Background

The OpenQuake Engine is at the foundation of GEM’s hazard and risk assessment capability and is a hallmark of GEM’s open framework and global collaboration network. Since its first release 10 years ago, the OQ Engine has become  the primary analysis tool used by a wide range of scientists and engineers worldwide for the analysis of earthquake hazard and risk at scales from site-specific and urban through to national, regional and global.
 
Purpose
To celebrate GEM’s and the OQ communities’ achievements in developing OQ and applying it to analyze seismic hazard and risk worldwide. To explore current capabilities and future directions in the development of the software and its applications.