Country Earthquake cause Earthquake cause (subclass) Observ-ed Magni-tude Depth of Depth of Date of Project name

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(main class) (Mmax) Mmax Mmax (km) Mmax (m) / mm / dd)

581 Nepal Groundwater extraction Groundwater (extraction) 7.8 MW 15.00 15000 2015/04/25 Gorkha earthquake, Indo-Gangetic plains

589 Australia Mining Mining and Groundwater extraction 5.6 ML 9.10 9100 1989/12/27 Newcastle

588 Germany Mining Mining (collapse/fluid-induced 5.6 ML 0.88 875 1989/03/13 Volkershausen (Ernst Thaelmann / Merkers
rockburst) mine)
590 South Africa Mining Mining 5.6 mb 2.50 2500 1994/10/30 President Brand Mine, Welkom
617 Kazakhstan Mining Mining (collapse) 4.5 MS - 1994/08/01 Zhezkazgan Deposit (Zlatoyust-Belovskiy
Quarry)
624 South Africa Mining Mining 4.4 ML - 2007 Savuka, Carletonville

634 Poland Mining Mining 4.2 MW 1.00 1000 2013/03/19 Rudna mine

637 Germany Mining Mining 4.1 MW 1.00 1936/11/03 Ruhr area

1000
639 Russia Mining Mining (rock burst) 4.1 ML 0.22 220 1989/04/16 Kirovsky Mine, Khibiny Massif (Kola
Peninsula)
635 Spain Mining Mining (collapse) 4.1 mbLg - Reocín mine
1965/01/07
651 Italy Mining Mining (tunneling) and hydrologic 3.9 - 1992/08/25 Gran Sasso
changes
683 China Mining Mining (collapse) 3.6 ML - 2002/05/20 Shunyuan mine, Zaozhuang, Shandong

682 Russia Mining Mining (rock burst) 3.6 ML - 1999/10/24 Tashtagol Mine

691 Kazakhstan Mining Mining (collapse) 3.5 mpv - Stepnyak

2003/05/08
697 Australia Mining Mining 3.4 ML - 0 Cadia
2013/02/18
720 India Mining Mining (abandonment) 3.09 ML 1.22 1220 Champion Reef, Kolar Gold field

729 Poland Mining Mining 3 MW - Polkowice mine

734 USA Mining Mining 2.9 ML - 2009/04/24 Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

755 Spain Mining Mining (collapse) 2.4 MW 2.60 2600 1998/05/02 Lo Tacón (Torre Pacheco)

771 Japan Mining Mining (hydraulic extraction 2.1 ML 1.18 1180 1986/01/29 Sunagawa mine
rockburst)
864 Chile Mining Mining - 1992 (Mar) El Teniente

793 China Mining Mining (tunneling rock burst) 0.85 850 1999 (Mar) Dongguashan (Shizishan copper mine), Tongling,
Hunan (Roadway construction)
794 China Mining Mining (tunneling rock burst) 0.36 360 1990/12/11 Tianshengqiao II Hydropower Station (Head
race tunnel construction)
865 Japan Mining Mining - Horonai

869 Japan Mining Mining (tunneling rock burst) - 1966/01/01 Shimizu Tunnel

517 Mexico Geothermal Geothermal (extraction) 6.6 ML 10.00 10000 1979/10/15 Cerro Prieto (Imperial Valley)

519 South Korea Geothermal EGS (stimulation) 5.5 MW 4.25 4250 2017/11/15 Pohang (PX-2)

522 Mexico Geothermal EGS (circulation) 4.6 Md - 1994/11/25 Los Humeros

523 Italy Geothermal EGS (circulation) 4.5 MW 3.93 3930 2000/04/01 Monte Amiata

524 El Salvador Geothermal EGS (injection) 4.4 ML 1.83 1834.9 2003/09/16 Berlín (Well TR8A)

525 Iceland Geothermal Geothermal (reinjection) 4 - 2011/10/15 Hellisheiði (Húsmúli reinjection site)

527 Australia Geothermal EGS (injection) 3.7 MW 7.00 7000 2003/11/14 Cooper Basin (Habanero 1)

528 Switzerland Geothermal EGS (injection) 3.4 ML 4.60 4600 Basel

2006/12/08

529 New Zealand Geothermal Geothermal (reinjection) 3.3 - 2012 (Feb) Rotokawa

531 Italy Geothermal EGS (circulation) 3.2 ML 5.00 5000 1982 Larderello-Travale

541 USA Geothermal EGS (stimulation) 2.8 - 2004 (Aug) Coso

542 Germany Geothermal EGS (circulation) 2.7 ML 2.80 2800 2009/08/15 Landau

547 Philippines Geothermal Geothermal (reinjection) 2.4 ML - 1983 (Feb) Puhagan

552 USA Geothermal EGS (injection) 2.39 MW - 2012/07/12 Newberry

558 Indonesia Geothermal EGS (circulation) 2 - ? Lahendong

578 Indonesia Geothermal EGS (injection) - Wayang Windu

579 Indonesia Geothermal EGS (injection) - Darajat

973 USA Waste fluid disposal Deep fluid injection 2.9 Mblg - 2001 Avoca, New York

925 Philippines Research Research (injection) 3 mc - Tongonan Geothermal field

926 Japan Research Water injection 2.8 - 1970/01/25 Matsushiro