Seismic Hazard Component - 15 hours (Week 1)

• Module 1: Components of a hazard input model: description and examples 

  • Earthquake sources

  • Ground-motion models

  • Logic trees

• Module 2: Seismic Hazard Assessment 

  • Classical PSHA

  • Event-based PSHA

  • Scenario-based Hazard Analysis

  • Seismic Hazard Analysis with the OpenQuake Engine 

• Module 3: Advanced Seismic Hazard Analysis 

  • Disaggregation

  • Conditional spectra

  • Vector-valued PSHA

  • Cross-correlated ground-motion fields and conditioning using seismic stations

  • Advanced Seismic Hazard Analysis with the OpenQuake Engine 

Seismic Risk Component - 15 hours (Week 2)

• Module 4: Exposure Modelling

  • Exposure modelling at urban, regional and national scale

  • GEM Building Taxonomy

  • GEM Global Exposure Model

  • Exposure model inputs for the OpenQuake Engine

• Module 5: Vulnerability Modelling

  • Concepts of fragility and vulnerability modelling

  • GEM Vulnerability modelling framework

  • GEM Global Vulnerability database

  • Vulnerability model inputs for the OpenQuake Engine

• Module 6: Scenario Risk Modelling

  • Concepts of earthquake scenario modelling

  • Accounting for soil conditions

  • OpenQuake Engine scenario calculators

  • Exercises with scenario modelling

• Module 7: Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment

  • Concepts of Probabilistic Seismic Risk Assessment (PSRA)

  • GEM’s Global Seismic Risk Model

  • OpenQuake Engine risk calculators

  • Exercises on event-based seismic risk modelling

  • Advanced analysis with the OpenQuake Engine