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Description
The v2026.1 Global Vulnerability Model 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 X building typologies identified in the Global Exposure Model developed, curated and maintained by the GEM Foundation. 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.
How to cite this work
If you make use of this work, please cite both the publication and the data.
Publication:
Aljawhari, K., Nafeh, A.M.B. & Silva, V. A new global vulnerability model for regional seismic risk assessments: Part 1 – structural vulnerability. Bull Earthquake Eng (2026). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-026-02443-7
Data:
Nafeh, A. M. B., Aljawhari, K., & Silva, V. (2026). Global Seismic Vulnerability Model (v2026.0.0) (v2026.0.0) [Data set]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20730225
Available Versions
The entire database is available as individual XML files for each country, for direct download under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Users interested in this product can click the "Open Version Download" button in the right panel to access the information. If your use case does not meet the open license requirement (i.e. commercial use is intended), please submit a request in our system by clicking on the "License Request", where a specific license will be provided, depending on the use case.
License information
This product is available under a Creative Commons CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license, which requires:
Attribution (you must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made)
Non-commercial (you may not use the material for commercial purposes)
ShareAlike (derivatives created must be made available under the same license as the original)
Any deviation from these terms incur in license infringement. For commercial use of the model, a specific license agreement must be made tailored to your use case, in such instance please click on "License Request".
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Previous Product Versions
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