This data set contains hypocentral parameters (latitude, longitude, depth, local magnitude, and origin time) for 13566 aftershocks of the 2019, M6.4 Durrës, Albania earthquake. Aftershocks were recorded with a 30 station local network, which started operation about two weeks after the and registered for about nine months. Event detections were produced with machine-learning-based tools. Aftershocks were located with a newly derived 1D velocity model with station corrections. Final relocation was done with the double-difference algorithm including cross correlation derived differential travel times. Local magnitudes range from Ml −1.8 to 4.6 with a magnitude of completeness of Mc ≈ 1.
This dataset presented herein originates from the JAGUARS (The Japanese German Underground Acoustic Emission Research in South Africa) project, which took place from 2007 to 2009 in Mponeng Gold Mine, South Africa. Project partners included Ritsumeikan University, Earthquake Research Institute University of Tokyo and Tohuku University in Japan, the German Research Center for Geosciences Potsdam and Gesellschaft für Materialprüfung und Geophysik GMuG mbH in Germany, as well as the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research in Johannesburg, Seismogen CC in Cartonville, Anglo Gold Ashanti Ltd and the Institute of Mining Seismology in the Republic of South Africa. This publication forms part of the Geo-INQUIRE initiative (HORIZON-INFRA-2021-SERV-01 call, project number 101058518).
It is cross-referenced on the EPISODES Platform (https://episodesplatform.eu/?lang=en#episode:JAGUARS (not yet existing)), which is managed by the EPOS TCS AH (European Plate Observing System Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards). Within the EPISODES Platform, the datasets are consolidated into an “episode” titled “JAGUARS: Mining induced picoseismicity associated with gold mining”. The EPISODES Platform offers open access to the integrated research infrastructures of the EPOS TCS AH, enabling users to download data and utilize a range of basic online visualization tools to graphically represent and process the datasets directly within their personal workspace.
This earthquake catalog was constructed using a combination of artificial intelligence and traditional methods for phase picking, phase association, and earthquake relocation. It covers the period from January 1, 2017, to February 5, 2023—one day prior to the Mw 7.8 earthquake that struck Türkiye.
The dataset includes three subsets:
1) Raw Catalog: Comprises 14,128 events obtained from the full association and relocation process, without filtering based on event type or location quality.
2) Earthquake Catalog: Comprises 5,721 tectonic events with well-constrained hypocenters (68% confidence ellipsoid semi-major axis < 8 km and depth < 15 km).
3) Anthropogenic Catalog: Comprises 1,695 human-induced events, primarily quarry blasts, also with well-constrained hypocenters (68% confidence ellipsoid semi-major axis < 8 km and depth < 15 km).