+39 0382 5169811
info@eucentre.it
Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn
YouTube
Eucentre Foundation | Fondazione Eucentre | Dove siamo & Contatti | Progetto MATILDA | Project NAM | NAM Project | Le Persone | MATILDA Project | People
  • WHO WE ARE
    • THE FOUNDERS
    • PEOPLE
    • THE NIGEL PRIESTLEY INTERNATIONAL PRIZE
    • WORK WITH US
    • TRANSPARENT ADMINISTRATION
    • CERTIFICATIONS AND ACCREDITATIONS
    • WHERE WE ARE & CONTACTS
    • NEWSLETTER SUBSCRIPTION
  • EUCENTRE FOR
    • RESEARCH
    • INDUSTRY
    • INSTITUTIONS AND GOVERNMENTS
    • PRACTITIONERS
    • CITIZENS
    • STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERS
  • DEPARTMENTS
    • RISK SCENARIOS
    • EMERGENCY SUPPORT
    • EDUCATION
    • EXPERIMENTAL TECHNIQUES
    • CONSTRUCTION AND INFRASTRUCTURE
    • INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS
  • LABORATORIES
    • SHAKELAB
    • MOBILAB
    • DATALAB
    • 6DLAB
  • PROJECTS
    • BORIS
    • CRISIS
    • ECOSTRESS
    • EPOS-IP
    • GREEN
    • ICARUS
    • INFRA-NAT
    • LIQUEFACT
    • MATILDA
    • NAM
    • PEC
    • PRISMA
    • ROADMAP
    • SASPARM 2.0
    • SERA
    • SIMULATOR-ADS
    • STRIT
    • TURNKEY
    • MAP OF PARTNERS IN THE EUROPEAN RESEARCH PROJECTS
  • PRODUCTS & SERVICES
    • ALL PRODUCTS AND SERVICES
    • SOFTWARES AND
      TECHNICAL APPS
      • GIPE – Management of Building files
      • SEISM-HOME – Accelerograms
      • Post-EarthQuake Assessment Module
    • LABORATORY TESTS
    • CAR COLLEGE
    • EUCENTRE LIBRARY
    • BOOKSTORE
    • TRAINING COURSES
    • CONSULTING
  • COMMUNICATION
    • NEWS
    • VIDEO GALLERY
  • Italian

Release of the 2020 European Seismic Hazard and Risk Models

28/04/2022gabriele.ferro

On April 28, 2022, the 2020 European seismic hazard and risk models have been released.

The development of these models is the result of the collaboration of a core team of researchers from different institutions across Europe, including EUCENTRE, worked collaboratively to develop the first openly available Seismic Risk Model for Europe and to update Europe’s Seismic Hazard Model. These models have been part of an effort that started more than 30 years ago and involved several hundreds of researchers from all over Europe. These efforts have been funded by several European projects and supported by national groups over these years.

The work carried out included the updating of the seismic hazard model, which replaced the previous model of 2013, and the implementation of the first open and reproducible European seismic risk model.

Earthquakes cannot be prevented nor precisely predicted, but efficient mitigation measures informed by earthquake hazard and risk models can significantly reduce their impacts. The 2020 European Seismic Hazard and Risk Models offer comparable information on the spatial distribution of expected levels of ground shaking due to earthquakes, their frequency as well as their potential impact on the built environment and on people’s well-being. To this aim, all underlying datasets have been updated and harmonised – a complex undertaking given the vast amount of data and highly diverse tectonic settings in Europe. Such an approach is crucial to establish effective transnational disaster mitigation strategies that support the definition of insurance policies or up-to-date building codes at a European level (e.g. Eurocode 8 ) and at national levels. Open access is provided to both, the European Seismic Hazard and Risk Models, including various initial components such as input datasets.

The EUCENTRE has coordinated the development of the 2020 European Seismic Risk Model. This coordinating role began in the SERA project, where researchers from EUCENTRE led the teams across Europe working on developing the various components of European seismic risk, and organised a number of workshops to involve the wider scientific community and the stakeholders. This task then continued after the SERA project, as part of EUCENTRE’s responsibilities as the EFEHR seismic risk service provider (http://risk.efehr.org/). Researchers from the EUCENTRE have combined the hazard, site response, exposure, and vulnerability models in the computation of seismic risk, have validated the results, and have produced the final products of seismic risk, including the European seismic risk index map.

The development of the 2020 European Seismic Hazard and Risk Models has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreements 730900, 676564 and 821115 of the projects SERA, EPOS-IP and RISE.

• Visit the website of EFEHR to learn more about earthquake hazard and risk across Europe.
• For a direct access to the earthquake hazard model visit www.hazard.efehr.org
• For a direct access to the earthquake risk model visit www.risk.efehr.org

Copyright © 2018 | All rights reserved | Eucentre Foundation declines all responsibility for any omissions, incorrect indications or changes to the above information
European Centre for Training and Research in Earthquake Engineering | Via A. Ferrata, 1 – Pavia (Italy) | VAT Number: IT 02009180189 | Phone: +39 0382 5169811
Privacy Policy | Cookie | info@eucentre.it | protocollo@pec.eucentre.it

This website uses cookies to improve your experience. We'll assume you're ok with this, but you can opt-out if you wish. Accept Read More
Privacy & Cookies Policy

Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies to improve your experience while you navigate through the website. Out of these, the cookies that are categorized as necessary are stored on your browser as they are essential for the working of basic functionalities of the website. We also use third-party cookies that help us analyze and understand how you use this website. These cookies will be stored in your browser only with your consent. You also have the option to opt-out of these cookies. But opting out of some of these cookies may affect your browsing experience.

Necessary
Always Enabled
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. This category only includes cookies that ensures basic functionalities and security features of the website. These cookies do not store any personal information.
Non-necessary
Any cookies that may not be particularly necessary for the website to function and is used specifically to collect user personal data via analytics, ads, other embedded contents are termed as non-necessary cookies. It is mandatory to procure user consent prior to running these cookies on your website.
SAVE & ACCEPT