The Human-Induced Earthquake Database
The Human-Induced Earthquake Database (HiQuake) is the largest and most up-to-date database of industrial projects proposed to have induced or triggered earthquakes. HiQuake lists all industrial projects claimed, on scientific grounds, to have induced earthquakes.
HiQuake was last updated on 24th September 2026 and the data are freely available to download in Microsoft Excel format for your own analysis. The associated bibliography can also be downloaded in Microsoft Word format.
We endeavour to keep the HiQuake database up to date and accurate. If you have additional cases to add to the database, additional information for cases, or suggested corrections, please use the online contribution form or contact us.
The current version of HiQuake includes E-PIE scores from: Wilkinson, M., Mhana, N., Wilson, M. P., Foulger, G. R., Tezel, T., & Gluyas, J. G. (2024). The plausibility of claimed induced seismicity. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 30846.
Verdon et al. (2026) recently proposed the largest CCS induced earthquake to date, a MW 4.01 earthquake from the Quest CCS Project, Alberta, Canada. Our initial E-PIE score for this new case is 0.31.
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Projects proposed to
have induced earthquakes
1385
Fracking
Mining
Water reservoir impoundment
Conventional oil & gas
Geothermal
Waste fluid disposal
Nuclear explosions
Research
Unspecified oil, gas & waste water
Groundwater extraction
Carbon Capture and Storage
Deep penetrating bombs
Construction
Chemical explosions
Coal Bed Methane
31%
25%
17%
11%
6%
4%
2%
1%
0.9%
0.9%
0.5%
0.3%
0.3%
0.2%
0.1%
Hiquake
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