Induced Seismicity Earthquake Catalogs and Forecasts for Western Texas and Oklahoma

Earthquake catalogs from induced seismicity case studies in western Texas and northern Oklahoma/Kansas, curated into localized 20x20 km blocks. The dataset includes results from earthquake magnitude forecasting methods using Extreme Value Theory, as presented by Verdon and Eisner (2024). Data and analysis scripts are provided in Matlab (.mat and .m) formats with a detailed README file.

Use Cases

• Test earthquake magnitude forecasting models based on the provided Extreme Value Theory results.
• Analyze spatiotemporal patterns of induced seismicity based on the localized event catalogs.
• Benchmark new forecasting algorithms against the published results from Verdon and Eisner (2024).
• Study the relationship between industrial activity and seismicity rates in the specified geographic blocks.

Strengths

• Catalogs are curated from authoritative regional sources: Park et al. (2022) for Oklahoma/Kansas and TexNet for Texas.
• Includes both raw earthquake data and the results of applied forecasting models for direct comparison.
• Data is localized to 20x20 km blocks, enabling focused case studies.
• Provides accompanying Matlab scripts to replicate the analyses from the referenced 2024 publication.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data is provided in proprietary Matlab format, requiring specific software for access.

Provenance

Source

British Geological Survey (BGS)

Collection Method

Curated subsets from regional earthquake datasets (Park et al., 2022 and TexNet), processed for forecasting analysis.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-09 08:34:04.960609; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Western Texas and northern Oklahoma/Kansas, United States