Earthquake catalog for northeastern British Columbia between 2014-2024

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Authors: Ryan Visser, Honn Kao, Bo Wang, Yu Hongyu
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Abstract

This catalog comprises all seismic events compiled for northeastern British Columbia, Canada, between 2014 and 2024, and serves as the foundational dataset for the analysis presented in Wang et al., Foreshock Productivity and Rupture Nucleation in Injection-Induced Earthquakes in Western Canada. It includes location, origin time, magnitude, depth, and associated uncertainty information. The catalog integrates standard network detections with enhanced detections from an EQTransformer-based workflow, providing high completeness down to M ≈ 0.7–1.2 depending on subregion (Northern Montney Play, Southern Montney Play). The catalog is intended for studies of induced seismicity, foreshock-mainshock sequences, and fault-loading processes. All events are referenced relative to a unified coordinate system, and the catalog has been quality-controlled for hypocenter consistency, magnitude calibration. Users are encouraged to consult the accompanying metadata and supplementary materials (Text S1 in Wang et al., 2026, under evaluation) for detailed information on the catalog construction workflow, magnitude-of-completeness estimation, and uncertainty quantification.

Fields of Study & Subjects

earthquake and tectonic studies Seismology and Earthquake Studies Hydraulic Fracturing and Reservoir Analysis

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
8 March 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Dataset