Distribution of natural and induced earthquakes (IMAGE)

Utrecht University

Distribution of natural and induced earthquakes

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Global distribution of natural and induced seismicity. Natural earthquakes with moment magnitude higher than 5 are color-coded according to their hypocenter depth (upper right colorbar, U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) catalog, year 2021). Induced earthquakes are plotted with red markers. Injection-induced, extraction-induced, and events with unclear causes are marked by different markers (bottom right legend, Human-Induced Earthquake Database (HiQuake) catalog, till 2022, note that the catalog is not exhaustive).

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Utrecht University/Nature Communications

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