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A powerful earthquake struck central Myanmar. The tremors with​ a magnitude​ оf 7.7 were also felt​ іn Thailand and southwestern China. The first tremor occurred​ оn Friday, March 28, 2025,​ at approximately 12:50 local time (06:20 GMT).​ A second tremor with​ a magnitude​ оf 6.4 followed​ 12 minutes later. The epicenter​ оf the second earthquake […]

A 4.4 magnitude earthquake struck Naples and surrounding areas early​ оn March 13, causing widespread panic and forcing many residents​ tо spend the night outdoors. The tremor hit​ at 01:25 local time​ at​ a shallow depth​ оf 3km, near the coastal towns​ оf Pozzuoli and Bagnoli. Buildings shook violently, and rubble was reported​ tо have […]

Volcanologists​ at the Alaska Volcano Observatory (AVO) have been closely monitoring Mount Spurr,​ a snow-capped volcano located​ 75 miles west​ оf Anchorage, since last year. Although predicting volcanic eruptions with precision remains​ a challenge, the volcano has been showing increasing signs​ оf unrest. Signs​ оf Volcanic Unrest Since April​ оf last year, scientists have detected […]

There are approximately​ 20 supervolcanoes​ оn Earth, and earthquakes sometimes occur​ іn the regions where they are located. Can these tremors cause volcanic eruptions? Could Frequent Earthquakes Activate a Dormant Volcano? If there are frequent earthquakes near a large volcano, could they “wake it up”? In reality, the likelihood of this happening is extremely low. […]

In the summer​ оf 2024, Europe’s tallest volcano, Mount Etna, became active again, starting​ a new eruption. Located​ оn the eastern coast​ оf Sicily, this volcano caught the attention​ оf volcanologists worldwide, including scientists from the University​ оf Padua, Italy. They studied how magma spreads deep beneath the volcano. Understanding the Eruption Mechanisms Although the […]

Dr. David Eaton will be giving a webinar on October 17 for the Denver Microseismic Study Group, titled” What Controls the Magnitude of Injection-induced Earthquakes?” Details in Read More.

Congratulations to Tom Eyre and Mirko van der Baan.Their paper on “The reliability of microseismic moment-tensor solutions: Surface versus borehole monitoring” is currently being highlighted as a bright spot in the Nov/Dec issue of Geophysics.See “read more” for the link to the paper.

Congratulations to David Eaton who co-authored a paper in Science.Schultz, Atkinson, Eaton, Gu and Kao: Hydraulic fracturing volume is associated with induced earthquake productivity in the Duvernay play, Science, 359(6373), 304-308, 2018.See “read more” for the full link to the paper.

Listen to Mirko van der Baan talking on the SEG Podcast ‘Seismic Soundoff’ about the Feb 2018 special issue in The Leading Edge on ‘Induced Seismicity’. Mirko van der Baan was one of the guest editors. David Eaton co-authored a paper in this special issue. See “read more” for podcast link and TLE special issue […]

Microseismic Industry Consortium will attend the 2018 CSEG Geoconvention. See details for talk/poster schedules.

Mauricio Reyes Canales obtained SSA’s Student Presentation Award for his presentation at the Seismology of the Americas held in May. His presentation title is “Monte Carlo Simulations for Analysis and Prediction of Non-Stationary Magnitude-Frequency Distributions in Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Analysis“

Marco Venieri (co-supervised by Per Pedersen and David Eaton) won the 2018 Best Student Oral Presentation at the Geoconvention for his presentation entitled “Influence of sedimentary facies on geomechanical properties in the Duvernay Formation, Fox Creek area, AB, Canada?. (This is a hat-trick for Marco – the 3rd year in a row he has been […]

The University of Alberta is conducting a public survey on the Oil and Gas Industry in Western Canada. Survey is completely anonymous and will take about 15-20 minutes to complete. Please go to the website below for more information and to participate! tinyurl.com/oilandgassurvey We are interested in your views and experiences with the oil and gas […]

Microseismic Industry Consortium will attend the 2019 CSEG Geoconvention. See details for talk/poster schedules.

Jordan Phillips won the 2019 Best Student Oral Presentation at the Geoconvention for her presentation entitled “Understanding Public Risk Perception in the Oil and Gas Industry” by Jordan Phillips, Mirko van der Baan, Sven Anders and Scott McKean

David Eaton will be giving the CSEG Distinguished Lecture tour this year (2019-2020). Here is a link to the abstract: https://cseg.ca/education/view/crustal-fluids-friction-and-faults-what-can-we-learn-from-injection-induced

Dave Eaton’s inaugural presentation for his CSEG Distinguished Lecture tour which will be held on Thursday, September 12, 3:30pm – 4:40pm at the Earth Sciences building (ES162), University of Calgary. (Detail see https://science.ucalgary.ca/events#!view/day/date/20190912). The presentation is titled ‘‘Crustal Fluids, Friction and Faults: What can we learn from injection-induced earthquakes?”. It will include recent research that has been part […]

UCalgary led a project funded by Geoscience BC: Understanding and Mitigating Induced Seismicity Risk in the Kiskatinaw Area, BC has new induced seismicity monitoring data available through IRIS. More information is available through the Geoscience BC News Release, June 17, 2020:  http://www.geosciencebc.com/new-seismic-data-now-available-for-northeast-bcs-kiskatinaw-area/

The Microseismic Industry Consortium will continue its tradition of holding an annual research workshop, on Thursday, August 13th, 2020, to enable a detailed discussion of a topic of current interest to companies. This year’s research workshop will use an online format and will focus on observations of casing deformation, along with geomechanical modeling to understand […]

Dr. Eaton receives 2020 Canadian Geophysical Union’s J. Tuzo Wilson Award. This prestigious recognition is a competitive award, and it is awarded to a scientist who has made outstanding, career-long contributions to the geophysical sciences in Canada. More information available through UCalgary News Release, May 25, 2020: https://www.ucalgary.ca/news/ucalgary-geophysicist-wins-prestigious-canadian-geophysical-union-medal

Two papers published in the top journals with contributions from MIC members: 1. Nature Reviews of Earth and Environment: Atkinson, G.M., Eaton, D.W. & Igonin, N. Developments in understanding seismicity triggered by hydraulic fracturing. Nat Rev Earth Environ (2020).  https://www.nature.com/articles/s43017-020-0049-7 2. Reviews of Geophysics: Schultz, R., Skoumal, R.J., Brudzinski, M.R., Eaton, D.W., Baptie, B. & Ellsworth, W., Hydraulic Fracturing […]

Please join us at the GeoConvention for our MIC-related research presentations from today through Wednesday, Sept 21-23, 2020. We have 13 presentations in total. Some are overlapping, but will be available on demand for a couple of days after the conference. Our first talk is today at 1:50pm. Hope to see you there!

We are pleased to announce that our integrated paper on “Determining elastic properties of organic-rich shales from core, wireline logs and 3-D seismic: A comparative study from the Duvernay play, Alberta, Canada” has just been published with 50 days free access at the Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering. Please access via the link […]

Please join us at the SEG20 for our MIC-related research presentations from October 12-16, 2020. We have 5 presentations and 1 post-convention workshop. Our first presentation is Monday, October 12 at 1:50pm. Please note the times are Central Time. Hope to see you there!

Please join us at the upcoming webinar hosted by the Bureau of Economic Geology at University of Texas, Austin for Dr. David Eaton’s presentation entitled:  Seismicity Induced by the Development of Unconventional Oil and Gas Resources October 23, 20209am Central Time Join Zoom Meetinghttps://utexas.zoom.us/j/96260640858Meeting ID: 962 6064 0858

As part of MIC’s ongoing research program, the University of Calgary partnered with sponsors ARC Resources and OptaSense, and wireline and conveyance service providers ESG Solutions and Altus Intervention, to acquire a wireline (dip-in) distributed acoustic sensing (DAS) monitoring dataset in northeastern BC in January 2021. The dataset was acquired to monitor a multi-well completion program in the Montney play to […]