Groningen earthquake zone

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induced earthquake zone seismic zone

The Groningen earthquake zone is a region in the Dutch province of Groningen known for frequent induced earthquakes caused by natural gas extraction.

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All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Groningen gas field 2
Groningen earthquake zone canonical 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf induced earthquake zone ⓘ
seismic zone ⓘ
associatedCompany Exxon ⓘ
surface form: ExxonMobil

Shell ⓘ
causeOfEarthquakes gas field depletion ⓘ
natural gas extraction ⓘ
country Netherlands ⓘ
energyTransitionContext accelerated Dutch move away from natural gas ⓘ
governedBy Government of the Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: Dutch national government

Province of Groningen authorities ⓘ
hasCompensationScheme earthquake damage compensation for residents ⓘ
hasEarlyEarthquakesReportedSince early 1990s ⓘ
impact decrease in property values ⓘ
psychological stress for residents ⓘ
structural damage to houses ⓘ
includesMunicipality Appingedam ⓘ
Delfzijl ⓘ
Eemsdelta ⓘ
Loppersum ⓘ
Midden‑Groningen ⓘ
surface form: Midden-Groningen

Slochteren ⓘ
knownFor damage to buildings ⓘ
induced earthquakes ⓘ
political debate on gas extraction ⓘ
public safety concerns ⓘ
locatedIn Northern Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: northern Netherlands

Province of Groningen ⓘ
surface form: province of Groningen
locatedNear Groningen, Netherlands ⓘ
surface form: city of Groningen
mainGasField Groningen earthquake zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Groningen gas field
maximumObservedMagnitude approximately 3.6 Mw ⓘ
monitoringBy Dutch national seismic network ⓘ
KNMI ⓘ
notableEarthquake Huizinge earthquake ⓘ
notableEarthquakeYear 2012 ⓘ
operatorHistorically NAM ⓘ
Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij ⓘ
partOf Groningen gas extraction area ⓘ
policyResponse phased reduction of gas production ⓘ
planned closure of Groningen gas field ⓘ
publicPerception example of risks of fossil fuel extraction ⓘ
regulator Staatstoezicht op de Mijnen ⓘ
riskType ground subsidence ⓘ
soil liquefaction risk in some areas ⓘ
scientificStudyField induced seismicity research ⓘ
seismicActivityFrequency frequent low to moderate magnitude earthquakes ⓘ
seismicActivityType induced seismicity ⓘ
subjectOf Dutch parliamentary inquiries ⓘ
court cases on state liability ⓘ
timePeriodOfIntenseActivity 1990s–2020s ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eemsdelta → locatedInRegion → Groningen earthquake zone ⓘ
Province of Groningen → contains → Groningen earthquake zone ⓘ
this entity surface form: Groningen gas field
Groningen earthquake zone → mainGasField → Groningen earthquake zone self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Groningen gas field