News GEM’s Vital Role in Advancing Seismic Hazard and Risk Assessment through TREAD Project By: Sep 29, 2023 Share Facebook LinkedIn The EU’s Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA) funded TREAD project (daTa and pRocesses in sEismic hAzarD - https://tread-horizon.eu/ ) is paving the way for seismic hazard scientists to tackle earthquake forecasting complexities in Europe and the Mediterranean. While earthquake prediction remains challenging, TREAD focuses on probabilistic forecasting based on probability, particularly in regions with intricate tectonic contexts. TREAD's objectives include a holistic approach in seismic hazard assessment, recognizing the unique properties of earthquake sources and tectonics in these regions. To achieve this, TREAD integrates small-scale laboratory experiments with large-scale observations and emphasizes interdisciplinary interactions to better anticipate seismic hazards. TREAD will train a new generation of seismic hazard scientists to tackle the challenges of earthquake forecasting in complex tectonic contexts such as the European and Mediterranean regions. GEM, the Global Earthquake Model Foundation, will supervise two PhD students, in collaboration with the University of Milano Bicocca and the University of Chieti-Pescara. Under Project #10 , GEM’s Head of Seismic Hazards, Marco Pagani, leads the exploration of innovative approaches to modeling distributed seismicity. This research is expected to mainly influence seismic hazard modeling in moderate and low seismicity regions. Project #11 , led by GEM's Head of Risk Engineering, Vitor Silva, assesses the impact of advanced hazard modeling approaches on earthquake risk. It investigates metrics such as collapsed structures, fatalities, and economic losses for earthquake scenarios and probabilistic seismic risk analysis. This project collaborates closely with public partners, offering insights for disaster risk management and insurance industries. GEM’s involvement in the TREAD project underscores its commitment to advancing seismic hazard and risk assessment through the training of the next generation of scientists and engineers, ultimately contributing to more resilient communities in earthquake-prone areas. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

License Request Form You have chosen to get more information about: Global Map of Road Exposure to Ground Shaking and Liquefaction Risk Please check the link below to see if this product already meets your your requirements before submitting your request for a license. Thank you. DOWNLOAD THE OPEN VERSION Summary of steps to obtain a license for the requested product. Fill in the application form below. Click Submit. Please check your email Inbox or Spam folder for the summary of your request. You will then be contacted by the GEM Product Manager with either a request for more information, or a request to sign the license. If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks, please send an email to product@globalquakemodel.org . REQUEST DETAILS A. Requesting party information First Name Last Name Role/Job Email Business type Business type Other business Sector Sector Other sector B. License agreement signatory information The signatory must be someone who is authorised to sign license agreements on your behalf such as your immediate supervisor, manager or legal officer. If you’re a PhD student, the signatory must be your adviser or a university officer in charge of license agreements or similar legal documents. Full Name of Signatory Position Company Email of Signatory Organisation name Complete Address C. Purpose of request GEM is able to offer products for free because of the support of our project partners, national collaborators and institutional sponsors. All of GEM’s products are freely available for public good, non-commercial use, but with different license restrictions. In most cases we release products under an open license (e.g., CC BY-SA or CC BY-NC-SA), which permits (re)distribution. In this case, we are granting access under a more restricted license that forbids distribution or disclosure and requires signing by GEM and the licensee in order to better assure accountability for the confidentiality of the information. In order for GEM to properly assess your request, please answer the following questions below. 1. Explain briefly how will the GEM product be used e.g. project, research including the expected results and the foreseen public benefit. Minimum 60 words. 2. Will you be able to share the results of your work with GEM? YES NO 3. Will you be able to provide feedback to GEM on the quality and usefulness of this product via a survey? YES NO D. Privacy Policy By submitting this form, you consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We are committed to safeguarding your information and ensuring it is only used for the purpose outlined in this form. You have the right to access, rectify, or delete your data at any time. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy. I agree Words: 0 Email us at product@globalquakemodel.org if you're experiencing problems submitting your application. Thank you. Submit Thanks for submitting! You will be contacted as soon as possible Incomplete data. Please fill in all required fields. Thank you.

Publications Quantify Your Earthquake Risk: Expert Solutions from the GEM Foundation Share Facebook LinkedIn Download 2024 | Brochure A quick glance of GEM's commercially available scientifically robust risk information and flagship products. The brochure also highlights GEM's collaborative projects globally for public good.

News Launch of GEM Products webpage By: Sep 21, 2020 Share Facebook LinkedIn GEM's new Products webpage GEM is launching its new Products webpage: . We’ve made significant changes that we hope will make finding GEM products, models and tools easier and faster. The new Products webpage is part of GEM’s efforts to continue to make information freely and openly available, and to broaden its range of products and services for the benefit of the disaster risk management and reduction community. With a new Products page, GEM hopes to further strengthen its efforts to increase their availability and accessibility. The page features a full GEM product list categorized into four product types: models, software, global maps (analog and digital) and datasets. The list is searchable by title or keywords and can be downloaded as an Excel file. If you do not find what you’re looking for, we’ve added a Request button so you can contact us for a specific request. The new Products page is still a work-in-progress and we plan to add more cool stuff in the near future to further enhance your experience on data and information accessibility. At the end of September and December we will be releasing a number of additional earthquake hazard and risk models from the Global mosaic of models developed by GEM, which make up the global maps released in 2018. For earthquake hazard, by the end of the year GEM and its partners will have openly released hazard models for 75% of the land area worldwide, and will have made available for public-good, non-commercial use, hazard models for all countries except China. For risk, by the end of the year, GEM will have released vulnerability models for all residential, commercial and industrial building types (more than 600) and all exposure data to Administrative Level 1 (Provincial) that was used to develop the global risk model (2018). Country profiles with AAL (average annual loss) and PML (probable maximum loss) curves for the three building classes (residential, industrial, and commercial) will have been released for all 192 countries modelled. Finally, social vulnerability indicators will also be released under an open license at country level or Admin 1 (provincial). We are counting on your feedback to further improve the page. We will definitely be listening to what you - our stakeholders - have to say. You can send us your feedback by clicking the Feedback button or Contact Us icon. No images found. GALLERY GEM Hazard and Risk model release schedule GEM Hazard and Risk model release schedule 1/1 GEM models availability, release schedule VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

Publications Unveiling the Environmental Impact of Earthquakes in Europe Share Facebook LinkedIn Download 2024 | Peer-reviewed Environmental impact assessments in the construction sector often overlook the significant effects of natural hazards, in particular earthquakes. These destructive events pose severe sustainability challenges as they frequently require large-scale repairs and replacement for damaged buildings, demanding the production and use of substantial quantities of building materials. Here, we unveil the environmental toll of earthquakes in Europe, presenting essential environmental data on the continent’s building stock. We further generate novel seismic risk maps that quantify the embodied carbon resulting from seismic-damage repair and reconstruction of residential, commercial, and industrial buildings, considering all plausible earthquake scenarios across the region. To this end, we first develop a comprehensive database of material quantities and embodied carbon factors for a broad range of construction materials and building components. This database serves as a crucial input for a continent-wide probabilistic seismic risk model, which estimates the potential environmental impacts of future earthquakes by analysing over 3 million realistic damage scenarios, each with its own probability of occurrence. Our findings reveal that Europe’s earthquake-exposed building stock embodies nearly 13.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e), with seismic damage alone generating more than 6.4 million tons of CO2e annually; comparable to the emissions of 32,000 one-way flights from Paris to New York carrying 200 passengers. Our models not only establish critical benchmarks for the carbon footprint of the European construction sector, but also offer a versatile tool for assessing the impacts of other natural hazards, driving sustainable disaster risk mitigation and fostering more resilient, eco-friendly built environments.

Publications Global Exposure Database-Scientific Features Share Facebook LinkedIn Download 2014 | Report TheaimofthisreportistoprovideacomprehensivedocumentationoftheGED4GEMprojectanditsresults, the Global Exposure Database (or GED). Although most (if not all) of the information provided in this document is available in the deliverables of the GED4GEM project (http://www.nexus.globalquakemodel.org/ged4gem/posts/ged4gem-deliverables/), this document offers a unique possibility to look at the various scientific aspects of the project. It also attempts to provide clear answerstothemainquestionsthatmightbeposedbypotentialusersoftheGED,specificallyaboutthedata setsused,themethodologiesemployedandthecompletenessofthedatabase.

Publications GEM brochure Share Facebook LinkedIn Download 2013 | Brochure Vulnerability to earthquakes is increasing, yet reliable risk assessment tools and data are out of reach in many areas of the world. There are few global standards that allow us to compare seismic risk, yet recent events have taught us that we need to work together globally to improve our understanding of earthquake behaviour and consequences.

License Request Form You have chosen to get more information about: Middle East Hazard Hazard Please check the link below to see if this product already meets your your requirements before submitting your request for a license. Thank you. DOWNLOAD THE OPEN VERSION Summary of steps to obtain a license for the requested product. Fill in the application form below. Click Submit. Please check your email Inbox or Spam folder for the summary of your request. You will then be contacted by the GEM Product Manager with either a request for more information, or a request to sign the license. If you do not hear from us within 2 weeks, please send an email to product@globalquakemodel.org . REQUEST DETAILS A. Requesting party information First Name Last Name Role/Job Email Business type Business type Other business Sector Sector Other sector B. License agreement signatory information The signatory must be someone who is authorised to sign license agreements on your behalf such as your immediate supervisor, manager or legal officer. If you’re a PhD student, the signatory must be your adviser or a university officer in charge of license agreements or similar legal documents. Full Name of Signatory Position Company Email of Signatory Organisation name Complete Address C. Purpose of request GEM is able to offer products for free because of the support of our project partners, national collaborators and institutional sponsors. All of GEM’s products are freely available for public good, non-commercial use, but with different license restrictions. In most cases we release products under an open license (e.g., CC BY-SA or CC BY-NC-SA), which permits (re)distribution. In this case, we are granting access under a more restricted license that forbids distribution or disclosure and requires signing by GEM and the licensee in order to better assure accountability for the confidentiality of the information. In order for GEM to properly assess your request, please answer the following questions below. 1. Explain briefly how will the GEM product be used e.g. project, research including the expected results and the foreseen public benefit. Minimum 60 words. 2. Will you be able to share the results of your work with GEM? YES NO 3. Will you be able to provide feedback to GEM on the quality and usefulness of this product via a survey? YES NO D. Privacy Policy By submitting this form, you consent to the processing of your personal data in accordance with our Privacy Policy and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). We are committed to safeguarding your information and ensuring it is only used for the purpose outlined in this form. You have the right to access, rectify, or delete your data at any time. For more information, please refer to our Privacy Policy. I agree Words: 0 Email us at product@globalquakemodel.org if you're experiencing problems submitting your application. Thank you. Submit Thanks for submitting! You will be contacted as soon as possible Incomplete data. Please fill in all required fields. Thank you.

Publications Evaluación de Riesgo Sísmico para Santiago de Cali Share Facebook LinkedIn Download 2022 | Report El presente documento es el resultado del esfuerzo colaborativo entre la Fundación GEM, el Servicio Geológico de los Estados Unidos, la Secretaría de Gestión del Riesgo de Cali, el Servicio Geológico Colombiano y la Universidad EAFIT. El objetivo de este reporte es presentar los resultados de la evaluación de riesgo urbano para la ciudad de Santiago de Cali, obtenidos dentro del contexto del Proyecto para la Comunicación y Formación en la Evaluación de Riesgos por Terremotos (TREQ), financiado por la Oficina de Ayuda Humanitaria de los Estados Unidos (BHA, por sus siglas en inglés).

News Italian Civil Protection using the OQ Engine for national PSHA By: Jul 2, 2018 Share Facebook LinkedIn We welcome the news that the Seismic Hazard Centre of the Italian Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology will use the OpenQuake–engine for computing the new seismic hazard model for Italy, replacing the one initially released in 2004.The announcement comes as a result of a long-lasting partnership between the GEM Foundation and Italy through the Department of Civil Protection (DPC) and the National Institute of Geology and Volcanology (INGV) and proves the general interest in GEM’s software and in its potential. Since its adhesion to GEM in 2009, the DPC has been actively supporting GEM’s activities; and certainly the use of GEM tools for the production of the new national seismic hazard maps will strengthen this collaboration even more. The development process will be conducted using an innovative and experimental participatory approach, namely by leveraging existing science and calling for peer-reviewed contributions. Proposals relative to data, models and methodologies – call for submissions closed on April 24 - will be assigned to different thematic working tables, where the scientific community will have the chance to be engaged from the very beginning in a concrete debate on how to construct the model. This approach is perfectly in line with the mission and core values of GEM, and the adoption of an open-source tool to run calculations demonstrates a great pledge to openness and transparency. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS