Induced seismicity

Induced seismicity - earthquake caused by human activity (artificial lakes, mining, waste disposal wells, groundwater extraction, fracking etc.). Article “Induced seismicity” in English Wikipedia has 76.9 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025). The article contains 137 references and 22 sections. The article also contains templates indicating quality issues, therefore its score was reduced by 8.55 points.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

Since the creation of article “Induced seismicity”, its content was written by 141 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 291 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 126 times in English Wikipedia and cited 571 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #17048 in May 2017
• Global: #54214 in December 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #61216 in February 2023
• Global: #30383 in January 2024

There are 15 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Induced seismicity		76.9186
2	Hebrew (he) רעידות אדמה מושרות		59.1785
3	French (fr) Séisme induit		55.595
4	Korean (ko) 인공지진		52.6793
5	Azerbaijani (az) İnduktiv seysmiklik		43.7807
6	German (de) Induzierte Seismizität		29.6626
7	Persian (fa) لرزه‌خیزی القایی		27.1647
8	Japanese (ja) 人工地震		23.963
9	Kazakh (kk) Антропогендік жер сілкінуі		21.4143
10	Urdu (ur) انڈیوڈسڈ سیس میٹی		20.4601

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Induced seismicity" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	Japanese (ja) 人工地震		767 538
2	English (en) Induced seismicity		475 888
3	French (fr) Séisme induit		64 978
4	German (de) Induzierte Seismizität		30 790
5	Korean (ko) 인공지진		15 719
6	Chinese (zh) 人工地震		13 579
7	Greek (el) Πρόκληση σεισμών		13 455
8	Polish (pl) Sejsmiczność indukowana		8 603
9	Ukrainian (uk) Наведена сейсмічна активність		7 371
10	Hebrew (he) רעידות אדמה מושרות		5 241

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Induced seismicity" in June 2025

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Induced seismicity		2 789
2	Japanese (ja) 人工地震		1 656
3	Korean (ko) 인공지진		150
4	Hebrew (he) רעידות אדמה מושרות		137
5	French (fr) Séisme induit		128
6	Chinese (zh) 人工地震		123
7	German (de) Induzierte Seismizität		121
8	Persian (fa) لرزه‌خیزی القایی		38
9	Greek (el) Πρόκληση σεισμών		24
10	Ukrainian (uk) Наведена сейсмічна активність		20

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Induced seismicity" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Induced seismicity		141
2	French (fr) Séisme induit		52
3	Japanese (ja) 人工地震		28
4	German (de) Induzierte Seismizität		16
5	Hebrew (he) רעידות אדמה מושרות		10
6	Polish (pl) Sejsmiczność indukowana		10
7	Korean (ko) 인공지진		8
8	Ukrainian (uk) Наведена сейсмічна активність		6
9	Azerbaijani (az) İnduktiv seysmiklik		5
10	Greek (el) Πρόκληση σεισμών		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Induced seismicity" with the highest AI in June 2025

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Persian (fa) لرزه‌خیزی القایی		1
2	Japanese (ja) 人工地震		1
3	Azerbaijani (az) İnduktiv seysmiklik		0
4	German (de) Induzierte Seismizität		0
5	Greek (el) Πρόκληση σεισμών		0
6	English (en) Induced seismicity		0
7	French (fr) Séisme induit		0
8	Hebrew (he) רעידות אדמה מושרות		0
9	Kazakh (kk) Антропогендік жер сілкінуі		0
10	Korean (ko) 인공지진		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Induced seismicity" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	Japanese (ja) 人工地震		141
2	English (en) Induced seismicity		126
3	Korean (ko) 인공지진		118
4	French (fr) Séisme induit		67
5	Persian (fa) لرزه‌خیزی القایی		41
6	German (de) Induzierte Seismizität		24
7	Urdu (ur) انڈیوڈسڈ سیس میٹی		23
8	Hebrew (he) רעידות אדמה מושרות		8
9	Ukrainian (uk) Наведена сейсмічна активність		7
10	Chinese (zh) 人工地震		6

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#	Language	Value
az	Azerbaijani İnduktiv seysmiklik
de	German Induzierte Seismizität
el	Greek Πρόκληση σεισμών
en	English Induced seismicity
fa	Persian لرزه‌خیزی القایی
fr	French Séisme induit
he	Hebrew רעידות אדמה מושרות
ja	Japanese 人工地震
kk	Kazakh Антропогендік жер сілкінуі
ko	Korean 인공지진
pl	Polish Sejsmiczność indukowana
uk	Ukrainian Наведена сейсмічна активність
ur	Urdu انڈیوڈسڈ سیس میٹی
zh	Chinese 人工地震
zhminnan	Min Nan Ín-iú-sèng tē-chìn-tō͘

Best Rank

English: #61216 02.2023

Global: #30383 01.2024

Best Rank

English: #17048 05.2017

Global: #54214 12.2023

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