A M3.4 earthquake just struck the Netherlands, and surprisingly it led to hundreds of reports of damage. This quake, which occurred in the vicinity of Groningen is only the latest of more than 1,000 induced earthquakes that have collectively caused 1 to 2 billion euros in damage since 1990. What I am referring to are the Groningen (Natural) Gas Field earthquakes, which were indirectly induced by human activity. Today's video will discuss these earthquakes, and why they are likely to continue happening for several more decades. Note: This video's thumbnail image portrays a crack which appeared in a brick structure. While this image was not specifically taken in the Netherlands (and does not portray earthquake damage), it is being used as a stand-in to represent similar damage to what has occurred. A special thanks to the EarthquakeSim YouTube channel for granting me permission to use clips of his footage! Video Sources from the EarthquakeSim YouTube channel: [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjpQryJnHTc [2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQZvfi7778M Subscribe to EarthquakeSim at: https://www.youtube.com/@EarthquakeSim If you would like to support this channel, consider using one of the following links: (Patreon: http://patreon.com/geologyhub) (YouTube membership: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYeGh5VML5XPr5jYnzh3J6g/join) (Gemstone & Mineral Etsy store: http://prospectingarizona.etsy.com) (GeologyHub Merch Etsy store: http://geologyhub.etsy.com) Google Earth imagery used in this video: ©Google & Data Providers This video is protected under "fair use". If you see an image and/or video which is your own in this video, and/or think my discussion of a scientific paper (and/or discussion/mentioning of the data/information within a scientific paper) does not fall under the fair use doctrine, and wish for it to be censored or removed, contact me by email at [email protected] and I will make the necessary changes. Various licenses used in sections of this video (not the entire video, this video as a whole does not completely fall under one of these licenses) and/or in this video's thumbnail image (and this list does not include every license used in this video and/or thumbnail image): CC0 1.0: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/legalcode Sources/Citations: [1] NLOG (Dutch Oil and Gas Portal) website at https://www.nlog.nl/ncg-breukbewegingen [2] Earthquake Data Source: KNMI, via https://www.knmi.nl/kennis-en-datacentrum/dataset/aardbevingscatalogus (all_induced.kml). KNMI is not directly involved in this derivative work and does not necessarily endorse what I have done with their data. This data falls under the CC0 1.0 license. [3] U.S. Geological Survey 0:00 Netherlands Earthquake 0:52 1 - 2 billion Euros 1:27 Earthquake Cause 2:36 Earthquake Trend 3:49 Building Type 4:20 Seismic Amplification