Global Seismic Hazard Map, 1999

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Global Seismic Hazard Map

Produced by the Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP), a demonstration project of the UN/International Decade of Natural Disaster Reduction, conducted by the International Lithosphere Program. Global map assembled by D. Giardini, G. Grünthal, K. Shedlock, and P. Zhang, 1999

Summary

This may be the first comprehensive global map of “seismic hazard” based on a consistent definition. Seismic hazard is defined in purely geophysical terms.

On the map, the colors define different hazard zones, in each of which the probability of there being a certain level of ground acceleration in the next 50 years is at least 10%.

GSHAP

The Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program (GSHAP) was launched in 1992 by the International Lithosphere Program (ILP) with the support of the International Council of Scientific Unions (ICSU), and endorsed as a demonstration program in the framework of the United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (UN/IDNDR). The GSHAP project terminated in 1999.

Copyright status

“All GSHAP products and maps are available freely and are not covered by copyright, provided that the source is cited.”

Source

Global Seismic Assessment Program

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Orientation Normal
Horizontal resolution 500 dpi
Vertical resolution 500 dpi
Software used Adobe Photoshop CS2 Windows
File change date and time 14:39, 20 February 2008
Color space sRGB


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