ShakeMap-EU is an initiative initially proposed in 2018 to: (i) provide an integrated archive of ShakeMaps at the European level built on EPOS Seismology services & data products and modern community software; (ii) serve as a backup to authoritative ShakeMap implementations; (iii) deliver ShakeMaps for Euro-Mediterranean regions where no local capability is yet available. ShakeMap-EU products are accessible since mid-2020 at this website.
Jointly governed by the institutions participating in the initiative, ShakeMap-EU is founded on voluntary institutional contributions and EC-funded projects.
ShakeMap-EU has become a reliable European seismological service that can easily and consistently integrate authoritative models and workflows. The system is based on: (a) the latest version of ShakeMap®; (b) the earthquake information delivered by the EMSC; (c) the earthquake shaking data distributed by ORFEUS (from RRSM and ESM); (d) the ground motion models adopted within EFEHR for mapping seismic hazard across Europe; (e) the official ShakeMap configurations of some of the most hazardous countries in Europe. The configurations and inputs to the system are managed via a GitHub repository, which allows for automatic or manual triggering and interaction by authorized users.
ShakeMap-EU provides a collaboration framework and laboratory for seismological agencies to address the challenges posed by the heterogeneity of ground-shaking mapping strategies across Europe and the need to promote homogenization and best practices in this domain. ShakeMap-EU is used in research projects as the test platform for novel international collaborative research: among recent examples are the ongoing enhancements towards an evolutionary hazard information system including real-time seismicity characterisation and information on earthquake-induced phenomena.
ShakeMap-EU is supported by the EC projects SERA, RISE, Geo-INQUIRE, DT-GEO.
| DOI | Title | Reference |
|---|---|---|
| 10.5194/egusphere-egu23-5937 | ShakeMap-EU: an update on the shakemap service in Europe | Michelini et al. 2023 |