Surface water load and earthquake stress interactions near the Pirrís reservoir, Costa Rica

• Autorzy: Ruiz-Barajas Sandra , Santoyo Miguel Ángel , Benito-Oterino María Belén , Alvarado-Induni Guillermo Enrique , Climent-Martín Alvaro

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DOI

10.1007/s11600-023-01113-5

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

This study analyzes the relationships between the stress changes produced by the water load variations due to the filling operations at the Pirrís Reservoir, Costa Rica, and the stress changes generated by three relevant earthquakes after the first impoundment. The earthquakes differ in their magnitude, distance from reservoir and depth. Two of them correspond to a shallow crustal faulting, and the third earthquake corresponds to a subduction thrust-fault. The first filling operations began in March 2011 and the daily time history of water levels was available until December 2017. The seismicity has been recorded by a dense local network of seismological stations operating since January 2008. Effects of both types of sources (water loads and earthquakes) were combined to obtain the total Coulomb Failure Stress in the reservoir area, analyzing which of them was dominant in each case and time. We then analyzed the effects of the pore pressure diffusion due to the water loads on the nearby seismicity including two of the studied earthquakes. Results lead to different conclusions depending on the characteristics of each earthquake. An important result is observed after the occurrence of the subduction earthquake, where the coseismic effects become dominant along the entire study area, eclipsing the effect of water loading at all depths. This shows that in a regime stressed by a regional earthquake, albeit of its moderate magnitude, and regional distance, the effect of water loads is barely perceptible. In the absence of tectonic activity, however, the impact of water loading is notable.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

Pirrís reservoir; Coulomb failure stress change; pore pressure diffusion; water loads and earthquake interaction

• Wydawca: Instytut Geofizyki PAN ; Springer
• Czasopismo: Acta Geophysica
• Rocznik: 2023
• Tom: Vol. 71, no. 5
• Strony: 2065--2080
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 36 poz., rys.

Twórcy

autor

Ruiz-Barajas Sandra

• ETSI en Topografía, Geodesia y Cartografía, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Carretera de Valencia Km 7, 28031 Madrid, Spain
• Instituto Geográfico Nacional (IGN), C/General Ibáñez de Íbero 3, 28003 Madrid, Spain

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7981-6392

autor

Santoyo Miguel Ángel

• Departamento de Sismología, Instituto de Geofísica, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Av. Universidad 3000, Coyoacán, 04510 Ciudad de México, Mexico

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2333-6263

autor

Benito-Oterino María Belén

• ETSI en Topografía, Geodesia y Cartografía, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM), Carretera de Valencia Km 7, 28031 Madrid, Spain

• https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3582-6438

autor

Alvarado-Induni Guillermo Enrique

• Área de Amenazas y Auscultación Sísmica y Volcánica, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), 10032-1000 San José, Costa Rica

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7082-4994

autor

Climent-Martín Alvaro

• Área de Amenazas y Auscultación Sísmica y Volcánica, Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE), 10032-1000 San José, Costa Rica

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4478-0382

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa nr SONP/SP/546092/2022 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2024).