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OpenQuake (OQ) - comprised of the engine, platform and tools - caters to a variety of users, from modellers and researchers to emergency planners - OpenQuake is used for a wide range of purposes for disaster risk reduction and management.

OQ Data & Tools
OQ Training
OQ Tutorials
OQ Engine
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Get started with the OQ Engine: read on below or visit our OQ GitHub website.

The OpenQuake Engine is the Global Earthquake Model Foundation’s (GEM) state-of-the-art, open-source software collaboratively developed for earthquake hazard and risk modelling. It runs on operating systems such as Linux, macOS and Windows; and can be deployed on laptops, desktops, standalone servers and multi-node clusters. The functionality to analyze hazard and risks at specific site, city, country or regional level makes the OpenQuake Engine a powerful and dynamic tool for assessing the potential impacts of earthquakes at any location in the world.

Instructions

For modellers, researchers, scientists and engineers

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Download the latest user manual.

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Download the latest version of the

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Follow the installation guide here.

For developers

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Follow the instructions here.

Related Documentation

Join the OpenQuake Forum

Check OQ Engine's Project Status here.

OQ Engine Key Features

HAZARD

Classical PSHA*:

  • hazard curves, hazard maps, uniform hazard spectra (UHS), disaggregation

 

Event-based hazard:

  • stochastic earthquake event sets and ground motion fields, hazard curves, hazard maps

 

Scenario hazard:

  • single event - stochastically generated ground motion fields

Additional features:

  • 5 typologies for modeling seismic sources

  • 100+ GMPEs implemented and tested

  • Tools for harmonizing catalogs, creating seismogenic input files, analyzing strong motions and GMPEs

PHYSICAL RISK

Classical PSHA-based:

  • asset-specific loss exceedance curves, average annual loss, loss maps, building typology disaggregation

Event-based risk:

  • event loss tables, loss exceedance curves - asset specific and aggregated, average annual loss, loss maps, loss disaggregation

 

Scenario hazard:

  • loss statistics, loss maps

Scenario damage:

  • collapse maps, damage distribution per asset and building typology

Single software

Combines hazard and risk  in a single software

Compatibility

Compatible with various existing hazard, vulnerability and exposure models

Calculations

Calculates scenario and probabilistic hazard and risk analysis

Different Scales

Supports calculations at different scales

Uncertainties

Accounts for wide spectrum of uncertainties

Typologies

Large set of source typologies for modelling faults as well as distributed seismicity

Logic Tree

Logic tree support (representing epistemic uncertainty)

Explicit Uncertainty

Explicit representation of uncertainty, including separation of epistemic from aleatory

Pre-computed data

Runs risk calculations for precomputed hazard curves and ground motion fields

OQ Engine Calculators and Outputs

OQ Platform

The OpenQuake Platform is a website that allows the community to explore, manipulate and visualize the datasets and models and to use tools that GEM produces. The platform also allows users to contribute, share and discuss new findings and results with the GEM community.

Share your outputs - datasets, maps, models - to the GEM OpenQuake community through the Platform. The OpenQuake Platform hosts a number of national, regional and global models. Follow the instructions below to access data from GEM and the OQ community. For users who only need outputs such as datasets, layers or maps, you can simply register for free and browse the Platform for the data that you need.

To start sharing your data, follow the instructions below.

  1. Sign in or register here.

  2. Click Layers > Upload Layers

  3. Create maps based on GEM’s existing datasets or create one based on your uploaded Layer. Click Maps > Create Maps

  4. Save and Publish your map to share with the OpenQuake community.

To start browsing and downloading data, follow the instructions below.

  1. Sign in or register here.

  2. In the Search box, type the name of the map or dataset you’re looking for. Look for your item from the search results, click to Download.

  3. To customize or create your own maps, click Maps > Create Maps

  4. Click the Add Layer icon and select from the available layers from the dropdown list.

  5. Save and Publish your map.

  6. Download your map.

Openquake: Tools and Data

GEM works on a wide range of open-source source (software) tools to allow you to calculate, share and explore earthquake risk. Most of these are already embedded in the platform, but others are released as stand-alone applications.

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Software

Building Classification Tool (v.2017)

License:

AGPL

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The 'Building classification tool' aims to create a detailed inventory of the most frequent building typologies in the world.

Software

Catalogue Toolkit (v.2018)

License:

AGPL

Version:

Open source toolkit for the compilation and harmonisation of earthquake catalogues.

Software

GEM's IRMTK QGIS plugin (v.2020)

License:

AGPL

Version:

This QGIS plugin allows users to drive OpenQuake Engine calculations of physical hazard and risk, and to load the corresponding outputs as QGIS layers.

Software

GMPE Strong Motion Modeller's Toolkit (v.2020)

License:

AGPL

Version:

Python and OpenQuake-based Toolkit for Analysis of Strong Motions and Interpretation of GMPEs

Software

Glossary for GEM Taxonomy (v.2018)

License:

AGPL

Version:

An online tool that explains around 400 terms contained in the GEM Building Taxonomy v 2.0 and nearly 700 images.
Product Group
Sub Product Group
Product Type
License Type
Building Classification Tool (v.2017)
Building Classification Tool (v.2017)
Software
AGPL
Catalogue Toolkit (v.2018)
Catalogue Toolkit (v.2018)
Software
AGPL
GEM's IRMTK QGIS plugin (v.2020)
GEM's IRMTK QGIS plugin (v.2020)
Software
AGPL
GMPE Strong Motion Modeller's Toolkit (v.2020)
GMPE Strong Motion Modeller's Toolkit (v.2020)
Software
AGPL
Glossary for GEM Taxonomy (v.2018)
Glossary for GEM Taxonomy (v.2018)
Software
AGPL
Hamlet: Hazard Model Evaluation and Testing (v.2020)
Hamlet: Hazard Model Evaluation and Testing (v.2020)
Software
AGPL
Hazard Modeller's Toolkit (v.2020)
Hazard Modeller's Toolkit (v.2020)
Software
AGPL
IDCT Direct Observation Tool (v.2018)
IDCT Direct Observation Tool (v.2018)
Software
AGPL
OpenQuake
TaxTweb
Software
AGPL
OpenQuake
OpenQuake Engine Latest
Software
AGPL
OpenQuake
Risk Input Preparation Toolkit
Software
AGPL
OpenQuake
OpenQuake Engine 3.11
Software
AGPL
OpenQuake
Vulnerability Modellers ToolKit
Software
AGPL
OpenQuake
OpenQuake Platform
Software
AGPL
Openquake
OpenQuake Model Building Toolkit
Software
AGPL
Risk Modeller's Toolkit (v.2020)
Risk Modeller's Toolkit (v.2020)
Software
AGPL
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Openquake: Training

The OpenQuake online training is designed for an audience with a diverse background and expertise and covers the main concepts of earthquake risk assessment, along with the basic features of the engine.

 

The training activities have been tailored for beginner users, and are divided into four modules that cover different types of calculations using the OpenQuake-engine.

 

​Each module is approached from a technical and practical perspective. It includes a theoretical introduction, followed by step-by-step examples that help to consolidate the concepts, as well as exploring the OpenQuake tools for each type of calculation.

Modules

 

Module I:

OpenQuake introduction

https://www.training.openquake.org/oq-introduction

 

Module II:

Earthquake scenarios

https://www.training.openquake.org/eq-scenarios

 

Module III:

Classical PSHA

https://www.training.openquake.org/psha

 

Module IV:

Event-based analysis

https://www.training.openquake.org/event-based

Openquake: Tutorials

OQ Engine Video Tutorials on seismic hazard and risk analysis available in English and Spanish.

English https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J46boursIRc&list=PL08aqbvcszvQxT_HMoSk0XisLw1twc3V4

Español https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rbDm-wiwbw&list=PL08aqbvcszvT6YG353CnIyL9d7gdZblBX

 

OpenQuake - Software Installation and Demos

OpenQuake Introduction - A software for Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment

OpenQuake - Ground Motion Fields: Theoretical Background

OpenQuake - Scenario Damage and Loss: Theoretical Background

OpenQuake - Scenario Damage and Loss: Hands-on exercise

OpenQuake - Classical PSHA: Theoretical Background

OpenQuake - Classical PSHA: Hands-on Exercise

OpenQuake - Event-based Risk: Theoretical Background

OpenQuake - Event-Based Risk: Hands-on Exercise

OpenQuake - Volcanic Risk Scenarios: Theory and Hands-On Exercise

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leF4aQXGdjk&t=1013s

Learn the basics to perform volcanic risk scenarios using the OpenQuake engine. In this video we cover the main components of a seismic risk model and discuss how their modelling assumptions and products may be useful for volcanic risk assessment. We include a hands-on exercise using the software to calculate volcanic risk and the QGIS OpenQuake plug-in to export and visualize results, like total losses and loss maps for the El Ruiz Volcano.

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