News OASIS Conference - The Good, The Bad and The Ugly By: ​ ​ Jul 2, 2018 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ On September 5th and 6th, GEM Secretary General John Schneider attended a Loss Modeling Conference in London called “The good, the bad and the ugly”. The event was organized by OASIS, a non-profit company that has developed the Loss Modelling Framework, an open access cat modelling platform, free to use by anyone. The conference focused on the development and application of cat models, and was attended by around 200 leading experts in catastrophe risk modelling together with experts in risk management and the applications of cat models within the insurance sector. The conference had a mix of plenary and breakout sessions, with themes devoted to different aspects of cat models, such as correlation, uncertainty, validation, vulnerability, and financial loss, as well as case study examples for earthquake, severe storm and flood. The format was particularly successful in stimulating discussion between model users and model developers, and clearly demonstrated the increasing level of interest in addressing complex issues and appreciation for different approaches in the development and application of risk models. The use of GEM databases and the OpenQuake platform was highlighted by many participants. For your interest, a set of presentation slides is available via dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/4lxxr3nsxfajx4b/AACBkzewnYzCTQPeYobRh87ka?dl=0 No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News Seismic Moment: From Rupture to Recovery By: ​ ​ Sep 15, 2022 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ Close to 200 online and in-person participants from 70+ countries joined the International Symposium on Hazard, Risk and Recovery Modelling: Seismic Moment – From Rupture to Recovery. The event, held at the Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Aveiro, Portugal on July 14th discussed cutting-edge science and ground-breaking technology in earthquake engineering. Vitor Silva - GEM Seismic Risk Coordinator and Xavier Romao - FEUP/CONSTRUCT moderated the discussions on new advancements in seismic hazard modelling in Europe, latest developments in vulnerability and risk assessment and factors influencing long-term impact and recovery after an earthquake. Vice Rector of the University of Aveiro Artur Silva, and Director of RISCO Romeu Vicente opened the symposium. It was followed by presentations on the new European seismic hazard model (Laurentiu Danciu, ETHZ); and the new European seismic risk model (Helen Crowley, EUCENTRE). The second part of the morning session focused on earthquake early warning in Europe (Carmine Galasso and Gemma Cremen, UCL); and the NASA Insight Mission - Seismicity of Mars ( John Clinton, ETHZ). The afternoon sessions explored more on the experiences of the presenters in vulnerability and risk assessments such as addressing the issues and challenges in clustered seismicity risk assessment (Paolo Bazzurro, IUSS Pavia); the impact of and recovery from the Croatian Earthquakes of 2020 (Mario Uros, University of Zagreb); and research and implementation of seismic risk mitigation in schools through low-cost sliding foundations (Anastasios Sextos, University of Bristol). Speakers shared more on the ground experiences in post-earthquake community recovery processes and modelling (Laurie Johnson, Laurie Johnson Consulting USA); and changes in the upcoming update of the Eurocode 8 (Antonio Correia, National Laboratory of Civil Engineering, Portugal). The event was capped with a discussion on what’s missing in earthquake risk assessment, which featured a presentation on future directions in earthquake risk assessment: high-fidelity optimization, a numerical modelling approach for predicting the seismic wave of complex earthquake scenarios from the fault to the epicentre site. The topic was presented by a surprise speaker - Professor Jack Baker of Stanford University. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

Project Name Products Philippine Hazard OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for the Philippines Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Description The initial version (v2018.0.0) of the seismic hazard model for the Philippines was developed jointly by the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (PHIVOLCS) and the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) in the OpenQuake engine format. Since the original version, several updates were made to the model by the GEM hazard team, leading to the latest release (v2018.2.0), which was used in the computation of the 2023 Global Earthquake Hazard and Risk Maps. Among other important improvements, this model extends the minimum magnitude of events for crustal distributed seismicity and updates the GMPEs used for more recent ones. How to cite this work Peñarubia, H.C., Johnson, K.L., Styron, R.H., Bacolcol, T.C., Sevilla, W.I.G., Perez, J.S., Bonita, J.D., Narag, I.C., Solidum Jr, R.U., Pagani, M.M. and Allen, T.I., 2020. Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis model for the Philippines. Earthquake Spectra, p.8755293019900521 Available Versions The latest version (v2018.2.0) is available for direct download under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 license. Users interested in this version can click the "Open Version Download" button in the right panel to access the information. If your use case does not comply with the license terms, a license can be requested by clicking on the "License Request", where a specific agreement will be provided, depending on the use case. License information The open version 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". Share License CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Available resources Open Version Download Documentation License Request Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn text Map View Search Popup title Close Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Available Resources Country/Region Resource Url Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Preview Preview is not available. Related products Related publications Probabilistic seismic hazard analysis model for the Philippines Read More For downloading or accessing detailed product information like PNG/PDF maps, datasets, license request, shapefiles and more, please switch to a desktop or laptop computer. Thank you for your understanding.

News Call for proposals and paper abstracts: EERI and SSA annual meetings 2024 By: ​ ​ Sep 29, 2023 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ EERI Annual Meeting 2024 The Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI) is delighted to announce that the 2024 Annual Meeting will take place in Seattle, WA from April 9-12, 2024. The meeting theme is Uniting Earthquake Science and Engineering for a More Resilient Future. The main meeting, including a technical program with plenary, special, and poster sessions, the EERI awards ceremony, and the 2024 Seismic Design Competition Shaking Day, will take place on Wednesday, April 10th and Thursday, April 11th. Pre- and post-meeting activities will include a reconnaissance workshop and partner-hosted workshops on April 9 and a Seattle-focused reconnaissance field exercise hosted in coordination with the Washington Geological Survey on April 12. View the call for session proposals and paper abstracts (due October 17th) and register here today ! SSA 2024 Annual Meeting Join your colleagues next Spring in Anchorage, Alaska at the SSA 2024 Annual Meeting . Led by Co-chairs Carl Tape and Michael West, University of Alaska Fairbanks, the meeting will be a dynamic week of in-person collaboration, learning and networking. Session Proposal Deadline: 30 September, 5 p.m. Pacific. Shape the SSA Annual Meeting by submitting a session proposal. We are seeking session proposals from across the fields of geotechnical and earthquake engineering, earthquake science and seismology. SSA encourages all conveners to assemble a diverse group of co-conveners. Early-career members are encouraged to submit session proposals. Take the career-advancing leap and begin reaching out to collaborators today! A few key policies: Session proposals should include conveners from at least two institutions. Every session is required to have at least one non-U.S. government co-convener. Submissions require a session name, a short description of the session and the name, affiliation and contact information of at least two conveners. Find the full guidelines here . For questions about submitting your session proposal, please contact SSA at abstracts@seismosoc.org . No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News UNISDR selects Dr. John Schneider to the Expert Group of the Global Risk Assessment Framework (GRAF) By: ​ ​ Jul 12, 2018 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ The GEM Foundation is proud to announce that Dr. John Schneider has been selected to UNISDR’s Expert Group of the Global Risk Assessment Framework (GRAF). The selection of Dr. Schneider further solidifies GEM’s collaborative partnership with UNISDR, and put GEM in a position to significantly contribute to the implementation of the Sendai Framework, the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The establishment of the Expert Group was one of the principal recommendations of the Expert Meeting on the GRAF held in Geneva on 20-21 November 2017. The group’s initial mission is to provide guidance and direction in the co-design and collaborative development of the GRAF, including strategic, technical, functional and operational aspects. The Expert Group will guide the development and co-creation of a preliminary implementation roadmap, including the definition and possible composition of the GRAF Sub-Working Groups that will need to be established to support the co-design and development process. (UNISDR GRAF, 2018) The first meeting of the Expert Group on the GRAF was held from 13-14 June 2018 in Geneva, Switzerland. Underscoring the importance of GRAF, Dr. Schneider expressed that it was important for the framework to feed into Sendai’s disaster risk reduction plan and global initiatives to reduce disaster losses. He added that the GRAF is needed to pull in the experiences and expertise from the around the globe, and to provide a platform for working collaboratively. The GRAF is composed of 32 individuals from the science community, data providers, modellers and the insurance industry as well as special interest groups such as youth tasked to help UNISDR develop a holistic approach on how to better apply risk knowledge to generate practical solutions that increase resilience. More details of the first meeting can be found here. ( https://www.unisdr.org/archive/58772 ) No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News Make Exposure Great Again: Understanding Risk Forum 2018 By: ​ ​ Jul 12, 2018 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ The fifth global Understanding Risk forum took place from May 14-18, 2018 in Mexico City, Mexico at the Palacio de Minería. The annual event organized by The World Bank/GFDRR with support from Coca-Cola FEMSA, World Vision México, and Compromiso Social Citibanamex kicked off with two days of dedicated side events, followed by three days (May 16 – 18) of main conference plenaries and technical sessions. The 2018 Understanding Risk Forum (UR2018) broadly focused on understanding the risk of disasters in order to better prepare and create more resilient societies. This year, the UR community convened to specifically examine the critical role of risk communication and disruptive technologies in disaster risk management. More than 1000 experts and practitioners from more than 100 countries and 550+ organizations participated in more than 20 technical sessions and close to 60 side events. GEM’s Vitor Silva, Risk Team coordinator presented in the side event ‘Discussions on DRR Tools and the Exchange of Hazard, Exposure and Vulnerability Data’. His presentation, MEGA or Make Exposure Great Again focused on exposure data developed by GEM as part of the DFID/GFDRR Challenge Fund 2 (creating a data schema and global exposure database to fill the gap between data providers and users of exposure information for disaster risk assessment and reduction). Vitor also highlighted the importance of open exposure data in the pursuit of better global access to risk information. “Historically exposure data has been collected and developed at large scale by the private sector. GEM in partnership with GFDRR is changing this by breaking the walls between data providers and decision-makers, advocating openness and collaboration, and promoting the sharing of information,” Vitor remarked during the discussion. Vitor also discussed GEM’s worldwide work on earthquake hazard, risk and social vulnerability assessments, and key features of GEM’s online data-sharing tool: the OpenQuake Platform. The forum also seeks to redefine the goal of risk communication from merely informing to inspiring action: a goal that GEM will actively pursue with the upcoming release of the first Global Earthquake Hazard and Risk Model (GRM2018) on 5th December 2018 in Pavia, Italy. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News World-leading reinsurance broker, Guy Carpenter collaborates with GEM on earthquake risk modelling By: ​ ​ Oct 7, 2019 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ World-leading reinsurance broker, Guy Carpenter is working together with GEM as Advisor Sponsor. The collaboration is expected to facilitate the update of Guy Carpenter’s seismic hazard and risk models using GEM’s OpenQuake engine with its built-in toolkits, earthquake catalogues, and ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs) as well as global databases for active faults, exposure and vulnerability. “GEM is happy to support Guy Carpenter by sharing our latest seismic data, models and tools for better understanding of earthquake risk by insurance companies. Risk-informed decisions will ultimately benefit the policy holders, and the public at large,” John Schneider, Secretary General underscoring the importance of GEM’s products for insurance purposes. The collaboration will be headed by Guy Carpenter’s GC Analytics Business Unit, which is responsible for supporting risk underwriting, reinsurance purchasing, catastrophe modelling and benchmarking among others. “GC Analytics provides its clients with competitive advantage through quantitative skills and sophisticated modelling insights,” explains Matthew Eagle, Head of Global Model Solutions and Advisory within GC Analytics at Guy Carpenter. “The collaboration with GEM will not only enable the enhancement of our earthquake risk analysis by having access to specific technical and scientific expertise, but will also contribute to a better understanding of earthquake risk for the benefit of society at large.” A working group has already been established to coordinate communication and technical support between GEM’s scientific/technical units and the GC Analytics modelling team. About Guy Carpenter Guy Carpenter & Company, LLC is a leading global risk and reinsurance specialist with more than 3,100 professionals in over 60 offices around the world. Guy Carpenter delivers a powerful combination of broking expertise, trusted strategic advisory services and industry-leading analytics to help clients adapt to emerging opportunities and achieve profitable growth. Guy Carpenter is a wholly owned subsidiary of Marsh & McLennan Companies (NYSE: MMC), the world’s leading professional services firm in the areas of risk, strategy and people. The company’s 76,000 colleagues advise clients in over 130 countries. With annualized revenue approaching $17 billion, Marsh & McLennan helps clients navigate an increasingly dynamic and complex environment through four market-leading companies including Marsh, Mercer and Oliver Wyman. For more information, visit www.guycarp.com and follow Guy Carpenter on LinkedIn and Twitter @GuyCarpenter. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News GEM launches its Impact Story Series project By: ​ ​ Dec 18, 2019 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn Science for Social Change: pilot GEM Impact Story GEM is proud to announce the launch of its Impact Story Series project as part of the organizational strategy to capture the successes of its project partners, collaborators and sponsors in the use of GEM tools, products and expertise. Earthquake risk assessment remains abstract and highly technical, and there are significant risks that due to poor or limited understanding of it, policymakers and the public at large may not be able to fully take advantage of existing and future information that can either help create better or enhance existing earthquake risk reduction and management strategies, especially at the local and national level. Specifically, the GEM Impact Story project aims to: Collect and document stories where GEM and its partners have contributed to positive change Encourage policy and decision makers to use science- and evidence- based information to formulate earthquake DRR strategy at the national level through positive stories of change Increase awareness of the public at large on earthquake risk and preparedness The project is expected to encourage and inspire sponsors to share their stories that leverage GEM products and expert advice; and to identify demonstrators and champions to concretely showcase GEM impact or use of GEM products. The collected stories are also envisioned to catalyze the development of a clearer, impact-oriented documentation of GEM projects and organizational activities. In the pilot story, Science for Social Change, GEM interviewed Prof. Ana Beatriz Acevedo of EAFIT University to get to know her insights, perspectives and her work in Colombia around earthquake risk awareness, understanding and resilience. The interview also touched on how and why she got involved with GEM. To get a preview of her story, click . The full launch of pilot story will be done early next year. This will include a photo blog, a brochure of the full text of her interview and a 3-minute video. If you have a story to share, please contact jephraim.oro@globalquakemodel.org. No images found. GALLERY 1/9 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News New blood: Meet GEM’s new team members from Costa Rica, Italy, France and the United States By: ​ ​ Mar 17, 2020 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ The GEM Secretariat is proud to welcome its newest members: Sandra Giacomini, Nicole Paul, Alejandro Calderon, Thomas Chartier and Antonio Ettorre. Sandra joined the Support Services team as Administration and Secretarial Officer working on various accounting tasks, event planning and coordination. She also works closely with the communications unit and helps in maintaining GEM’s social media up-to-date, in particular Facebook and LinkedIn. Sandra is from Italy and previously worked at a labour consultancy company for about 10 years while, for the last 6 years, she was in charge of the Understanding and Managing Extremes (UME) Master and Doctoral programmes at the Post Graduate Office of Scuola Universitaria Superiore IUSS Pavia. Nicole joined the Risk Team as an Earthquake Risk Modeller. She is currently involved in the propagation of uncertainty within the METEOR project, which is funded by the UK Space Agency and aims to develop innovative application of Earth Observation (EO) technologies to improve understanding of exposure with a specific focus on the countries of Nepal and Tanzania. She will also contribute to improvement, validation, verification, and documentation of the Global Risk Model. She brings to GEM 5 years of experience in earthquake engineering and risk analysis from her former role with Arup San Francisco. Her degrees are an MS in Structural Engineering from Stanford University and a BS in Civil Engineering from UC Berkeley. Alejandro joined the Risk Team as Physical Risk Engineer. He is currently involved in the implementation of the GEM and USAID-OFDA Project: Training and Communication for Earthquake Risk Assessment (TREQ) in Quito, Ecuador and Cali, Colombia. He is also the lead of the seismic risk model development and maintenance for Central America and the Caribbean region. Ale is from Costa Rica, having just completed his PhD on “Towards a Uniform Earthquake Loss Model across Central America” in the Risk & Emergency Management Program of the Institute for Advanced Studies in Pavia. Ale also interned with GEM as part of his PhD program and contributed to GEM projects in Central America. Thomas joined the Hazard Team as Seismic Hazard Scientist. His role will focus on the development of open-source tools and software for probabilistic seismic hazard and risk assessment, in collaboration with the IT team. Thomas will also provide support for the creation of national, regional and global PSHA hazard models, in close collaboration with scientists working in different parts of the world. Thomas is from France, having recently completed a PhD at the Ecole Normale Superiore in Paris on “Modeling Active Faults for Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment” and also bringing several years of work experience including on earthquake hazard modelling for application to nuclear power plant safety with IRSN in France. Antonio joined the Information Technology Team as Systems Administrator. His role is to ensure that GEM’s networks and services are working 24/7 especially the computer clusters that run complex OpenQuake-engine calculations. He is also in charge of maintaining all GEM hardware such as workstations and servers. Antonio is from Italy, having graduated in Physics from the University of Pavia and bringing two decades of work experience as a senior systems engineer. For a complete list of GEM Secretariat members, visit https://www.globalquakemodel.org/our-team. No images found. GALLERY 1/4 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

News Future directions for PSHA at local, national and transnational scales workshop By: ​ ​ Jul 2, 2018 ​ Share Facebook X (Twitter) LinkedIn ​ More than 160 leading experts on Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment (PSHA) from around the globe participated in the PSHA Workshop held at Lenzburg, Switzerland from September 5th-7th, featuring presentations and posters on practical aspects and currently developing issues on the PSHA process. Discussions revolved around time-dependent analysis, source model validation, and site-specific PSHA within the framework of new engineering requirements and communication of hazard results to both scientific and non-scientific communities. The workshop also provided the chance for the PSHA community to interact and share information about ongoing and future research projects, which were discussed in specific thematic meetings. Marco Pagani, Hazard Coordinator, and Valerio Poggi, Senior Hazard Scientist, attended the meeting on behalf of GEM. Marco, a keynote speaker, also presented ‘Exploring GEM’s Global Mosaic of Hazard Models: Hints for Regional Hazard Modelling’ as an input to this year’s theme: PSHA - Future directions for probabilistic seismic hazard assessment at local, national and transnational scales. The participants received the presentation with much interest sparking a passionate scientific debate on the use and treatment of epistemic uncertainty in regional models, which appears to still be a controversial issue within the community. Though the use and treatment of epistemic uncertainty in regional models was a hotly discussed topic, GEM’s OpenQuake engine received overwhelming positive feedback from the participants. Many of the studies presented by the keynote speakers and posters used the OpenQuake engine. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS