Articles | Volume 16, issue 10
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-1153-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/se-16-1153-2025
Research article
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27 Oct 2025
Research article |  | 27 Oct 2025

Updating induced seismic hazard assessments during hydraulic stimulation experiments in underground laboratories: workflow and limitations

Valentin Samuel Gischig, Antonio Pio Rinaldi, Andres Alcolea, Falko Bethman, Marco Broccardo, Kai Bröker, Raymi Castilla, Federico Ciardo, Victor Clasen Repollés, Virginie Durand, Nima Gholizadeh Doonechaly, Marian Hertrich, Rebecca Hochreutener, Philipp Kästli, Dimitrios Karvounis, Xiaodong Ma, Men-Andrin Meier, Peter Meier, Maria Mesimeri, Arnaud Mignan, Anne Obermann, Katrin Plenkers, Martina Rosskopf, Francisco Serbeto, Paul Selvadurai, Alexis Shakas, Linus Villiger, Quinn Wenning, Alba Zappone, Jordan Aaron, Hansruedi Maurer, Domenico Giardini, and Stefan Wiemer

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Seismic catalogs for the 2022‐2023 hydraulic stimulation experiments at the Bedretto underground laboratory M. Rosskopf et al. https://doi.org/10.3929/ethz‐b‐000658218

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Short summary
Induced earthquakes present a major obstacle for developing geoenergy resources. These occur during hydraulic stimulations that enhance fluid pathways in the rock. In the Bedretto Underground Laboratory, hydraulic stimulations are investigated in a downscaled manner. A workflow to analyze the hazard posed by induced earthquakes is applied at different stages of the test program. The hazard estimates illustrate the difficulty in reducing the uncertainty due to the variable seismogenic responses.
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