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[1] If you have an additional case to add to HiQuake, would like to provide data for a listed case, or would like to suggest a correction, please contact us using the online form below or by emailing g.r.foulger [at] durham.ac.uk

[2] We include all instances where a reasonable scientific case has been presented for considering anthropogenic induction including where scientific opinion is divided. Additions and changes to HiQuake are at the discretion of the HiQuake team.

The team

[1] Professor Gillian R. Foulger (she/her)

Gillian Foulger is a Professor Emerita of Geophysics at Durham University, UK, and Director of consulting companies registered in the UK and California. She has 45 years of experience in academic and industrial research, has published over 200 peer-reviewed papers, and frequently gives public lectures. Her work has included developing passive seismic methods for geothermal prospecting and studying volcanology and tectonics using cross-disciplinary geophysics and geology. Her field areas include Iceland, Turkey, Western USA and Indonesia. She currently leads the HiQuake team which maintains and analyses a database of global human-induced earthquakes.

[2] Professor Jon G. Gluyas (he/him)

Jon Gluyas is a geologist with 35 years of industrial and academic experience. Following 28 years in the petroleum industry, during which time he founded two oil companies, he joined Durham University (UK) in 2009 as Chair of Geoenergy & Carbon Capture and Storage. His research interests cover a wide range of geoenergy topics linked by a common theme of water/rock interaction and the movement of fluids in the subsurface. The research addresses primary energy production (geothermal and petroleum), energy storage and fluid disposal. Jon is currently the President of the Geological Society of London.

[3] Dr. Max Wilkinson (he/him)

Max Wilkinson is a consultant researcher in the HiQuake team. He has a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences and 14 years’ research experience in geoscience, specifically structural geology, geodetics, earthquake geology and tectonic geomorphology. Relevant application domains of this research have included outcrop fracture characterisation of reservoir analogues and monitoring of near-field coseisimc and postseismic deformation applied to critical infrastructure.

[4] Dr. Miles P. Wilson (he/him)

Miles Wilson is a consultant researcher in the HiQuake team. He holds a Ph.D. in Geological Sciences (Durham University, UK) and has carried out environmental geoscience research, including on induced seismicity, since 2014. He also has experience working in the conservation and water sectors, specialising in GIS, remote sensing and modelling.

[5] Dr. Najwa Mhana (she/her)

Najwa Mhana is a consultant researcher in the HiQuake team and a lecturer at Damascus University, Syria. She holds a Ph.D. in Applied Geophysics (Durham University, UK). Her work has included applying time-dependent seismic tomography to monitoring geothermal reservoir depletion. Study areas include the Coso Geothermal area and Long Valley Caldera, California. Since 2019 Najwa has carried out research on induced seismicity.

[6] Dr. Timur Tezel (he/him)

Timur Tezel is a consultant researcher in the HiQuake team and an Associate Professor at Sakarya University, Turkey. He has 20 years seismological experience in academic and government institutions and has used receiver functions and surface waves to study crustal structure, as well as developing fast magnitude calculations for early warning systems.

Citation and Disclaimer

Recommended Citations

Foulger, G. R., Wilson, M., Gluyas, J., Julian, B. R., & Davies, R. (2018). Global review of human-induced earthquakes. Earth-Science Reviews, 178, 438-514.

Wilson, M. P., Foulger, G. R., Gluyas, J. G., Davies, R. J., & Julian, B. R. (2017). HiQuake: The human‐induced earthquake database. Seismological Research Letters, 88(6), 1560-1565.

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[1] From 1st April 2020 HiQuake has been funded by Foulger Consulting Ltd.

The HiQuake team gratefully acknowledge the initial funding provided by Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij BV (NAM) to Durham University (UK) and Geoenergy Durham Ltd. Without their support this project would not have been possible.

[2] The HiQuake team also thank:

Colin Lynam for information on induced seismicity in Australia.

Emre Özgür for information on induced seismicity in Turkey.

Enrico Caffagni for information on induced seismicity in the Cooper Basin, Australia.

Grzegorz Lizurek for information on mining-induced seismicity in Poland.

Hobin Lim for information on Pohang, South Korea.

Marco Caciagli, Pierluigi Vecchia, Salvatore Barba, and Silvia Pondrelli for information and discussion on the Caviaga and Emilia-Romagna earthquakes, Italy.

Philipp Uta for information on the Rotenburg earthquake.

Ryan Schultz for information on fracking-induced seismicity in Canada.

Thomas Bloch for information on induced seismicity at St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Valery Nikulin for information on induced seismicity in Lithuania.