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News Hands-on with the OpenQuake engine at the 4th GEM Annual Risk Workshop By: Jul 2, 2018 Share Facebook LinkedIn From November 20th to 22nd, the GEM Foundation hosted the fourth edition of the Risk Workshop. The annual event brings together GEM partners from both the private and public sectors around the world to foster collaboration and knowledge sharing. It provides an opportunity to demonstrate new features and improvements on the OpenQuake suite of tools, as well as the latest developments in the hazard and risk models and datasets. This year, the workshop had the following specific goals: Explore GEM's risk datasets, models and tools Present GEM’s Risk Modeler’s Toolkit to derive fragility and vulnerability models Prepare exposure and vulnerability models for the OpenQuake-engine using the Input Preparation Toolkit (https://platform.openquake.org/ipt/) Perform seismic risk analysis and scenario loss estimations using the OpenQuake-engine Contribute to GEM’s Global Risk Modeling effort The event featured presentations from the GEM team, and several scenario risk calculations using the OpenQuake engine. The exercises allowed participants to experiment first hand how the engine works with the GEM Risk Team verifying and checking the results. Participants from ARUP (United Kingdom) demonstrated how some of the GEM tools were employed in the assessment of earthquake risk in Kyrgyzstan as part of a World Bank project. The partners from NSET (Nepal) presented how Nepal is recovering from the 2015 Gorkha earthquake, and preparing other towns for future events by collecting detailed information regarding the built up environment. Aspen Re (Switzerland/UK) shared how GEM tools and models can be used to better understand the drivers of uncertainty in CAT modeling. Finally, Dr. Christopher Burton from Auburn University (USA) highlighted the need to go beyond the physical risk, and to incorporate the social aspects in the evaluation of earthquake threat. The workshop also had the participation of other experts from ETH, INGV, EUCENTRE, Zurich, CICESE, SCOR, AXA, PartnerRe, OYO, Pacific Disaster Center and NKUA. On the last day the participants enjoyed a guided tour of the EUCENTRE Foundation laboratories led by Dr. Filippo Dacarro, Lab Director. The tour included a visit to the old and new shake table, inaugurated in September 2017. The outcomes of the training were positive: for instance, Suman Pradhan and Kirty Tiwari from NSET, Nepal, mentioned the importance of the GEM Taxonomy for their work, and complimented the GEM Staff for the success of the event. They committed to returning to Nepal and train their colleagues on how to use OpenQuake. Katherine Coates, from ARUP, affirmed the discussions and presentations were excellent, and appreciated the hands-on practice and the activities offered by GEM. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

Publications Executive summary Urban seismic risk assessment for the cities of Quito, Cali and Santiago de los Caballeros Share Facebook LinkedIn Download 2022 | Report This seismic risk component at urban level covers the development of uniform, open and transparent datasets for the urban building inventory (exposure model), the physical response of the infrastructure under seismic loads (vulnerability model), and the assessment of the impact from earthquakes, along with risk metrics required for the development of risk reduction plans.

VISION TO 2030 Since 2009, GEM has led a global effort to improve the state of practice of earthquake hazard and risk assessment. GEM has developed open global databases, models and the OpenQuake software, and developed capacity for risk assessment worldwide. What role will GEM play as the risk landscape and associated demand evolve between now and 2030? Share Facebook LinkedIn Our Goal Integrated risk and resilience solutions With loss from natural catastrophic events projected to reach up to $2trn by 2030 (RMS, 2022) due to increasing global population, rapid urbanisation and extreme weather events, GEM’s strategic plan roadmap to 2030 aims to develop capabilities that serve the broader need for integrated risk assessment for resilience and sustainability due to globally increasing vulnerability and exposure of populations to natural hazards, including from climate change. DRIVING PRINCIPLES Credibility, Openness, Collaboration, Public Good Three core strategic objectives that are driving the next 5 years leading up to 2030 are as follows: Provide: continue to develop global standards for risk modelling for all earthquake-related hazards. GEM will maintain expertise and global leadership in earthquake hazard and risk modelling and its applications to disaster risk reduction, in particular, the continuous development and user support for GEM’s flagship programmes and products: the OpenQuake Engine and the global earthquake hazard and risk models. INITIATIVES Global improvement and harmonisation of seismic hazard and risk models Global time-dependent seismic hazard and risk models Global impact assessment due to (all) earthquake-triggered hazards Advancing Science in PSHA and PSRA Support: be a global partner to local, regional and global disaster risk reduction communities for earthquakes and other natural hazards. Driven by global drivers such as the Sendai Framework, Sustainable Development Goals, and Paris Climate Agreement, and guided by its core values, GEM will expand its organizational, technical and scientific relationships and diversify its risk products and services to engage with stakeholders in the broader disaster risk reduction community. INITIATIVES Multi-hazard risk assessment - software and services Hazard-agnostic global exposure Disaster preparedness, response and recovery - software and services Global partnerships with other hazards and climate change communities Strengthen: strengthen the capacity of developing countries and the Global South. GEM will invest in strengthening the capacity of developing countries and the Global South to assess their risk to earthquakes and other natural hazards through public partnerships, training and collaborative projects. INITIATIVES Improve national seismic hazard and risk modelling, assessment and communication around the world Strengthen public partnerships Education, training, capacity building HOW TO SUPPORT OUR WORK various ways to support our work GEM offers flexible mechanisms to enable potential partners to contribute to its ongoing and future work programs. Partners and collaborators can enter into sponsorships, project partnerships and service agreements, and can select the level of engagement based on their needs and requirements. GEM’s sponsorship structure and fees have been designed to incentivize the participation of public and private organizations. Get Involved Sponsorship Projects & Technical Cooperation Publications & Research Bespoke Products & Services STRATEGIC PLAN AND ROADMAP TO 2030 Download GEM’s overall objective to 2030 is to develop capabilities and to serve the broader need for integrated risk assessment for resilience and sustainability due to globally increasing vulnerability and exposure of populations to natural hazards, including from climate change. To get a complete view of our future programs, download our brochure.

Publications Assessing seismic hazard of the East African Rift: a pilot study from GEM and AfricaArray Share Facebook LinkedIn Download 2017 | Peer-reviewed The East African Rift System is the major active tectonic feature of the Sub-Saharan Africa region. Although the seismicity level of this divergent plate boundary can be described as moderate, several damaging earthquakes have been reported in historical times, and the seismic risk is exacerbated by the high vulnerability of the local buildings and structures. Formulation and enforcement of national seismic codes is therefore an essential future risk mitigation strategy. Nonetheless, a reliable risk assessment cannot be done without the calibration of an updated seismic hazard model for the region. A major limitation affecting the assessment of seismic hazard in Sub-Saharan Africa is the lack of basic information needed to construct source and ground motion models. The historical earthquake record is sparse, with significant variation in completeness over time across different regions. The instrumental catalogue is complete down to sufficient magnitude only for a relatively short time span. In addition, mapping of seismogenically active faults is still an on-going task, and few faults in the region are sufficiently constrained as to allow them to be directly represented within the seismic hazard model. Recent studies have identified major seismogenic lineaments, but there is substantial lack of kinematic information for intermediate-to-small scale tectonic features, information that is essential for the proper calibration of earthquake recurrence models. In this study, we use new data and Global Earthquake Model (GEM) computational tools such as the Hazard Modeller’s Toolkit and the OpenQuake engine to perform a pilot study of the seismic hazard associated with the East African Rift. The hazard model obtained has been created using the most recent information available from scientific literature, global bulletins and local earthquake catalogues, including those from AfricaArray projects. In this report, in accordance with the GEM philosophy, we describe in detail all working assumptions, main processing steps, data analyses and interpretations used for the model setup.

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News Successful GEM Industry Event at Zurich Insurance’s Quai Zurich Campus By: Oct 9, 2024 Sep 5, 2024 Share Facebook LinkedIn On September 5th, 2024, over 30 participants from Zurich-based companies and academic institutions gathered for the Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Foundation’s industry event, hosted by Zurich Insurance at its Quai Zurich campus. The agenda featured presentations from leading experts, including GEM's Secretary General Helen Crowley, Vitor Silva, Head of Risk Engineering, Marco Pagani, Head of Seismic Hazards, and Andrés Abarca, Product Manager. Their discussions highlighted the scientific work behind GEM's models, focusing on how the findings can be applied to products and services of importance to both humanitarian efforts and commercial initiatives. Attendees gained valuable insights into GEM's cutting-edge tools and data, which are designed to inform risk assessment practices across various sectors. GEM expresses gratitude to all attendees for their participation and contributions, which were instrumental in making the event a success. The organization looks forward to continued collaboration in advancing the field of earthquake risk assessment in Switzerland and beyond. ## No images found. GALLERY 1/8 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS

OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Japan Products Japan Hazard OpenQuake engine input model to perform hazard calculations for Japan Share Facebook LinkedIn Description The v2021 model for Japan was based on the 2014 seismic hazard model issued by the Headquarters for Earthquake Research Promotion (HERP). The model is described by Fujiwara et al. (2009), Fujiwara et al. (2015), and Fujiwara et al. (2023). The v2025 model has been developed by the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) and will be publicly released at the end of 2025. The models have been translated from its original format into the OpenQuake (OQ) engine within a collaboration between the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience (NIED) of Japan, and GEM. How to cite this work The v2025.0.0 model, by N. Morikawa and A.Iwaki, has not yet been published. The v2021 version of the model can be cited as follows: Fujiwara, H., Kawai, S., Aoi, S., Morikawa, N., Senna, S., Kudo, N., Ooi, M., Hao, K. X., Wakamatsu, K., Ishikawa, Y., Okumura, T., Ishii, T., Matsushima, S., Hayakawa, Y., Toyama, N. and Narita, A. (2009). Technical reports on national seismic hazard maps for Japan, Technical Note of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, No. 336, 512 pp. Fujiwara, H., Morikawa, N., Kawai, S., Aoi, S., Senna, S., Maeda, T., Azuma, H., Hao, K. X., Iwaki, A., Wakamatsu, K., Imoto, M., Hasegawa, N., Okumura, T., Hayakawa, T., Takahashi, M. (2015). Improved seismic hazard assessment after the 2011 great East Japan earthquake,” Technical Note of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, No. 399 Fujiwara, H., Morikawa, N., Maeda, T., Iwaki, A., Senna, S., Kawai, S., Azuma, H., Hao, X., Imoto, M., Wakamatsu, K., Miyakoshi, J., Morii, T., Shimazu, N., Takahashi, M. and Akatsuka, M. (2023). Improved seismic hazard assessment after the 2011 great East Japan earthquake (Part 2). Technical Note of the National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Resilience, No. 489 Available Versions The latest available version (v2021.0.0) translated from its original format into the OpenQuake engine by NIED and GEM can be requested by clicking on the "License Request", where a specific license will be provided, depending on the use case. Instead, the v2025.0.0 model can be requested from NIED (http://www.j- shis.bosai.go.jp/en) License information Currently, only the v2021 model is available under a restricted license that has to be tailored for each specific use case. Please click on "License Request". Those that are interested in the v2025.0.0 model should contact NIED. Facebook LinkedIn Share Latest Version v2025.0.0 License Custom license Available resources License Request Documentation License Request text Map View Search Popup title Close Country/Region Available Resources Afghanistan Exposure Africa Exposure Alaska Exposure Country/Region Available Resources Afghanistan Vulnerability Africa Vulnerability Alaska Vulnerability Country/Region Resource Url Afghanistan Risk Profile Africa Risk Profile Alaska Risk Profile Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Afghanistan Exposure Africa Exposure Alaska Exposure Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Afghanistan Vulnerability Africa Vulnerability Alaska Vulnerability Preview Preview is not available. Search Found Country/Region Resource Url Afghanistan Risk Profile Africa Risk Profile Alaska Risk Profile Preview Preview is not available. Related products Global Liquefaction Hazard Global Exposure Model Global Vulnerability Model Global Seismic Embodied Carbon Risk Global Seismic Risk Map Country-Territory Seismic Risk Profiles Model Builder's Toolkit (oq-mbtk) Global Seismic Hazard Map Related publications Appraising the PSHA earthquake source models of Japan, New Zealand, and Taiwan 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.

Publications ATLAS 2.0: Ground-shaking intensities at multiple return periods all over the world Share Facebook LinkedIn Download 2024 | Brochure ATLAS 2.0 is GEM’s new hazard data service that allows users to access and interact with the outputs from the GEM Global Mosaic, used to generate the Global Seismic Hazard Maps. Available for public-good and commercial applications, users can now access full sets of hazard curves that describe the intensity of ground-shaking for different soil conditions, at multiple return periods, all over the world.

News Global Earthquake Model (GEM): Status, perspectives and use cases By: Mar 12, 2019 Share Facebook LinkedIn John Schneider, Secretary General (GEM) presented an update on the development of GEM's global earthquake hazard and risk model and other applications during this year’s edition of the OASIS Conference: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly. The annual conference, which focuses on issues in catastrophe risk modelling for application to the insurance and risk financing sector, attracted over 200 participants from across public, private and academic institutions to the event held in London from September 13-14, 2018. In particular, John’s presentation highlighted an overview of the Global Earthquake Model which will be completed and launched in December, and results of a pilot project to deploy a GEM risk model using the OASIS Loss Modelling Framework. Paul Henshaw, GEM Director of Technology and Development who was also present at the conference, noted particular excitement among participants in GEM’s new models, with particular interest in GEM’s open and transparent approach in model development. “The OASIS conference was an excellent forum for us to demonstrate not just GEM’s products but also how GEM is delivering information and products of value to the industry,” John said. Joerg Steffensen, Hannover Re General Manager of Group Risk Management Modelling, and concurrent GEM Governing Board member presented a user's perspective on the application of GEM's OpenQuake tools and risk models. He highlighted that GEM’s full model transparency on data, assumptions and parameterizations perfectly meets the demand of new initiatives, markets and consumers of Hannover Re and is in line with expectations and interests of the industry. Paul Della Marta, Head of Catastrophe Research, PartnerRe and GEM Governing Board Advisor, presented valuable perspectives on risk modelling transparency sensitivity analysis, in respective sessions. In addition, based on his conversations with many participants, Paul said “there is increasing interest in the cat risk community to work with, and support GEM and to use GEM’s models and tools to help inform their view of risk. We are looking forward to the pending completion of the global model in a few months time.” The 2-day conference concluded with a panel discussion on the future of Cat modelling emphasizing the implications of technology for model developers and users, and how it will affect the way models are developed, calibrated and validated. No images found. GALLERY 1/0 VIDEO RELATED CONTENTS