natural earthquakes

Focal mechanism of the induced earthquake of 2015-06-13 (Alberta, Canada), based on waveform inversion

Understanding the source mechanisms of induced earthquakes is important to distinguish them from natural earthquakes. The main objective of our study consists in finding out which parameters of the source mechanism can be used most effectively to identify the induced earthquakes. A possibility is also being explored whether they can be retrieved from data of a limited number of stations or even just one.