,
- Overload
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Leal-Noriega, M. H., & Vargas-Jiménez, C. A. (2020). Anthropogenic seismicity in the surroundings of some reservoirs in Colombia. Boletín De Geología, 42(3), 123–139. https://doi.org/10.18273/revbol.v42n3-2020005
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Abstract
This research analyzes if the seismicity registered in the surroundings of five reservoirs in Colombia, is related to the overload and discharge exerted by its filling and emptying cycles, respectively. The selected dams have different water storage volume ranges, as they are one of the parameters that most often influence the seismicity detonated by reservoirs. The study period was delimited between 2000 and 2017, using the following inputs as reference information: seismic events registered by the National Seismological Network of Colombia, daily reports on the storage volume of the reservoirs, as well as geological-structural information of the study areas at the regional level generated by the Colombian Geological Service. The analyses carried out for the Betania, Calima, Urrá and Salvajina reservoirs do not allow to stablish a conclusive direct relationship between the recorded earthquakes and the volume changes of these reservoirs; however, the results obtained for the Topocoro dam estimate that the construction of this structure may be producing a greater number of seismic events in its surroundings.
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Palacios, R.A. (2013). Inventario documentado de represas en Colombia. Tesis, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia.
Pérez, J.L.; Salcedo-Hurtado, E.J.; Mora-Páez, H. (2014). Análisis sismotectónico regional como contribución al estudio de las fuentes sismogénicas locales en la zona del embalse Calima, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Boletín de Geología, 36(2), 101-124.
Simpson, D.W.; Leith, W.S.; Scholz, C.H. (1988). Two types of reservoir-induced seismicity. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 78(6), 2025-2040.
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Bettinelli, P.; Avouac, J.P.; Flouzat, M.; Bollinger, L.; Ramillien, G.; Rajaure, S.; Sapkota, S. (2008). Seasonal variations of seismicity and geodetic strain in the Himalaya induced by surface hydrology. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 266(3-4), 332-344. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2007.11.021
Consorcio Generación Ituango. (2011). Actualización estudio de impacto ambiental – Plan de contingencia. Empresas Públicas de Medellín – EPM.
Dahm, T.; Hainzl, S.; Becker, D.; Bisschoff, M.; Cesca, S.; Dost, B.; Fritschen, R.; Kuhn, D.; Lasocki, S.; Klose, C.D.; Meier, C.D.; Ohrnberger, M.; Rivalta, E.; Shapiro, S.; Wegler, U. (2010). How to discriminate induced, triggered and natural seismicity. Workshop Induced Seismicity, Luxemburgo.
Das, B.M. (2012). Fundamentos de ingeniería de cimentaciones. (7ma ed.). Cengage Lerning Inc.
Drakatos, G.; Papanastassiou, D.; Papadopoulos, G.; Skafida, H.; Stavrakakis, G. (1998). Relationship between the 13 May 1995 Kozani-Grevena (NW Greece) earthquake and the Polyphyto artificial lake. Engineering Geology, 51(1), 65-74. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0013-7952(98)00041-6
Flórez-Hurtado, J.A.; Osorio-Hoyos, L.M.; Monsalve-Jaramillo, H. (2013). Determinación de modelo unidimensional de velocidad en el centro-occidente colombiano utilizando tomografía sísmica local. Revista de Investigaciones Universidad del Quindío, 24(2), 245-254.
Gahalaut, V.K.; Gahalaut, K.; Catherine, J.K.; Sreejith, K.M.; Agrawal, R.; Yadav, R.K.; Mohanalaksmi, C.; Naidu, M.S.; Rajeshwar, V. (2018). Geodetic constraints on tectonic and anthropogenic deformation and seismogenesis of Koyna-Warna region, India. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 108(5B), 2933-2942. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170373
Gómez, J.; Nivia, A.; Montes, N.E.; Almanza, M.F.; Madrid, F.A. (2015). Notas explicativas: Mapa Geológico de Colombia, Compilando la geología de Colombia: Una visión a 2015. Servicio Geológico Colombiano, Publicaciones Geológicas Especiales, 33, 9-33.
González de Vallejo, L.I.; Ferrer, M.; Ortuño, L.; Oteo, C. (2006). Ingeniería Geológica. Pearson Prentice Hall.
González de Vallejo, L.I.; Rodríguez, J.A.; Insúa, J.M.; García, J.; Mazariegos, A.; Oliveira, R.; Bommer, J. (2005). Informe de supervisión de los estudios y análisis disponibles sobre la seguridad de la presa de Itoiz. Parte I: Sismicidad en el entorno del embalse de Itoiz. Ministerio de Medio Ambiente, España.
Gupta, H.K. (2001). Short-term earthquake forecasting may be feasible at Koyna, India. Tectonophysics, 338(3-4), 353-357. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0040-1951(01)00083-X
Gupta, H.K. (2002). A review of recent studies of triggered earthquakes by artificial water reservoirs with special emphasis on earthquakes in Koyna, India. Earth-Science Reviews, 58(3-4), 279-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0012-8252(02)00063-6
Gupta, H.; Purnachandra, N.; Roy, S.; Arora, K.; Tiwari, V.M.; Patro, P.K.; Satyanarayana, H.V.S.; Shashidhar, D.; Mallika, K.; Akkiraju, V.V.; Goswami, D.; Vyas, D.; Ravi, G.; Srinivas, K.N.S.S.S.; Srihari, M.; Mishra, S.; Dubey, C.P.; Raju, D.C.V.; Borah, U.; Chinna, K.; Babu, N.; Rohilla, S.; Dhar, U.; Sen, M.; Bhaskar, Y.J.; Bansal, B.K.; Nayak, S. (2015). Investigations related to scientific deep drilling to study reservoir-triggered earthquakes at Koyna, India. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 104(6), 1511-1522. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-014-1128-0
Haggag, H.M.; Bhattacharya, P.M.; Kamal, S.; Kayal, J.R. (2009). Seismicity and 3D velocity structure in the Aswan Reservoir Lake area, Egypt. Tectonophysics, 476(3-4), 450-459. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2009.07.015
Lizurek, G.; Wiszniowski, J.; Giang, N.V.; Plesiewicz, B.; Van, D.Q. (2017). Clustering and stress inversion in the Song Tranh 2 reservoir, Vietnam. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 107(6), 2636-2648. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170042
McGarr, A.; Simpson, D.; Seeber, L. (2002). Case histories of induced and triggered seismicity. In: W.H.K. Lee; H. Kanamori; P.C. Jennings; C. Kisslinger (eds.). International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology (pp. 647-661). Volume 81, Part A, Chapter 40. Elsevier Inc. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0074-6142(02)80243-1
Mikhailov, V.O.; Arora, K.; Ponomarev, A.V.; Srinagesh, D.; Smirnov, V.B.; Chadha, R.K. (2017). Reservoir induced seismicity in the Koyna-Warna region, India: Overview of the recent results and hypotheses. Izvestiya, Physics of the Solid Earth, 53(4), 518-529. https://doi.org/10.1134/S1069351317030041
Montalvo-Arrieta, J.C.; Pérez-Campos, X.; Ramos-Zuñiga, L.G.; Paz-Martínez, E.G.; Salinas-Jasso, J.A.; Navarro de León, I.; Ramírez-Fernández, J.A. (2018). El Cuchillo seismic sequence of October 2013-July 2014 in the Burgos basin, northeastern Mexico: hydraulic fracturing or reservoir-induced seismicity? Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 108(5B), 3092-3106. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120180165
Muñoz-Burbano, F.J.; Vargas-Jiménez, C.A.; Chicangana, G. (2015). Sismicidad en el piedemonte llanero colombiano: caracterización, relocalización y tomografía sísmica local. Boletín de Ciencias de la Tierra, 38, 14-24. https://doi.org/10.15446/rbct.n38.45681
Palacios, R.A. (2013). Inventario documentado de represas en Colombia. Tesis, Universidad Militar Nueva Granada, Bogotá, Colombia.
Pérez, J.L.; Salcedo-Hurtado, E.J.; Mora-Páez, H. (2014). Análisis sismotectónico regional como contribución al estudio de las fuentes sismogénicas locales en la zona del embalse Calima, Valle del Cauca, Colombia. Boletín de Geología, 36(2), 101-124.
Simpson, D.W.; Leith, W.S.; Scholz, C.H. (1988). Two types of reservoir-induced seismicity. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 78(6), 2025-2040.
Stiros, S.C.; Pytharouli, S. (2018). Interpretations of reservoir-induced seismicity may not always be valid: The case of seismicity during the impoundment of the Kremasta Dam (Greece, 1965-1966). Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 108(5B), 3005-3015. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120170359
Urban, P.; Lasocki, S.; Blascheck, P.; do Nascimento, A.F.; Giang, N.V.; Kwiatek, G. (2016). Violations of Gutenberg-Richter relation in anthropogenic seismicity. Pure and Applied Geophysics, 173(5), 1517-1537. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00024-015-1188-5
Zhang, L.; Li, J.; Wei, G.; Liao, W.; Wang, Q.; Xiang, C. (2017). Analysis of the relationship between water level fluctuation and seismicity in the Three Gorges Reservoir (China). Geodesy and Geodynamics, 8(2), 96-102. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geog.2017.02.004
Zhang, L.; Li, J.; Sun, X.; Liao, W.; Zhao, Y.; Wei, G.; He, C. (2018). A possible mechanism of reservoir-induced earthquakes in the Three Gorges Reservoir, central China. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 108(5B), 3016-3028. https://doi.org/10.1785/0120180015