More Pavia, Italy, September 30, 2023 - The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation is poised to mark a significant milestone as it readies to openly release a number of cutting-edge global earthquake products on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction, slated for October 13th, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. CEST. The 2023 global earthquake products were first presented during the highly successful GEM Conference: "Are we making a difference?" held in June in Bergamo, and with this release event they will become available for use by a wide range of stakeholders, from academics to engineers to disaster risk managers. Advancing Earthquake Resilience: GEM Set to Unveil Cutting-Edge Global Seismic Hazard and Risk Products on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction TOP STORY LATEST UPDATES MORE NEWS Search Archive 1 2 3 4 5 1 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 ... 49 Advancing Earthquake Resilience: GEM Set to Unveil Cutting-Edge Global Seismic Hazard and Risk Products on the International Day for Disaster Risk Reduction Strengthening Albania's Earthquake Preparedness: A Collaborative Effort GEM’s Contribution: Insights into Morocco's 6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Enhancing Disaster Resilience: GEM's Role in Malawi's Multi-Hazard Risk Project FORCE Progress Update: Forecasting and Communicating Earthquake Hazard and Risk GEM’s Vital Role in Advancing Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment through TREAD Project

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products All of GEM’s products are freely available for public, non-commercial use, but with different license restrictions. ​Open and free distribution of data, models and tools will continue to be at the core of GEM’s work, and will further strengthen its efforts to broaden their availability and accessibility. GEM Products and Services Strategy Flagship Products v2018.1 (PNG, PDF) Atlas 1.0 - GSHM Comprehensive Simplified Interactive Hazard Map v2018.1 (PNG, PDF) Global Vulnerability Database Global Risk Layer Interactive Exposure Map Interactive Risk Map Long-Term Support Release (3.16) Latest Engine and Manual Online training English | Español Video tutorials Toolkits Global Hazard Map Global Risk Map OpenQuake Engine Anchor 1 More Products Map List Gallery Map List Gallery Filters: 133 results found Sort by Title: A-Z Z-A Product Short Description License Type Product Type Loading... Model Northern Africa Exposure License: Version: CC BY-SA v2022 Read more This dataset introduces a new exposure model for North African countries using national and global datasets with a uniform approach across the continent, developed for a baseline year (2020) and six future years (2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, and 2050). Model Sub-Saharan Africa Vulnerability License: Version: CC BY-SA v2015 Read more Vulnerability based on the most common building classes in the region; simplified numerical models for each building class; ground motion records using local strong motion databases, local seismicity and tectonic environment; and non-linear time history analysis to evaluate structural response. Model Southern Africa Exposure License: Version: CC BY-SA v2022 Read more This dataset introduces a new exposure model for South African countries using national and global datasets with a uniform approach across the continent, developed for a baseline year (2020) and six future years (2025, 2030, 2035, 2040, 2045, and 2050). Model Northern Africa Hazard License: Version: CC BY-NC-SA v2018.0.0 Read more The Northern Africa model (NAF) was developed by GEM and is described in Poggi et al. (2020). The model extends from Morocco to Egypt along the Mediterranean coastline. The model consists of a combination of distributed seismicity and faults sources, the former calibrated on occurrence analysis of publicly available earthquake catalogue information, and the latter derived from a thorough evaluation of information from both geological literature and direct analysis of GPS velocity fields. Model South Africa Hazard License: Version: CC BY-SA v2018.0.1 Read more The seismic hazard model for South Africa (ZAF) was developed by scientists from the Council for Geoscience, South Africa and the Indian Institute of Technology, Jammu, India. The model is described by Midzi et al. (2019). The seismic source model was developed using a newly updated catalogue and consists of zones of distributed seismicity, while the ground motion logic tree consists of two existing ground motion prediction equations (GMPEs) derived for active shallow crust. The model was originally created for the OpenQuake (OQ) engine. Filter by product type: Model Software Map Dataset Filter by model component: Hazard Exposure Vulnerability Risk Social Vulnerability Filter by license type: AGPL CC BY CC BY-SA CC BY-NC-SA Commercial By request Reset GEM Global Mosaic of Models Alaska Canada USA Hawaii California Mexico Caribbean & Central America Colombia South America South Africa North Africa West Africa Sub-Saharan Africa Europe North West Asia Middle East Arabia Indonesia Australia New Zealand Pacific Islands Papua New Guinea North East Asia Central Asia India China Philippines Japan Taiwan Korea Southeast Asia OPEN MODELS COMMERCIAL MODELS North Africa Hazard Exposure Vulnerability ----- Countries Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, Western Sahara Dominican Republic Interactive Maps Global Maps Close Legend 1 2 3 4 5 1 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ... 27 Haven't found a product? Send us a request

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GEM Online News Coverage Search Reset Resilience Performance Scorecard Workshop in Yangon Dr. Carlos Villacis and Dr. Christopher Burton of the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation introduced the Resilience Performance Scorecard, a self-evaluation tool for cities based on the “Ten Essentials for Making Cities Resilient”... https://ggsurbanresilience.org/ GEM featured on OASIS website Oasis Loss Modelling Framework and GEM have been working closely for many years. OASIS and GEM approaches and offerings are complementary, which opens interesting possibilities... https://oasislmf.org Application of Statistical Learning Models for Efficient Seismic Risk Assessment of Large Property... In this paper, AIG researchers introdcue surrogate models to significantly reduce the computational requirements in exchange for manageable errors in predicting the portfolio losses using OQ… https://ascelibrary.org 1 2 3 4 5 1 ... 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ... 12

2020 UNDERSTANDING RISK FORUM Launch of the Global Model for Earthquake Social Vulnerability and Resilience (SVR) Maps Press Release Background SVR modelling is an important aspect of not just understanding risk but also in reducing disaster risk at any given scale. SVR modelling can give disaster management professionals, especially at the country level, the ability to anticipate an impact that goes beyond physical damage or casualties from earthquakes. This ability to anticipate can greatly help DRR agencies to prepare and plan on how to address damage to the economy, society and social well-being as a result of disasters. Purpose To present GEM’s global model of earthquake risk, the valuable addition of the Social Vulnerability component into the Global model, and to foster future opportunities and partnerships to reduce Earthquake risk from a global to a local perspective. agenda Thursday, Day 3, 11:00 AM - 12:55 PM GMT +0 / 12:00 PM - 1:55 PM topic Welcome Introduction to GEM Launch of Global Social Vulnerability Map GEM OpenQuake Risk modeling framework Current state of Global Social Vulnerability and Resilience modeling Resilience Performance Scorecard Nepal earthquake resilience performance scorecard Social Vulnerability South America resilience performance scorecard From Risk to Social Vulnerability in Colombia Questions and Answers Panel Discussion Feedback Closing Remarks speaker John Rees (moderator) John Schneider ​ ​ Ana Beatriz Acevedo Christopher Burton ​ ​ ​ Surya Shrestha Jair Torres Miguel Toquica John Rees (moderator) Panelists Christopher Burton Marc Gordon agenda presentations videos product page the SVR component of GEM’s core scientific framework aims to analyze and understand the various socio-economic factors that may exacerbate the impact of an earthquake, including the ability of communities to fully recover. webinar infographic primer Full screen soon

Global Earthquake Maps GEM GLOBAL MOSAIC OF RISK MODELS Technical Description READ MORE The Global Seismic Risk Map (v2018.1) comprises four global maps. The main map presents the geographic distribution of average annual loss (USD) normalised by the average construction costs of the respective country (USD/m2) due to ground shaking in the residential, commercial and industrial building stock, considering contents, structural and non-structural components. The normalised metric allows a direct comparison of the risk between countries with widely different construction costs. It does not consider the effects of tsunamis, liquefaction, landslides, and fires following earthquakes. The loss estimates are from direct physical damage to buildings due to shaking, and thus damage to infrastructure or indirect losses due to business interruption are not included. The Global Seismic Hazard Map depicts the geographic distribution of the Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA) with a 10% probability of being exceeded in 50 years, computed for reference rock conditions (shear wave velocity of 760-800 m/s). The Global Exposure Map depicts the geographic distribution of residential, commercial and industrial buildings. The Global Seismic Fatalities Map depicts an estimate of average annual human losses due to earthquake-induced structural collapse of buildings. The results for human losses do not consider indirect fatalities such as those from post-earthquake epidemics. The average annual losses and number of buildings are presented on a hexagonal grid, with a spacing of 0.30 x 0.34 decimal degrees (approximately 1,000 km2 at the equator). The average annual losses were computed using the event-based calculator of the OpenQuake engine, an open-source software for seismic hazard and risk analysis developed by the GEM Foundation. The seismic hazard, exposure and vulnerability models employed in these calculations were provided by national institutions, or developed within the scope of regional programs or bilateral collaborations. These global maps and the underlying databases are based on best available and publicly accessible datasets and models. Due to possible model limitations, regions portrayed with low risk may still experience potentially damaging earthquakes. The GEM Risk Map is intended to be a dynamic product, such that it may be updated when new datasets and models become available. Releases of updated versions of the seismic risk map are anticipated on a regular basis. Additional hazard and risk metrics for each country can be explored at globalquakemodel.org/gem. ​ How to use and cite this work ​ Please cite this work as: V. Silva, D. Amo-Oduro, A. Calderon, J. Dabbeek, V. Despotaki, L. Martins, A. Rao, M. Simionato, D. Viganò, C. Yepes-Estrada, A. Acevedo, H. Crowley, N. Horspool, K. Jaiswal, M. Journeay, M. Pittore (2018). Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Seismic Risk Map (version 2018.1), DOI: 10.13117/GEM-GLOBAL-SEISMIC-RISK-MAP- 2018. This work is licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution- NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-SA). ​ Acknowledgements ​ This map is the result of a collaborative effort and extensively relies on the enthusiasm and commitment of various organisations to openly share and collaborate. The creation of this map would not have been possible without the support provided by several public and private organisations during GEM’s second working programme (2014-2018). None of this would have been possible without the extensive support of all GEM Secretariat staff. These key contributions are profoundly acknowledged. A complete list of the contributors can be found at globalquakemodel.org/gem. ​ Legal statements ​ This map is an informational product created by the GEM Foundation for public dissemination purposes. The information included in this map must not be used for the design of earthquake-resistant structures or to support any important decisions involving human life, capital and movable and immovable properties. The values of seismic hazard and risk in this map do not constitute an alternative nor do they replace building actions defined in national building codes or earthquake risk estimates derived nationally. Readers seeking this information should contact the national authorities tasked with seismic hazard and risk assessment. The seismic risk map results from an integration process that is solely the responsibility of the GEM Foundation. Anchor 1

gem team GEM is comprised of the Secretariat, a Governing Board from public, private, academic and non-government organizations worldwide, and an Advisory Board (to assume its duties by June 2019). We work together to advance the state-of-the-art for disaster risk reduction by developing data, tools and information and conducting hazard and risk assessments for improving our understanding of earthquake hazard and risk globally. The GEM Secretariat is located in Pavia, Italy and is hosted by the EUCENTRE. For more information on how to reach us, visit our Contact Us page. Meet the Staff and Board Members Anchor 1 Secretariat Management Support Hazard Team Risk Team SVR Team I.T. Governing Board Name Position Location Loading... Representative Category Location Loading... Organization Representative Category Location GEM Paul Henshaw Secretariat United Kingdom GEM Helen Crowley Secretariat United Kingdom GEM Simone Aliprandi Secretariat Italy GEM Lana Todorovic Secretariat Montenegro GEM Christopher Brooks Secretariat United Kingdom GEM Anirudh Rao Secretariat India GEM Anna Rood Secretariat United States GEM Paolo Tormene Secretariat Italy GEM Catarina Costa Secretariat Portugal GEM Zarin Karim Zadeh Secretariat Iran GEM Chiara Pigoli Secretariat Italy GEM Michele Simionato Secretariat Italy GEM John Schneider Secretariat United States GEM Luis Martins Secretariat Portugal GEM Kendra Johnson Secretariat United States GEM Nicole Paul Secretariat United States GEM Matteo Nastasi Secretariat Italy GEM Jephraim Oro Secretariat Philippines GEM Kirsty Bayliss Secretariat United Kingdom GEM Catalina Yepes Secretariat Colombia GEM Martina Caruso Secretariat Italy GEM Vitor Silva Secretariat Portugal GEM Armando Scarpati Secretariat Italy GEM Antonio Ettorre Secretariat Italy GEM Andres Abarca Secretariat Costa Rica GEM Manuela Villani Secretariat Italy GEM Marco Pagani Secretariat Italy GEM Richard Styron Secretariat United States GEM Alejandro Calderon Secretariat Costa Rica Allianz Matthias Hackl Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member Germany Aon Marek Goldbach Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member United Kingdom APDIM Letizia Rossano Associate. Non-Voting Member NA AXA Aurelien Boiselet Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member France British Geological Survey -BGS / Natural Environment Research Council-NERC Iain Stewart Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member United Kingdom CelsiusPro Alireza Khodaverdian Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member Switzerland Department of Civil Protection Daniela Di Bucci Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member Italy Descartes Underwriting Kevin Dedieu Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member France EERI Heidi Tremayne Associate. Non-Voting Member NA EUCENTRE Barbara Borzi Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member Italy Factory Mutual Insurance -FM Global Hosam Ali Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member United States Geological Survey of Canada Sonia Talwar Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member and Vice-chair Canada GeoScience Australia Mark Edwards Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member Australia GNS Science Gill Jolly Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member New Zealand Hannover Re Joerg Steffensen Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member and Chairperson Germany IASPEI Stefano Parolai Associate. Non-Voting Member NA IRDR John Handmer Associate. Non-Voting Member NA Marsh McLennan/Guy Carpenter Matthew Eagle Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member United Kindom Munich Re Martin Käser Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member Germany Nanyang Technological University, Singapore Tso-Chien Pan Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member Singapore National Society for Earthquake Technology-NSET Surya Shrestha Public Sponsor. Non-Voting Member Nepal National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience Asako Iwaki Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member Japan One Concern Boyd Zapatka Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member United States Partner Re Paul Della Marta Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member Switzerland RMS Nilesh Shome Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member United States Safehub Andy Thompson Advisor Sponsor. Non-Voting Member United States State Secretariat for Education and Research Martin Kern Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member Switzerland Swiss Re Michael Ewald Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member Switzerland Taiwan Earthquake Model-TEM Chung-Han Chan Public Governor Sponsor. Voting Member Taiwan UNDRR Jenty Kirsch-Wood Associate. Non-Voting Member NA UNESCO Soichiro Yasukawa Associate. Non-Voting Member NA United States Agency for International Development-USAID Lindsay Davis Public Sponsor. Non-Voting Member United States United States Geological Survey (USGS) Kishor Jaiswal Associate. Non-Voting Member United States Verisk Jayanta Guin Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member United States Willis Towers Watson Stuart Calam Private Governor Sponsor. Voting Member United Kingdom

Global Earthquake Maps Global earthquake SOCIAL VULNERABILITY Earthquakes can have adverse impacts that extend beyond physical damage or casualties and can severely damage economies and negatively influence societies and social well-being. The addition of the Social Vulnerability component into GEM’s scientific framework provides the means to analyze and better understand the various socio-economic factors that may exacerbate the impact of an earthquake, or that may affect the ability of communities to fully recover from damaging earthquake events. The global modelling of socio-economic vulnerability consists of three maps that depict spatially varying characteristics that affect the impact and recovery potential of populations from damaging earthquakes. Social Vulnerability The Global Social Vulnerability Map is a composite index that was developed to measure characteristics or qualities of social systems that create the potential for loss or harm. Here, social vulnerability helps to explain why some countries will experience adverse impacts from earthquakes differentially where the linking of social capacities with demographic attributes... Details Economic Vulnerability The Global Economic Vulnerability Map is a composite index that was designed primarily to measure the potential for economic losses from earthquakes due to a country’s macroeconomic exposure. This index is also an appraisal of the ability of countries to respond to shocks to their economic systems... Details CONTRIBUTORS AND PARTNERS Reconstruction and Recovery The Recovery/Reconstruction Potential Map is closely aligned with the concept of disaster resilience. Enhancing a country’s resilience to earthquakes is to improve its capacity to anticipate threats, to reduce its overall vulnerability, and to allow its communities to recover from adverse impacts from earthquakes when they occur... Details AIR ARUP GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA CSSC NRCan EAFIT ETH ZURICH EUCENTRE FM GLOBAL GFZ GIROJ GNS SCIENCE HANNOVER RE MUNICH RE NTU ICRM NEPHILA NERC NIED NSET OYO PARTNER RE DPC SGC SWISS SER SWISS RE FOUNDATION SURAMERICANA TEM RCN USGS USAID WTW ZURICH INSURANCE

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