Global Seismic Hazard Map
First seismic hazard map to depict seismic hazard globally, including the oceans
Description
The base layer of PGA on rock for 10% exceedance in 50 years is currently available for direct download as a vector file, under a CC BY-SA-NC 4.0 license. Users interested in this version can click the "Open Version Download" button in the right panel to access the information. A PDF poster, as well as a high-resolution PNG, is available for direct download under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license. If your use case does not meet the open license requirement, or if you are interested in obtaining the full set of layers, 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. Additionally, users interested in the previous versions of the Global Seismic Hazard Map can access these from the table at the bottom of this page.
How to cite
K. Johnson, M. Villani, K. Bayliss, C. Brooks, S. Chandrasekhar, T. Chartier, Y. Chen, J. Garcia-Pelaez, R. Gee, R. Styron, A. Rood, M. Simionato, M. Pagani (2023). Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Seismic Hazard Map (version 2023.1 - June 2023), DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8409647
Available versions
The base layer of PGA on rock for 10% exceedance in 50 years is available for direct download as a raster file, under a CC BY-SA-NC 4.0 license. Users interested in this version can click the "Open Version Download" button in the right panel to access the information. A PDF poster, as well as a high-resolution PNG, is available for direct download under a CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
If your use case does not meet the open license requirement, or if you are interested in obtaining the full set of layers, 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.
Additionally, users interested in the previous version of the Global Map (v2018) can access the previous poster [on this link].
(https://cloud-storage.globalquakemodel.org/public/Global%20Maps/version_2018.1_20200928.pdf)
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Related publications
Development of a global seismic risk model
GEM's 2018 global hazard and risk models
The 2018 version of the Global Earthquake Model: Hazard component
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GAR - Global Assessment Report on Disaster Risk Reduction 2019
Assessing Seismic Hazard and Risk Globally for an Earthquake Resilient World
