Abstract:The reservoir earthquake is an earthquake activity caused by human engineering activities. It has the characteristics of group occurrence, high frequency and high intensity. The prediction and research on it is helpful to evaluate the risk of reservoir earthquake disaster. In this study, the earthquake monitoring area of the Three Gorges Project reservoir is divided into several prediction units of 1 km × 1 km. The Bayesian probability statistical prediction model is used to predict the probability of induced magnitude based on eight induced factors : reservoir water depth, rock mass type, regional tectonic stress state, fault activity, karst development degree, reservoir water permeable depth, communication relationship with reservoir water, and seismic activity background. The results show that in the key monitoring area, the probability of induced earthquakes is higher in the area near the reservoir bank dominated by carbonate rocks. There is a possibility of inducing medium-strong earthquakes ( 6.0 > M3 ≥ 4.5 ) in the northern part of Fairy mount fault and the near reservoir bank section of Gaoqiao-Niukou fault. The probability of non-earthquake or induced micro-earthquake in the Three Gorges dam site area and far away from the reservoir bank area is higher. In addition, in order to verify the accuracy of the prediction model, this study also uses the actual earthquake situation since the 175 m impoundment of the Three Gorges Reservoir to test the prediction model. The test results show that the location and magnitude of the actual earthquake are obviously consistent with the prediction results. It shows that the Bayesian probability statistical prediction method with fine and reasonable division method has a good effect in the risk assessment of reservoir induced earthquake. The probability prediction results of this study have important reference significance for determining the earthquake risk area, formulating earthquake early warning and prevention strategies, and ensuring the safe operation of reservoir projects.