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LIQUEFACT
Assessment and mitigation of Liquefaction potential across Europe: a holistic
approach to protect structures/infrastructure for improved resilience to earthquake –
induced Liquefaction disasters.
H2020- DRA -2015
GA no. 700748

DELIVERABLE D 2.2
GIS platform including data for liquefaction hazard a ssessment
in Europe (version 1)

Author(s): Carlo G. Lai, Claudia Meisina, Pina Persichillo,
Antonino Famà, Francesca Bozzoni , Renato
Cosentini
Responsible Partner: Università degli Studi di Pavia/ Eucentre
Version: 1.0
Date: 30/04/2017
Distribution Level (CO, PU) CO

Ref. Ares(2017)2207085 – 28/04/2017

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DOCUMENT REVISION HISTORY
Date Version Editor Comments Status
30/04/201 7 1 UNIPV/Eucentre: Carlo G. Lai, Claudia
Meisina, Pina Persichillo, Antonino Famà,
Francesca Bozzoni, Renato Cosentini First Draft Draft

LIST OF PARTNERS
Partecipant Name Country
UNIPV/Eucentre Università degli Studi di Pavia/ Eucentre Italy
GLOSSARY
Acronym Description
GIS Geographical Information System
SRTM Shuttle Radar Topography Mission
ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer
DEM Digital Elevation Model
Vs30 The average shear- velocity down to 30 m
INQUA International Union for Quaternary Science
BGR Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural Resources
IQuaME2500 The International Quaternary Map of Europe 1 : 2.500.000
IHME1500 International Hydrogeological Map of Europe 1:1,500,000
UNESCO United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
IAH International Association of Hydrogeologists
CGMW Commission for the Geological Map of the World
NASA National Aeronautics and Space Adm inistration

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CIAT Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical
SHEEC SHARE European earthquake catalogue
NERIES Network of Research Infrastructures for European Seismology
CET Central and Eastern Turkey
MDPs Macroseismic data points
SCR Stable continental
WAP Western Alps and Pyrenees
BET Betic
APD Apennine, North -Eastern Alps and Dinarides
BAS Broad Aegean, shallow
ICE Iceland
BAI Broad Aegean, intermediate
TSZ Trasform Source Zone Offshore Portugal
VRD Vrancea, deep events
EMEC European Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue
CPTI15 Parametric catalogue of Italian earthquakes
Mw Moment m agnitude
EDSF European Database of Seismogenic Faults
CSS Composite Seismogenic Source
SUBD Parameterisation of subduction zones
PSHA Probabilistic seismic hazard assessment
GMPEs Ground Motion Prediction Equations
ESHM13 2013 European Seismic Hazard Model

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CONTENTS

1. INTRODUCTION, GOAL AND PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT ………………………………………………………….. 6
2. GIS PLATFORM IMPLEMENTATION – V1.0 …………………………………………………………………………………… 7
2.1 Collection of geological and seismological data for Europe within a GIS framework ………………….. 7
3. DESCRIP TION OF THE GEOLOGICAL, HYDROGEOLOGICAL AND SEISMOLOGICAL DATA …………………….. 8
3.1 Quaternary geology map of Europe …………………………………………………………………………………….. 8
3.2 Hydrogeological map of Europe ………………………………………………………………………………………… 11
3.3 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) dataset ……………………………………………………………… 16
3.4 Vs30 model for Europe …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 19
3.5 European earthquake catalogue ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 22
3.6 Catalogue of Italian earthquakes (CPTI15) ………………………………………………………………………….. 26
3.7 European database of seismogenic faults …………………………………………………………………………… 29
3.8 Seismogenic zones for Europe …………………………………………………………………………………………… 32
3.9 Probabilistic seismic hazard maps for Euro -Mediterranean region ………………………………………… 35
4. STRUCTURE OF THE DATABASE – V1.0 ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 38
5. FUTURE DEVELOPEMENT ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 39
6. REFERENCES …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 40

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LIST OF FIGURES AND TABLE
FIGURES
Figure 3 -1: Quaternary Geology Map of Europe (https://produktcenter.bgr.de)
Figure 3 -2.1: Aquifer types map clipped according to the European boundary.
Figure 3 -2.2: Lithological map clipped according to the European boundary. Only the lithologies susceptible
to liquefaction were showed.
Figure 3 -3: Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Digital Elevation Model (SRTM DEM) of European area.
Figure 3 -4: Vs30 map of European area.
Figure 3 -5: SHARE European earthquake catalogue v3.3 classified in according to magnitude of seismic
events .
Figure 3 -6: Overview of parametric catalogue of Italian earthquakes (CPTI15) that include overall 4584
seismic event .
Figure 3 -7: European Da tabase of Seismogenic Faults (EDSF) .
Figure 3 -8: SHARE Area sources model for Europe: tectonic regimes for illustration .
Figure 3 -9: Seismic hazard map depicts the 10% exceedance probability that a peak ground acceleration of a
certain fraction of the grav itational acceleration g is observed within the next 50 years .

TABLES
Table 3 -2: Aquifer type description .

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1. INTRODUCTION, GOAL AND PURPOSE OF THIS DOCUMENT

Main objective of Work Package 2 (WP2) of LIQUEFACT project is the development of tools to be used for
localised regional assessment of liquefaction hazard in Europe and, thus, to establish a European liquefaction
hazard mapping framework. Starting from existing European research project (such as SHARE), the aim is to
narrow down existing seismic hazard maps to areas that have high risk of liquefaction. To this scope, a
database will be set up to provide information regarding past liquefaction occurrences in Europe, helping
delineate areas prone to liquefaction. A broad a nd roughly estimated liquefaction hazard map for Europe
based on historical data, combined with available geological and seismological data, will be initially generated
and will then validated and/or optimised by performing specific localised analysis in four regions.
Aim of this document is to present the preliminary version (i.e. the Version 1) of the GIS platform set-up to
include data to perform the study of liquefaction macrozonation in Europe . In particular, the geological,
hydrogeological and , seismologic al information collected at European scale within a GIS framework are
herein described in detail. The current the GIS platform is the first version since during the project further
two versions will be delivered as D 2.3 (GIS platform including data for liquefaction hazard assessment in
Europe – Version 2 ) and D2.5 3 (GIS platform including data for liquefaction hazard assessment in Europe –
Version 3 ), due by the end of April 2018 and by the end of October 2018, respectively.

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2. GIS PLATFORM IMPLEMENTATION – V1.0

2.1 Collection of geological and seismological data for Europe within a GIS framework

To carry out a liquefaction macrozonation study in Europe (aim of T ask 2. 5 as established in Grant Agreemen ),
the identification of the controlling factors ( predisposing that is liquefaction susceptibility and triggering that
is severity of expected ground motion ) at the European scale has been implemented . Within Task 2.2,
geological, hydrogeological and seismological data available for E urope has been collected within a GIS
framework. Data currently included in the GIS platform are:
− Geological Map of Europe: soil deposits susceptible to liquefaction are not randomly distributed but
occur within a range of sedimentary environments. Liquefaction resistance increase with age, the
mode of deposition also has influence on liquefaction susceptibility. Thus an evaluation of geological
units and depositional process can be used both as a screen for identification of liquefaction prone
areas. Surficial lithological maps will be derived.
− Hydrogeological maps: only saturated sediments or sediments capable of becoming saturated with
ground water table is susceptible to liquefaction. The depth to the groundwater table is the
information required (highes t level expected over a typical 20 -year period).
− Digital Elevation Data (SRTM and ASTER DEM) and derived parameters in order to obtain the
topographic features prone to liquefaction (basins, depressions, coast -near lowlands, old riverbed,
etc.).
− Global Vs30: Vs30 measurements useful for the knowledge of stiffness of the soil .
From a seismological point of view, the following data have been gathered from literature, in particular based
on the deliverables from recent European research projects (e.g . SHARE project):
− SHARE European Earthquake catalogue, which includes harmonized moment magnitude M w
estimates and provides uncertainty estimates. The most recent version of the Italian earthquake
catalogue has been integrated within the GIS platform.
− Seismogenic faults: the European database (EDSF; http://diss.rm.ingv.it/share -edsf/), a compilation
of fault sources deemed to be capable of generating earthquakes of magnitude equal to or larger
than 5.5 in the EuroMediterranean area.
− Seismogenic zones for E urope as defined within SHARE project.
− Probabilistic seismic hazard maps for Euro -Mediterranean region as proposed by the SHARE project.
The acquired data started to be harmonized under a GIS environment. The final hom ogeneous GIS -based
dataset will be used as a starting point for the European liquefaction macrozonation .

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3. DESCRIPTION OF THE GEOLOGICAL, HYDROGEOLOGICAL AND
SEISMOLOGICAL DATA

3.1 Quaternary geology map of Europe

Figur e 3-1 Quaternary Geology Map of Europe (https://produktcenter.bgr.de )

Title
Internation al Quaternary Map of Europe 1:2, 500,000 (IQuaME2500)
Alternative t itle
IQuaME2500
Data type
Georeferenced Tiff files (300 dpi)
Spatial reference system
Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic (Central 20°,Parallels 41°/65°)
Datum: International 1909

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Geographic bounding box
Place: Europe
West bond longitude: – 11.00
East bound longitude: 63.00
North bound latitude: 80.00
South bound latitude: 34.00
Abstract
The International Quaternary Map of Europe 1 : 2.500.000 was compiled by the Federal Institute for
Geosciences and Natural Resources (BGR) in cooperation with the INQUA, and it was finished in 1995. It is
jointly published by the BGR and UNESCO . Several Quaternary features such as end moraines, ground
moraine hillocks, kames, druml ins, eskers and ice border lines are represented on the map. Additionally, the
map shows the directions of ice movements, limits of marine transgressions and tectonic faults. Important
localities of Quaternary discovery relating to both geology and prehist ory, bathym etric lines and recent
deposits covering the sea floor are also indicated as well.
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Copyright
Organisation: Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (Federal Institute for Geosciences and
Natural Resources – BGR)
General Terms and Conditions, s. https://www.bgr.bund.de/agb_en
Date of publication
30/09/1995
Data Quality
Spatial resolution: Equivalent scale – 1:2500000
Access
Link: https://produktcenter.bgr.de/terraCatalog/DetailResult.do?fileIdentifier=A594DD7B -2BE7 -4502- 8308-
AB8DAAD99EB2
Use limitations

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Genera l Terms and Conditions, s. https://www.bgr.bund.de/agb_en
Metadata
Organisation: Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe (Federal Institute for Geosciences and
Natural Resources – BGR)
Data: 2015/03/03
Metadata standard name: INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN
ISO 19115 and EN ISO 19119
Metadata standard version: V. 1.2
Metadata identifier: A594DD7B -2BE7 -4502 -8308 -AB8DAAD99EB2
Link: https://produktcenter.bgr.de/terraCatalog/DetailResult.do?fileIdentifier=A594DD7B -2BE7 -4502- 8308-
AB8DAAD99EB2
Structure and Content
The map is composed by 15 map sheets named as follow:
IQUAME_01 -15
The map sheets are Raster file of Tiff format (300 dpi). Each map sheets have an associated legend
(IQuaME_Generallegende.pdf ). The general legend is placed on map sheet number 15
(IQK2500_generallegende.pdf ).

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3.2 Hydrogeological map of Europe

Title
International Hydrogeological Map of Europe 1:1,500,000 (IHME1500)
Alternative title
IHME1500
Data type
Vector Format (shapefile)
Spatial reference system
EPSG: 3034
Projection: Lambert Conformal Conic
Datum: ETRS89
Geographic bounding box
Place: Europe
Abstract
The IHME1500 is a hydrogeological map series consisting of 25 map sheets with explanatory notes that covers
the European continent and parts of the N ear East. The Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural
Resources (BGR) and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) are the
project coordinators, supported by the International Association of Hydrogeologists ( IAH) and the
Commission for the Geological Map of the World (CGMW). Each sheet consists of contributions by the
respective countries represented in the ma p, which were harmonised across borders. Together with the
accompanying explanatory notes, the map can be used for scientific purposes, for large scale regional
planning and as a framework for detailed hydrogeological mapping.
The IHME1500 v1.1 is a vector dataset resulting from the digitisation of the 25 map sheets of the International
Hydrogeological Map of Europe at the of scale 1 : 1,500,000 (IHME1500). It consists of selected issues of the
IHME1500 with the following content:
− Aquifer types (area): Distinction of six types of aquifers acco rding to their productivity und rock types.
− Lithology (area): Lithological classification of the aquifers at five aggregation levels.
− Seawater intrusion (area): Areas with salination of groundwater caused by sea w ater intrusion.

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− Tectonic fractures (line): Geological lineaments assigned to the five classes of known or supposed faults or
overthrusts and boundaries of fractured belts in Iceland.
For our purposes only the Aquifer types (area) and the Lithology (area) were considered and they were
extracted from the original dataset.
Additional information
http://www.bgr.bund.de/ihme1500/
Copyright
Organisation: Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe ( Federal Institute for Geosciences and
Natural Resources – BGR)
IHME1500 v1.1 (C) BGR, Hannover, 2014
Date of publication
14/11/2014
Data Quality
The IHME1500 v1.1 vector data is derived from the map ser ies IHME1500 print including an aggregation
and alignment.
Access
The project website http://www.bgr.bund.de/ihme1500 provides information about the availability of the
IHME1500 v1.1 and its follow -ups as well as explanations and downloads referring to the other IHME1500 products.
Use limitations
The IHME1500 v1.1 data is accompanied by the general standard terms and conditions of the BGR and a metadata file
specifying e.g. notations, attribute labels, copyright and citation.
IHME1500 v1.1 (C) BGR, Hannover, 2014
Metadata
Organisation: Bundesanstalt für Geowissenschaften und Rohstoffe ( Federal Institute for Geosciences and Natural
Resources – BGR)
Data: 201 7/01/11
Metadata standard name: INSPIRE Metadata Implementing Rules: Technical Guidelines based on EN ISO
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Metadata identifier: E0BF7822 -2327 -4C64- 90B8- 2CC522103FBB
Link: https://produktcenter.bgr.de/terraCatalog/DetailResult.do?fileIdentifier=E0BF7822 -2327- 4C64 -90B8 –
2CC522103FBB
Structure and Content
The dataset comprises general material specifications (lithology) and typological information on productivity
and nature of the uppermost aquifer assemblages across Europe.
Aquifer type
Defines six generalized classes of groundwater resources considering four grades of productivity in terms of
general groundwater yield. Additionally, h ighly or low to moderately productive aquifer types are
distinguished whether formed b y porous or fissured rock types.
Table 3.2 – Aquifer type description
Aquifer type
Description
Porous, less frequently fissured -porous rocks Highly productive aquifers
Low and moderately productive aquifers
Fissured rocks, including karstified rocks, less frequently
porous -fissured rocks Highly productive aquifers
Low and moderately productive aquifers
Locally aquiferous or practically non -aquiferous, porous
or fissured rocks Locally aquiferous, porous or fissured rocks
Practically non -aquiferous rocks

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Figure 3-2.1 – Aquifer types map clipped according to the European boundary.
Lithology
Contains 1065 individ ual lithological descriptions. These descriptions comprise petrographic, genetic,
stratigraphic and local terminologies resulted in five aggregation levels (Litho1 to Litho5):
Litho 1: (204 classes) comprises the translation of the original seamless class information in the general
IHME1500 taxonomy.
Litho2: (85 classes) only allows for primary and secondary consolidated and/or unconsolidated geologic
materials to be specified.
Litho3: (29 classes) is only attributed to major lithologies.
Litho4: displays a grouping of the lithologies to ten major consolidated and unconsolidated petrographic
rock groups.
Litho5: finally constitutes a ternary distinction of the lithological information between consolidated,
unconsolidated and mixed materials.
For the purpose of the analysis, only the L itho2 level was selected and extracted from the entire attribute
table. In addition, only the lithologies susceptible to liquefaction were taken into consideration.

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Figure 3-2.2 – Lithological map clipped according to the European boundary. Only the lit holog ies susceptible to liquefaction were
showed.

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3.3 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM) dataset

Figure 3-3 – Shuttle Radar Topography M ission Digital Elevation Model ( SRTM DEM) of European area.

Title
Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Digital Elevation Model – SRTM DEM

Alternative title
SRTM DEM

Data type
43 SRTM DEMs in GeoTiffs with 6000 x 6000 pixels
3 arc- second resolution (90 m)

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Spatial reference system
The data is projected in a Geographic (Lat/Long) projection and datum WGS84

Geographic bounding box
Place: Europe
Abstract
In 2003, the National Aeronautics and Space Adm inistration (NASA) released the Shuttle Radar Topography
Mission (SRTM) dataset for some regions, with 3 arc -second resolution for the globe, and 1 arc -second for
the United States. The SRTM DEM data have been produced using ra dar images gathered from NASA’s shuttle
(the USGS/NASA SRTM data). Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT) have processed this data t o
provide seamles s continuous topography surfaces. Areas with regions of no data in the original SRTM data
have been filled using interpolation methods described by Reuter et al. (2007).
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Copyright
This dataset should be cited as follows:
Jarvis, A., H.I. Reuter, A. Nelson, E. Guevara, 2008, Hole -filled SRTM for the globe Version 4, available from
the CGIAR -CSI SRTM 90m Database: http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org.
Date of publication
2007
Data Quality
CIAT provides these data without any warranty of any kind whatsoever either express or implied, including
warranties of merchantability and fitness for a part icular purpose. CIAT shall not be liable for incidental,
consequential, or special damages arising out of the us e of any data.
Access
Link: http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/
Use limitations
Users are prohibited from any commercial, non -free resale, or redistribution without explicit written
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publications, new data sets, derived products, or services resulting from the use of this data set. CIAT also
request reprints of any publications and notif ication of any redistributing efforts. For commercial access to
the data, send requests to Andy Jarvis (a.jarvis@cgiar.org ).
Metadata
Organisation: Centro Internacional de Agricultura Tropical (CIAT)
Data: –
Metadata standard name: –
Metadata standard version: –
Metadata identifier:
Link: http://srtm.csi.cgiar.org/
Structure and Content
Version 4.1 has the following enhancements over V4.0:
– Improved ocean mask used, which includes some small islands previously bein g lost in the cut data.
– Single no -data line of pixels along meridians fixed.
– All GeoTiffs with 6000 x 6000 pixels.
– For ASCII format files the projection definition is included in .prj files.
– For GeoTiff format files the projection definition is in the .tfw (ESRI TIFF World) and a .hdr file that reports
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3.4 Vs30 model for Europe

Figure 3-4 Vs30 map of European area.

Title
Global Vs30 Model

Alternative title
Vs30 data
Data type
GeoTiffs format
Grid resolution: 30 arc- seconds (0.0083333333 degrees , ca. 1 km )

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Spatial reference system
Not defined

Geographic bounding box
Latitude span: -56.0 to 84.0 degrees
Longitude span: -180 to 180 degrees
Abstract
GlobalVs30 is a system for generating a global topographic -slope based Vs30 map and embedding custom
regional maps within it. Vs30 values (the average shear -velocity down to 30 m) are correlated against
topographic slope to develop two sets of coefficients for deriving Vs30: one for active tectonic regions that
possess dynamic topographic relief, and one for stable con tinental regions where changes in topography are
more subdued. These coefficients have been applied to continental U.S. by Wald and Allen, and in other regions around the w orld by Allen and Wald.
Allen, T. I., and Wald, D. J., 2009, On the use of high -reso lution topographic data as a proxy for seismic site
conditions (Vs30), Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, 99, no. 2A, 935 -943.
Additional information
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Copyright
Author: C. Bruce Worden
Copyright (c) 2014 and 2015 by the United States Geolo gical Survey
Date of publication
2014/2015
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This Global Vs30 model is in the public domain because it contains materials that originally came from the
Unite d States Geological Survey, an agency of the United States Department of Interior. For more
information, see the official USGS copyright policy at
http://www.usgs.gov/visualid/credit_usgs.html#copyright
Metadata
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Data: –
Metadata standard name: –
Metadata standard version: –
Metadata identifier:
Link: https://earthquake.usgs.gov/data/vs30/
Structure and Content
Vs30 units: meters per second
Vs30 range: 98 to 2197 m/s
Vs30 in water- covered areas: 600 m/s
Only 8 G eotiffs , representing the European boundary , were selected and extracted by the Global Vs30
system.

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3.5 European earthquake catalogue

Figure 3 -5 – SHARE European earthquake catalogue v3.3 classified in according to magnitude of seismic events .
Title
SHARE European earthquake catalogue
Alternative title
SHEEC
Data type
Vector format (shape files)
Spatial reference system
EPSG: 4326
Projection: –
Datum: WGS_1984

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Geographic bounding box
Place: Europe
West bond longitude: – 31.65
East bound longitude: 45 .00
North bound latitude: 73.32
South bound latitude: 33.20
Abstract
The SHEEC – SHARE European Earthquake catalogue (v3.3) is a new homogeneous earthquake catalogue,
resulting of a compilation from other catalogs . The catalog includes harmonized moment magnitude M W
estimates and provides uncertainty estimates. T he SHARE European Earthquake Catalogue, compiled in the
frame of the SHARE project (Task 3.1), consists of two portions:
• the SHARE European Earthquake Catalogue (SHEEC) 1000 -1899 compiled under th e coordination of
INGV, Milan, building on the data contained in AHEAD (Archive of Historical Earthquake Data) and
with the methodology developed in the frame of the I3, EC project "Network of Research
Infrastructures for European Seismology" ( NERIES ), mod ule NA4.
• the SHARE European Earthquake Catalogue (SHEEC) 1900 -2006 compiled by GFZ Potsdam. This part
of the catalogue represents a temporal and spatial excerpt of "The European -Mediterranean
Earthquake Catalogue" (EMEC) for the last millennium (Grünthal and Wahlström, 2012) with some
modifications, which are described in Grünthal et al. (2013)
In addition, the SHARE earthquake catalogue for Central and Eastern Turkey (SHARE -CET), complementing
the SHARE European Earthquake Catalogue (SHEEC) has been comp iled. For the time- windo w 1000 –2006 the
catalogue lists over 30,000 earthquakes in the magnitude range 1.7 ≤ MW ≤ 8.5.
Additional information
Original information and detailed description is found at the http://www.emidius.eu/SHEEC/ . SHARE
Deliverable 6.6 explains all parameters.
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Data/EarthquakeCatalog.html provides information about the data and its distribution as well as
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Structure and Content
The SHEEC 1000 -1899 provides for each earthquake two sets of main parameters (lat, long, h, Io, Mw),
together with their uncertainty, according to two approaches:
• dataset (1): parameters determined by SHARE Task 3.1, processing MDPs (Macroseismic data points) ;
(ii) with homogeneous, repeteable procedures supplying location, Mw and uncertainty estimates;
• dataset (2): parameters determined adopting or processing the parameters of the most reliable
regional catalogues; in particular, whenever possible, Mw has bee n assessed from the epicentral
intensity (Io) provided by regional catalogues coherently with dataset (1).
The SHEEC 1000 -1899 parameters have been determined from dataset (1) and dataset (2) as follows:
• the epicentral parameters (latitude, longitude, un certainty) have been selected from either dataset
(1) or (2) according to a priority scheme;
• the Mw value an d related uncertainty has been:
o determined as the weighted mean of datasets (1) and (2), when are both available;
o obtained from dataset (1), when i t is the only available one;
o obtained from dataset (2), when it is the only available one.

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The compilation of datasets (1) and (2) and the strategies for the determination of the final SHEEC parameters
are fully described in Stucchi et al. (2012) .
The definition of the calibration regions is a controversial issue, which requires compromising a number of
factors including: attenuation characteristics; regional peculiarities of intensity assessment; availability of
good calibrating, instrumental data, wit h special reference to good Mw range coverage to ensure a reliab le
sample of calibrating events. Five regions have been defined for which derived both macroseismic intensity
attenuation models for the MDPs proces sing and the Mw(Io) regressions (Stucchi et al. 2012):
1) Stable continental (SCR), divided into: North, West, East and South -West;
2) Western Alps and Pyrenees (WAP);
3) Betic (BET);
4) Apennine, North -Eastern Alps and Dinarides (APD);
5) Broad Aegean, shallow (BAS);
For the four remaining regions – ICE (Iceland), BAI (Broad Aegean, intermediate), TSZ (Trasform Source Zone
Offshore Portugal) and VRD (Vrancea, deep events), no attenuation model was derived.
The SHEEC 1900 -2006 was compiled by GFZ Potsdam . These data represent a subset of data which will be
part of the European Mediterranean Earthquake Catalogue (EMEC), which is a spatial and temporal extension
of our former earthquake catalogue CENEC (Grünthal et al. 2009a) . The full details of the polygons,
catalogues, and their combinations are shown in the forthc oming EMEC catalogue . The catalogue was
extended to cover Centra l and Eastern Turkey for a more homogeneous hazard analysis. The assessment is
documented as the SHARE earthquake catalogue for Central and Eastern Turkey (SHARE -CET, available at
http://www.e midius.eu/SHEEC/docs/SHARE_CET.pdf).
The dataset include:
• SHAREver3.3.xlsx: Excel file with all parameters and description
• Shape files: SHAREver3.3.shp; SHAREver3.3.qpj; SHAREver3.3.dbf; SHAREver3.3.prj; SHAREver3.3.shx
• share_eq_M3 -8.qml: Colorscale for the magnitude field M W when using qGIS for display.

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3.6 Catalogue of Italian earthquakes (CPTI15)

Figure 3 -6 – Overview of parametric catalogue of Italian earthquakes (CPTI15) that include overall 4584 seismic event.
Parametric catalogue of Italian earthquakes
Alternative title
CPTI15
Data type
Spreadsheet to shapefile format
Spatial reference system
EPSG: 4326
Projection: –
Datum: WGS_1984
Geographic bounding box
Place: Europe
West bound longitude: 5.67
East bound longitude: 19.94

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North bound latitude: 47.49
South bound latitude: 35.05
Abstract
The new version of Italian Parametric Catalogue CPTI15 represents a significant innovation respect to the
previous ones, which are then outdated. Although the general compilation criteria are the same followed for
the previous CPTI11 version, the catalogue content has been in -depth revised as concerns:
• the time coverage, extended from 2006 to the end of 2014;
• the associated macroseismic database (DBMI15; Locati et al., 2016), completely updat ed;
• the considered instrume ntal data, new and/or updated;
• the energy thresholds, lowered to intensity 5 or magnitude 4.0 (instead of 5
6 and 4.5, respectively) ;
• the determination of parameters from macroseismic data, based on a new calibration of the Boxer
method;
• the instrumental magnitudes, resulting from new sets of data and new conversion relationships.
The catalogue covers almost the same area as CPTI11, i.e. the entire Italian territory together with some
neighboring areas and s eas, and counts 4584 earthquakes in the time period 1000 -2014. The catalogue
considers and harmonizes as much as possible input data of different type an d origin. The selected
magnitude is moment magnitude (Mw), and for all the earthquakes the related uncertainty is provided. All the data and methods considered are clearly indicated in the catalogue, in order to guarantee the
maximum transparency of the compilation procedures. As CPTI11, CPTI15 is not declustered, and contains
all the foresho ck and aftershocks available and known within the considered intensity and magnitude
thresholds .
Additional information
CPTI15 was compiled in the framework of INGV research line T3 “Pericolosità sismica e contributi alla
definizione del rischio” and it is a contribution to the a ctivities of the Annex A to the Framework Agreement
INGV -DPC 2012 -2021 . Detailed description is found in Rovida et al. (2016)
Copyright
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work and makes available data released by various authors from different institutions. CPTI15 can be used
for nonprofit scientific purposes only, and the source must always be cited. It is forbidden to reproduce the
website, even partly, under a different name or address, or to use its content to establish other websites
having the same purpose. Any commercial and profit use is explicitly forbidden without a prior agreement
with INGV. If you would li ke to obtain additional permissions to use the work beyond those granted by the
license that has been applied, or if you’re not sure if your intended use is permitted by the license, you should
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Structure and Content
As in CPTI11, data are organized in three sections, plus the general parameters (identifiers, origin time,
epice ntral or most affected area):
1. default parameters;
2. macroseismic parameters ;
3. instrumental parameters.
The codes in the field “Sect” indicate four different geographical portions of the catalogue and identify
the earthquakes of the Etna and Phlegrean volcanic areas (for which specific energy thresholds and
parameterizations were adopted), and the deep subduction earthquakes of the Southern Tyrrhenian Sea
and Calabrian Arc. The origin time generally derives from the study or catalogue indicated in the field
“MainRef”. Epicentral areas were revised and recompiled with homogeneous criteria, and the related field
is compiled for all records.
The main dataset file is a spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel format (.xls).

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3.7 European database of seismogenic faults

Figure 3 -7 – European Database of Seismogenic Faults (EDSF)
Title
European database of seismogenic faults
Alternative title
EDSF
Data type
Vector format (shapefiles)
Spatial reference system
EPSG: 4326
Projection:
Datum: WGS_1984
Geographic bounding box
Place: Europe

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West bond longitude: – 33.21
East bound longitude: 53.92
North bound latitude: 73.50
South bound latitude: 29.00
Abstract
The European Database of Seismogenic Faults (EDSF) is a compilation of fault sources deemed to be capable
of generating earthquakes of magnitude equal to or larger than 5.5 and aims at ensuring a homogenous input
to assess ground -shaking hazard in the Euro -Mediterranean area. The EDSF was compiled through successive
stages of update, revision, and homogenization between June 2009 and May 2012, thanks t o the
contribu tions of over one hundred scientists from several European research institut ions. It incorporated
data from regional initiatives such as the well- established DISS for Italy (DISS Working Group 2010) and
surrounding areas, and the more recent GREDASS fo r Greece (Pavlides et al. 2010; Caputo et al. 2012, 2013)
and QAFI for Spain and Po rtugal (Garcia- Mayordomo et al. 2012). It also incorporated data from the sibling
projec t EMME (Earthquake Model of the Middle East) for Turkey and from a number of local and regi onal
studies. The final version of the database contains 1128 records for 63,775 km of c rustal faults, from the
Iberain peninsula to Turkey, and from three subduction zones k nown as Calabrian Arc, Hellenic Arc, and
Cyprus Arc in the central and eastern Mediterranean Sea.
Additional information
A detailed description of attributes is available in SHARE Deliverable D3.4
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Structure and Content
The EDSF hosts two types of formalized seismogenic faults st ored in two separate GIS layers: crust al faults
and subduction zones. For the parameterisation of crustal faults the EDSF adopts the Composite Seismogenic
Source (CSS) model defined in previous works (Basili et al. 2008, 2009) with standards used in other
seismogenic fault databases (Haller and Basili 2011). The fault is represented with a geo -referenced plane
having variable strike but fixed d ip along its entire length. Its surface projection is confined between two
horizontal lines. In addition to this ge ographic feature, each fault is characterised by geometric parameters
(minimum and maximum depth, strike, and dip) and behaviour parameters (rake, sl ip rate, and maximum
earthquake magnitude).
For the parameterisation of subduction zones (SUBD) the EDSF adopts a newly defined model, partly
following common definitions established in recent global efforts (Berryman et al. 2013). SUBD is a simplified
3D model of a subduc ting slab; similarly to the CSS model, the number and size of potential earthqu ake
rupture s is unspecified. The slab is a complex surface represented by a georeferenced set of dep th contours.
In addition to its geographic attributes, each subduction zone is charac terised by geometric parameters
(minimum and maximum depth of the seism ic interface an d prevalent slab dip direction) and behaviour
parameters (convergence azimuth, convergen ce rate, and maximum earthquake magnitude).
The dataset includes fi les of the Fault Source and Background model, version 6.1. Three files needed for the
entire model due to different attributes:
• FSBGModelV6.1_Background.*: Background sources of the FSBG -model (polygons)
• FSBGModelV6.1_FaultSources.* : Fault sources (lines)
• FSBGModelV6.1_CrustalAreaSources.* : Area Sources of the FSBG- model adjusted at the borders to
the background zones (polygons)
• MaxSlipRate.qml: Legend file QGIS with c olor differentiation for the attribute SRMAX in
FSBGModelV6.1_FaultSources.*

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3.8 Seismogenic zones for Europe

Figure 3 -8 – SHARE Area sources model for Europe: tectonic regi mes for illustration .
Title
Seismogenic zones for Europe
Alternative title
–
Data type
Vector format (shapefiles)
Spatial reference system
EPSG: 4326
Projection:
Datum: WGS_1984
Geographic bounding box
Place: Europe

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West bond longitude: – 33.21
East bound longitude: 53.92
North bound latitude: 73.50
South bound latitude: 29.00
Abstract
The ESHM13 AS -model is based on the latest nationa l area source models and on the former Euro –
Mediterranean model (Jimenez et al. 2001) that have been merged and h armonized at nati onal borders
(Arvidsson and Grü nthal 2010). The considerable differences in the tectonic environments across Europe are
reflected in the final delineation of the area sources. In the Mediterranean area, and especially in the Balkans,
Greec e, Turkey, and Italy, mapped active faults played a major role in defining the area sources. The
knowledge on active faults of sou thern Spain, which was improved during the SHARE project, allowed for a
redefinition of exist ing source models. In contrast, very few active structures are known in the continenta l
shield of northern Europe. In these areas, seismicity was the main basis for the designin g the area source
model. The AS-model was matched with the tecto nic regionalisation in order to define, for each area source,
the prevailing style -of-faulting, th e upper and lower bounds of the characteristic seismogenic depth, and the
distribution of hypocentral depth.
Additional information
A detailed description of attributes is available in SHARE Deliverable D6.6.
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Structure and Content
The Seismogenic zones for Europe dataset provides :
• Crustal area source model that provides all parameters for the crustal seismicity necessary for the
hazard computation of this model branch
• Subduction zone model provides all parameters for the subduction seismicity necessary for the
hazard computation. Note that interface seismicity is modeled as a complex fault while INSLAB
seismicit y is model as volumes in depth.
• Vrancea source model refers to deep seismicity in the Vrancea region.
The dataset files include:
• ASModelVer61.*: Area sources model
• Inslab_SourceModel.*: SHAPEfiles with area source parameterization for INSLAB seismicity
• Interface_Polygon_SourceModel.*: Polygon SHAPEfile used for interface seismicity
• Interface_TopTrace.*: Top trace SHAPEfile for complex fault modeling of INTERFACE
• Interface_BottomTrace.*: Bottom trace SHAPEfile for complex fault modeling of INTERFACE
• VRANCEA _AsModel.*: Source Model of for the deep seismicity of Vrancea.

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3.9 Probabilistic seismic hazard maps for Euro -Mediterranean region

Figure 3 -9 – Seismic hazard map depicts the 10% exceedance probability that a peak ground acceleration of a certain fraction of
the gravitational acceleration g is o bserved within the next 50 year.
Title
Probabilistic seismic hazard maps Euro -Mediterranean region
Alternative title
–
Data type
Vector format ( shapefiles)
Spatial reference system
EPSG: 4326
Projection:
Datum: WGS_1984
Geographic bounding box

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Place: Europe
West bond longitude: – 25.26
East bound longitude: 44.83
North bound latitude: 71.55
South bound latitude: 34.45
Abstract
The Euro -Mediterranean Seismic Hazard Model is the results of a probabilistic seismic hazard assessment
(PSHA). PSHA is the conceptual framework to combine two essential estimates:
1. A description of the future earthquake activity in space, time and magnitu des;
2. a description of the expected ground motions resulting from all expected earthquakes.

For each part, multiple models exist because there is no unique view on how earthquakes and their related
ground shaking occur. By including multiple models, uncertainties due to data incompleteness and
knowledge deficiencies are adequately incorporated. The SHARE PSHA represents the current state of
knowledge with all its uncertainties and is subject to updates in future.

The new maps include, for the first time in this region, estimates based on the collected information on fault
moment release and the dipping geometry of subduction zones. Secondly, the maps include estimates of
ground shaking that is caused by the seismic waves propagating though the earth’ s crust and along the
surface. The amplitudes of seismic waves caused by each earthquake vary with magnitude and distance from
the rupture and also depend on the style of faulting. Ground motion amplitudes decay with increasing distance from the causative fault; the decay is described with empirical relations, refered to as Ground
Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs), determined from previously measured ground motion .
Additional information
The project website http://portal.share -eu.org:8080/opencms/opencms /share/model/ provides more
information.

Copyright
SHARE data and products are released under the Creative Commons Attribution -ShareAlike 3.0 Unported
(CC BY -SA 3.0) licence.

For all SHARE datasets the following notice applies and/or is included within the files:

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Date of publication
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Structure and Content
The Seismic Hazard Portal currently provides input data and time -independent hazard results produced
within the EU -FP7 project "Seismic Hazard Harmonization in Europe". Among these available the application
“Hazard Map Viewer” that enables to display the European and national probabilistic seismic hazard maps
for different intensity measure type (e.g. PGA), together with data used to generate them.
The resulting ESHM13 (2013 European Seismic Hazard Model) provides seismic hazard m aps displaying the
ground shaking expected to be reached or exceeded with probabilities of exceedance in the range 1 -50% in
50 years , that means for following return periods : 73 years (50% in 50 years), 102 years (39% in 50 years),
475 years (10% in 50 years), 975 years (5% in 50 years), 2475 years (2% in 50 years), 4975 years (1% in 50
years). Hazard maps area include a grid of 120,000 sites equally spaced at 10 km across Europe and Turkey.
Mean results are available for a reference rock condition, i.e . Eurocode 8 Type A with an average shear wave
velocity Vs 30 = 800m/s and κ = 0.03s .

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4. STRUCTURE OF THE DATABASE – V1.0

The first version of the E uropean liquefaction hazard assessment GIS platform (V1.0) consisted in the creation
of the preliminary structu re of the database.
It was organized by four different folders , differentiated as follows:
1) Data: contain ing the input data, the geo -processed files and the final liquefaction hazard maps
2) Layer file s: containing the symbology of each original and elaborated files
3) Mxd: where the GIS project s (compatible with the ArcGIS version 10.4.1) are saved
4) Maps: visualization of data in pdf format
In this first implementation, the Data folder was completed with the aforementioned input data (see
paragraph 3) . In addition, also the Layer file, Maps and the Mxd folders were filled in to provide a preliminary
visualization of the input data collected.

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5. FUTURE DEVELOPEMENT
Collected data will re-projected in order to match the same reference system (i.e. Lambert Conformal Conic,
datum ETRS89, EPSG :3034) . Some of these data (e.g. those describing the geomorphological information for
Europe) will be geoprocessed to obtain morphological and hydrological information to be used as input file
to perform the European liquefaction macrozonation study . In particular, the SRTM DEM will be used to
extract terrain attributes especially morphological and hydrological parameters, such as slope, compound
topographic index, stream network, Euclidean distance from streams network etc.
Additionally, the structure of the GIS platform and its data will be constantly updated during the next phases
of the project . In particular, all the improvement s will be presented within the previously mentioned
delive rables D2. 3 and D2.5 of LIQUEFACT project.

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