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Available Seismic Hazard and Risk Models and Datasets
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Product | Short Description | License | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
Active Faults Database | A repository with global homogenised characteristics of active faults | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Dataset |
Africa Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in Africa | CC BY-SA 4.0/CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Alaska Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Alaska | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Model |
Arabia Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for the Arabian Peninsula | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Model |
Atlas - Global Seismic Hazard Curves | A dynamic web portal and API featuring instant display and download of hazard curves worldwide | Custom license | Dataset |
Australia Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Australia | CC BY 4.0 | Model |
Canada Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Canada | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Caribbean & Central America Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in the Caribbean and Central America | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Caribbean & Central America Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for the Caribbean & Central America | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Model |
Central Asia Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in Central Asia | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Central Asia Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Central Asia | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Model |
China Financial Loss Model | Country model to assess potential financial losses to commercial, industrial and residential buildings due to earthquakes | Custom license | Model |
China Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for China | Custom license | Model |
Colombia Financial Loss Model | Country model to assess potential financial losses to commercial, industrial and residential buildings due to earthquakes | Custom license | Model |
Conterminous US Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for conterminous territories of the United States (including California) | Custom license | Model |
Country-Territory Seismic Risk Profiles | A collection of seismic risk profiles, summarizing key metrics of risk for most countries/territories in the world at a glance | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dataset |
Dominican Republic Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for the Dominican Republic | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Model |
Earthquake Scenario Database | A collection of earthquake footprints and consequences from past events | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dataset |
East Asia Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in East Asia | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Europe Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in Europe | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Europe Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Europe | CC BY 4.0 | Model |
Global Exposure Model | Comprehensive datasets of the residential, commercial and industrial building stock worldwide | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Global Seismic Hazard Map | Openly accessible global datasets and plots for peak ground acceleration with a return period of 475 years on rock | CC BY-SA 4.0/CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Map |
Global Seismic Risk Map | A milestone in global earthquake risk assessment | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Map |
Global Vulnerability Model | Sets of functions to assess the consequences of earthquakes on the built environment of the world | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Hawaii Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Hawaii | Custom license | Model |
India and surroundings Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for India and surrounding territories | AGPL v3.0 | Model |
Indonesia Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Indonesia | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Japan Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Japan | Custom license | Model |
Mexico Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Mexico | Custom license | Model |
Middle East Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in Middle East | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Middle East Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for the Middle East | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Model |
New Zealand Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for New Zealand | As original | Model |
North America Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in North America | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
North Asia Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in North Asia | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
North and South Korea Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for the Korean Peninsula | Custom license | Model |
Northeast Asia Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Northeast Asia | Custom license | Model |
Northern Africa Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Northern Africa | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Northwest Asia Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Northwest Asia | Custom license | Model |
Oceania Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in Oceania | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
OpenQuake Engine | State-of-the-art, open-source software collaboratively developed for earthquake hazard and risk modelling | AGPL v3.0 | Software |
OpenQuake QGIS Plugin | Plugin to drive and visualize OpenQuake engine results in QGIS | AGPL v3.0 | Software |
Pacific Islands Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for the Pacific Islands | Custom license | Model |
Papua New Guinea Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Papua New Guinea | CC BY 4.0 | Model |
Philippine Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for the Philippines | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
South Africa Financial Loss Model | Country model to assess potential financial losses to commercial, industrial and residential buildings due to earthquakes | Custom license | Model |
South Africa Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for South Africa | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Model |
South America Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in South America | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
South America Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for South America | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
South Asia Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in South Asia | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Southeast Asia Exposure | Repository with the inventory of residential, commercial and industrial buildings in Southeast Asia | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Southeast Asia Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Southeast Asia | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Model |
Sub-Saharan Africa Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Sub-Saharan Africa | CC BY-SA 4.0/CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Taiwan Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Taiwan | CC BY-SA 4.0 | Model |
Western Africa Hazard | OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Western Africa | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Model |
Model
Global Vulnerability Model
License type:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The Global Vulnerability Model (v2023.1) consists of a set of functions that estimate the consequences of earthquakes of a given intensity to different building typologies. This model includes curves to assess economic losses, divided in structural, non-structural and content losses, as well as estimates of fatalities. The database is separated by region-country/territory and considers functions for over 3500 building typologies identified in the Global Exposure Model developed, curated and maintained by the GEM Foundation.
The fragility functions are derived analytically, using non-linear time-history analyses on equivalent single-degree-of-freedom oscillators and a large set of ground motion records representing several tectonic environments. The entire database is available for direct download under a CC BY-NC-SA license for risk modelers, analysts and researchers to perform seismic risk assessment on their portfolios.
Model
Hawaii Hazard
License type:
Custom license
The Global Hazard Mosaic coverage of Hawaii is based on the 1998 United States Geological Survey (USGS) model of Klein et al., (2001). The GEM implementation relies on the best judgement of the Secretariat in converting the documented model into the OpenQuake engine format from the NSHMP input files provided by the USGS.
Model
India and surroundings Hazard
License type:
AGPL v3.0
Coverage of the Indian subcontinent is with the hazard model developed by Nath and Thingbaijam (2012). This model covers India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. The model has been updated and translated from its original format into the OpenQuake engine in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada.
Model
Indonesia Hazard
License type:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The initial version (v2017.0.0) of the seismic hazard model for Indonesia was developed by the Team for Updating Seismic Hazard Maps of Indonesia of the National Center for Earthquake Studies, Indonesia. (Irsyam et al., 2017). The model builds on the experience collected throughout the last 15 years and on international collaborations notably with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Geoscience Australia. The model was originally produced partly using the NSHMP software of the USGS and partly in the OpenQuake (OQ) engine. To achieve an entirely OQ implementation, part of the model has been translated from its original format into OQ.
Since the original version, an update was made to the model by the GEM hazard team, leading to the latest release (v2017.1.0), which was used in the computation of the 2023 Global Earthquake Hazard and Risk Maps. This model extends the minimum magnitude of events for crustal distributed seismicity and updated the GMPEs used for more recent ones.
Model
Japan Hazard
License type:
Custom license
The Global Hazard Mosaic coverage of Japan is based on the 2014 seismic hazard model issued by the Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion (HERP). The model is described by Fujiwara et al. (2009), Fujiwara et al. (2015), and Fujiwara et al. (2023). The model has been translated from its original format into the OpenQuake (OQ) engine within a collaboration between the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) of Japan, and GEM.
Model
Middle East Exposure
License type:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The Global Exposure Model is a mosaic of local and regional models with information regarding the residential, commercial, and industrial building stock at the smallest available administrative division of each country and includes details about the number of buildings, number of occupants, vulnerability characteristics, average built-up area, and average replacement cost.
The dataset is developed and maintained by the GEM Foundation, using a bottom-up approach at the global scale, using national statistics, socio-economic data, and local datasets. This model allows the identification of the most common types of construction worldwide, regions with large fractions of informal construction, and areas prone to natural disasters with a high concentration of population and building stock.
The Middle East region of the model includes the information pertaining the following countries/territories:
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi_Arabia, Syria, United_Arab_Emirates, Yemen
Model
Middle East Hazard
License type:
CC BY-SA 4.0
The Middle East (MIE) is covered by the hazard model developed within the 2014 Earthquake Model of the Middle East (EMME) Project. The model covers the following countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria and Turkey (Danciu et al., 2016; Danciu et al., 2017; and Sesetyan et al., 2018). The model was originally developed for the OpenQuake (OQ) engine. EMME products, data and results are available and documented through the web-platform of the European Facilities for Earthquake Hazard and Risk.
Model
New Zealand Hazard
License type:
As original
The development of the 2010 seismic hazard model for New Zealand was led by GNS Science, New Zealand (Stirling et al. 2012). It has been translated from its original format into the OpenQuake (OQ) engine by GNS Science. A corrected version of the model was made available in 2018. The corrected version was used in the GEM Global Model v.2018.1. The model covers the North, South, and Stewart Islands. The Chatham Islands to the east are excluded.
Model
North America Exposure
License type:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The Global Exposure Model is a mosaic of local and regional models with information regarding the residential, commercial, and industrial building stock at the smallest available administrative division of each country and includes details about the number of buildings, number of occupants, vulnerability characteristics, average built-up area, and average replacement cost.
The dataset is developed and maintained by the GEM Foundation, using a bottom-up approach at the global scale, using national statistics, socio-economic data, and local datasets. This model allows the identification of the most common types of construction worldwide, regions with large fractions of informal construction, and areas prone to natural disasters with a high concentration of population and building stock.
The North America region of the model includes the information pertaining to Canada, Mexico and the United States of America.
For the cases of the United States and Canada, the exposure model is built upon datasets obtained with collaboration from our partnerships with the United States Geological Service (USGS) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). Information about the original data sources can be found in the [documentation](https://docs.openquake.org/global_risk_model/north_america/exposure/data_sources.html)
Model
North Asia Exposure
License type:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The Global Exposure Model is a mosaic of local and regional models with information regarding the residential, commercial, and industrial building stock at the smallest available administrative division of each country and includes details about the number of buildings, number of occupants, vulnerability characteristics, average built-up area, and average replacement cost.
The dataset is developed and maintained by the GEM Foundation, using a bottom-up approach at the global scale, using national statistics, socio-economic data, and local datasets. This model allows the identification of the most common types of construction worldwide, regions with large fractions of informal construction, and areas prone to natural disasters with a high concentration of population and building stock.
The North Asia region of the model includes the information pertaining Russia and Mongolia.
Model
Global Vulnerability Model
License type:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The Global Vulnerability Model (v2023.1) consists of a set of functions that estimate the consequences of earthquakes of a given intensity to different building typologies. This model includes curves to assess economic losses, divided in structural, non-structural and content losses, as well as estimates of fatalities. The database is separated by region-country/territory and considers functions for over 3500 building typologies identified in the Global Exposure Model developed, curated and maintained by the GEM Foundation.
The fragility functions are derived analytically, using non-linear time-history analyses on equivalent single-degree-of-freedom oscillators and a large set of ground motion records representing several tectonic environments. The entire database is available for direct download under a CC BY-NC-SA license for risk modelers, analysts and researchers to perform seismic risk assessment on their portfolios.
Model
Hawaii Hazard
License type:
Custom license
The Global Hazard Mosaic coverage of Hawaii is based on the 1998 United States Geological Survey (USGS) model of Klein et al., (2001). The GEM implementation relies on the best judgement of the Secretariat in converting the documented model into the OpenQuake engine format from the NSHMP input files provided by the USGS.
Model
India and surroundings Hazard
License type:
AGPL v3.0
Coverage of the Indian subcontinent is with the hazard model developed by Nath and Thingbaijam (2012). This model covers India, Bangladesh, Bhutan and Nepal. The model has been updated and translated from its original format into the OpenQuake engine in collaboration with Natural Resources Canada.
Model
Indonesia Hazard
License type:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The initial version (v2017.0.0) of the seismic hazard model for Indonesia was developed by the Team for Updating Seismic Hazard Maps of Indonesia of the National Center for Earthquake Studies, Indonesia. (Irsyam et al., 2017). The model builds on the experience collected throughout the last 15 years and on international collaborations notably with the United States Geological Survey (USGS) and Geoscience Australia. The model was originally produced partly using the NSHMP software of the USGS and partly in the OpenQuake (OQ) engine. To achieve an entirely OQ implementation, part of the model has been translated from its original format into OQ.
Since the original version, an update was made to the model by the GEM hazard team, leading to the latest release (v2017.1.0), which was used in the computation of the 2023 Global Earthquake Hazard and Risk Maps. This model extends the minimum magnitude of events for crustal distributed seismicity and updated the GMPEs used for more recent ones.
Model
Japan Hazard
License type:
Custom license
The Global Hazard Mosaic coverage of Japan is based on the 2014 seismic hazard model issued by the Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion (HERP). The model is described by Fujiwara et al. (2009), Fujiwara et al. (2015), and Fujiwara et al. (2023). The model has been translated from its original format into the OpenQuake (OQ) engine within a collaboration between the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) of Japan, and GEM.
Model
Middle East Exposure
License type:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The Global Exposure Model is a mosaic of local and regional models with information regarding the residential, commercial, and industrial building stock at the smallest available administrative division of each country and includes details about the number of buildings, number of occupants, vulnerability characteristics, average built-up area, and average replacement cost.
The dataset is developed and maintained by the GEM Foundation, using a bottom-up approach at the global scale, using national statistics, socio-economic data, and local datasets. This model allows the identification of the most common types of construction worldwide, regions with large fractions of informal construction, and areas prone to natural disasters with a high concentration of population and building stock.
The Middle East region of the model includes the information pertaining the following countries/territories:
Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Georgia, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Pakistan, Palestine, Qatar, Saudi_Arabia, Syria, United_Arab_Emirates, Yemen
Model
Middle East Hazard
License type:
CC BY-SA 4.0
The Middle East (MIE) is covered by the hazard model developed within the 2014 Earthquake Model of the Middle East (EMME) Project. The model covers the following countries: Afghanistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Cyprus, Georgia, Iran, Jordan, Lebanon, Pakistan, Syria and Turkey (Danciu et al., 2016; Danciu et al., 2017; and Sesetyan et al., 2018). The model was originally developed for the OpenQuake (OQ) engine. EMME products, data and results are available and documented through the web-platform of the European Facilities for Earthquake Hazard and Risk.
Model
New Zealand Hazard
License type:
As original
The development of the 2010 seismic hazard model for New Zealand was led by GNS Science, New Zealand (Stirling et al. 2012). It has been translated from its original format into the OpenQuake (OQ) engine by GNS Science. A corrected version of the model was made available in 2018. The corrected version was used in the GEM Global Model v.2018.1. The model covers the North, South, and Stewart Islands. The Chatham Islands to the east are excluded.
Model
North America Exposure
License type:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The Global Exposure Model is a mosaic of local and regional models with information regarding the residential, commercial, and industrial building stock at the smallest available administrative division of each country and includes details about the number of buildings, number of occupants, vulnerability characteristics, average built-up area, and average replacement cost.
The dataset is developed and maintained by the GEM Foundation, using a bottom-up approach at the global scale, using national statistics, socio-economic data, and local datasets. This model allows the identification of the most common types of construction worldwide, regions with large fractions of informal construction, and areas prone to natural disasters with a high concentration of population and building stock.
The North America region of the model includes the information pertaining to Canada, Mexico and the United States of America.
For the cases of the United States and Canada, the exposure model is built upon datasets obtained with collaboration from our partnerships with the United States Geological Service (USGS) and Natural Resources Canada (NRCan). Information about the original data sources can be found in the [documentation](https://docs.openquake.org/global_risk_model/north_america/exposure/data_sources.html)
Model
North Asia Exposure
License type:
CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
The Global Exposure Model is a mosaic of local and regional models with information regarding the residential, commercial, and industrial building stock at the smallest available administrative division of each country and includes details about the number of buildings, number of occupants, vulnerability characteristics, average built-up area, and average replacement cost.
The dataset is developed and maintained by the GEM Foundation, using a bottom-up approach at the global scale, using national statistics, socio-economic data, and local datasets. This model allows the identification of the most common types of construction worldwide, regions with large fractions of informal construction, and areas prone to natural disasters with a high concentration of population and building stock.
The North Asia region of the model includes the information pertaining Russia and Mongolia.
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