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Abstract

Anthropogenic seismicity is an unwanted by-product of the technological operation of humans. The socio-economic impact of the induced seismicity is significant. Induced earthquakes can cause material loss, injuries, and fatalities. Data access is necessary to assess and mitigate the associated hazards. To respond to the need of the scientific community, the Thematic Core Service Anthropogenic Hazards (TCS AH) has been created within the framework of the European Plate Observing System, a solid earth science European Research Infrastructure Consortium (ERIC). TCS AH is a consortium of 14 institutions from Europe and beyond. TCS AH provides access to a novel e-research infrastructure, the EPISODES Platform, to foster research and training on induced seismicity and geo-hazards related to the exploration and exploitation of geo-resource. The EPISODES Platform is connected to international data nodes which offer open access to multidisciplinary datasets called episodes. Episodes comprise geoscientific and associated data from industrial activity along with a large set of embedded applications for their efficient data processing, analysis, and visualization. The EPISODES Platform also opens the possibility to create new applications and combine implemented applications with the user's codes. We present the current results of the TCS AH research infrastructure integration indicating the benefits of their usage for science, education, and innovation. This work was conducted in the frameworks of (1) the TCS Governance and Coordination Collaboration Agreement 2021-2023 between EPOS-ERIC and the Institute of Geophysics, PAS (NUMBER 01– CA-TCSGOV-AH), and (2) the project “TCS AH," financed by the Polish Ministry of Education and Science, (Number 2021/WK/09).