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Rapid Seismic Damage Assessment Model for Europe

Description

The Rapid Damage Assessment model builds upon three main components:

  • A building exposure database for Europe (Gehl et al., 2025), which has been assembled by performing a spatial disaggregation of the EFEHR Exposure model (Crowley et al., 2021), based on the built-up area density (Global Human Settlement Layer, JRC) and the description of macro-taxonomy groups (i.e., less detailed than the GEM taxonomy);
  • Shake-maps (maps of seismic intensity), retrieved from the European ShakeMapEU service (Cauzzi et al., 2018);
  • The seismic damage assessment model Armagedom (Sedan et al., 2013), based on the semi-empirical vulnerability approach by Lagomarsino & Giovinazzi (2006).

Upon the detection of an earthquake, based on the produced ShakeMap, the distributions of damage (EMS-98 damage scale) and loss (injuries, casualties, shelter needs) are computed at the level of 30-arcsec cells, and results are ultimately aggregated at the level of Local Administrative Units.

Technical Information

Main hazard addressed:
Earthquakes
Other related hazards:
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IP Ownership:
Bureau de Recherches Géologiques et Minières (BRGM)
Development Stage:
TRL 7: System prototype demonstration in an operational environment
Damage estimates from the Rapid Seismic Damage Assessment model for Europe, for the earthquake of 29 December 2020 in Petrinja (Croatia) (Mw 6.4). Left: Percentage of buildings with at least moderate damage; Right: Percentage of buildings with at least very heavy damage.

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