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Canada Hazard

OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Canada

Description

The v2025.0.0 Canada model is a modified implementation of the 6th Generation Seismic Hazard Model of Canada. For official documentation, refer to https://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/. The previous model for Canada, the 5th Generation Seismic Hazard Model (Halchuk et al., 2015), was produced by Natural Resources Canada (NRC) in order to develop the 2015 National Building Code of Canada.

How to cite this work

For official documentation and citation, please refer to https://www.earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/.

Available Versions

The latest version (v2025.0.0) is available for direct download under an Open Government License - Canada 2.0 license. Users interested in this version can click the "Open Version Download" button in the right panel to access the information. Previous versions of this model are listed in the table at the bottom of this page.

License information

The open version is available under an OPen Government License - Canada. See https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada 


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v2025.0.0

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Open Government License - Canada 2.0

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