Triggering-Earthquakes by Typhoons and Rainfalls in Taiwan

The topic of rainfall and Typhoon-induced earthquakes has been widely researched and noted. For example (Husen et al. (2007) reported a series of 47 local earthquakes in the central Switzerland Alps that occurred three days after record rainfall during August 19-23, 2005. In studies conducted in Denver, Colorado, liquid waste was injected into geological faults, resulting in increased seismicity at depths of up to 4 to 5 km. The researcher recorded 1500 minor earthquake events, which subsided after the injections ceased between 1962 and 1966. In this study, a statistical analysis of earthquakes (ML 3.0) in Taiwan island between 1995 and 2012 is used to test whether rainfall triggers earthquakes.

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Department of Physics, Chung Yuan Christian University, Taiwan (1985-1989)Master Degree of Institute of Geophysics, National Central University, Taiwan (1989-1991)PHD student, Institut für Geophysik, Technische Universität Clausthal, Germany (1996-2000)PHD student, Department of Earth Science, National Cheng Kung University, Taiwan