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Therefore, hydraulic fracturing and/or fluid disposal injection can significantly increase the seismic hazard to communities and structures surrounding the injection sites (Barnhart et al., 2014). On 17th May 2012 an Mw4.8 earthquake occurred near Timpson, TX and has been linked with wastewater injection operations in the area (Shirzaei et al., 2016). This study aims to spatiotemporally relate, wastewater injection operations to seismicity near Timpson using differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (DInSAR) analysis. Results are presented as a set of time series, produced using the Multidimensional Small Baseline Subset (MSBAS) InSAR technique, revealing two-dimensional surface deformation.","abstract_html":"In recent years, a rise in unconventional oil and gas production in North America has been linked to an increase in seismicity rate in these regions (Ellsworth, 2013). As fluid is pumped into deep formations, the state of stress within the subsurface changes, potentially reactivating pre-existing faults and/or causing subsidence or uplift of the surface. Therefore, hydraulic fracturing and/or fluid disposal injection can significantly increase the seismic hazard to communities and structures surrounding the injection sites (Barnhart et al., 2014). On 17th May 2012 an Mw4.8 earthquake occurred near Timpson, TX and has been linked with wastewater injection operations in the area (Shirzaei et al., 2016). This study aims to spatiotemporally relate, wastewater injection operations to seismicity near Timpson using differential interferometric synthetic aperture radar (DInSAR) analysis. 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