Underlying Science#

Underlying Hazard Science#

A comprehensive and transparent description of the methodologies adopted during the implementation of the hazard component of the OpenQuake engine, an open-source hazard and risk calculation engine.

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Underlying Risk Science#

An explanation of the scientific basis and the methodologies adopted in the implemetation of the OpenQuake engine, an open source code for seismic hazard and physical risk calculations.

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Appendices#

This section contains the bibliography, the glossary and the acronyms used throughout the hazard and risk guide books.

Citations#

Please cite this document as:

Pagani, M., Monelli, D., Weatherill, G. A. and Garcia, J. (2014). The OpenQuake engine Book: Hazard. Global Earthquake Model (GEM) Technical Report 2014-08, doi: 10.13117/- GEM.OPENQUAKE.TR2014.08, 67 pages.

Crowley, H., V. Silva (2013). OpenQuake Engine Book: Risk v1.0.0. GEM Foundation, Pavia, Italy.

License#

This Book is distributed under the Creative Common License Attribution-NonCommercial- ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc- sa/3.0/). You can download this Book and share it with others as long as you provide proper credit, but you cannot change it in any way or use it commercially.

Disclaimer#

The OpenQuake Hazard and Risk books are distributed in the hope that they will be useful, but without any warranty: without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. While every precaution has been taken in the preparation of this document, in no event shall the authors of the manual and the GEM Foundation be liable to any party for direct, indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages, including lost profits, arising out of the use of information contained in this document or from the use of programs and source code that may accompany it, even if the authors and GEM Foundation have been advised of the possibility of such damage. The Books provided hereunder are on as “as is” basis, and the authors and GEM Foundation have no obligations to provide maintenance, support, updates, enhancements, or modifications.

Acknowledgments#

A number of internal and external collaborators contributed to the development of the OpenQuake engine and their input is herewith acknowledged. As of version 1.0 (25th June 2013), these were the current and former GEM Model Facility Team members (Zurich, Switzerland, and Pavia, Italy):

  • Lars Butler

  • Andrea Cerisara

  • Fabian Euchner

  • Anton Gritsay

  • Paul Henshaw

  • Muharem Hrnjadovic

  • Christopher MacGown

  • Joshua McKenty

  • Marco Milanesi

  • Matteo Nastasi

  • Luigi Panzeri

  • Michele Simionato

  • John Tarter

  • Giuseppe Vallarelli

  • Ben Wyss