On 15 November 2017, a M w 5.5 earthquake occurred in Pohang City in southeastern Korea. The Pohang earthquake is the most destructive earthquake recorded in South Korea since 1978, when instrumental monitoring of seismicity began in South Korea. Several previous studies have indicated that the Pohang earthquake was most likely triggered by events associated with enhanced geothermal system (EGS) activity near the epicenter (
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