Hazard#
Multiple hazard models are used to cover the African continent. A summary of the relevant hazard models and links to their existing documentation is in the table below.
Model |
Coverage |
Description |
Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
COD |
Democratic Republic of Congo |
A combination of WAF and SSA, removing duplicate sources |
Not available |
MRT |
Mauritania |
A combination of WAF and NAF, removing duplicate sources |
Not available |
NAF |
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia |
See details in mosaic documentation: https://hazard.openquake.org/gem/models/NAF/ |
Poggi, V., Garcia-Peláez, J., Styron, R. et al. (2020) A probabilistic seismic hazard model for North Africa. Bull Earthquake Eng. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-020-00820-4 |
SSA |
Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe |
See details in mosaic documentation: https://hazard.openquake.org/gem/models/SSA/ |
Poggi, V., Durrheim, R., Mavonga Tuluka, G., Weatherill, G., Gee, R., Pagani, M., Nyblade, A., Delvaux, D., 2017. Assessing Seismic Hazard of the East African Rift: a pilot study from GEM and AfricaArray. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering. Volume 15, Issue 11, 4499–4529, DOI: 10.1007/s10518-017-0152-4 |
WAF |
Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo |
See details in mosaic documentation: https://hazard.openquake.org/gem/models/WAF/ |
Not available |
ZAF |
Eswatini, Lesotho, South Africa |
See details in mosaic documentation: https://hazard.openquake.org/gem/models/ZAF/ |
Midzi, V., Manzunzu, B., Mulabisana, T., Zulu, B.S., Pule, T., and Myendeki, S. (2019) Probabilistic seismic hazard maps for South Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences, Volume 162, February 2020 |