South Sudan Earthquake hazard

Earthquake hazard intensity (g) for Sub Saharan Africa from Global Earthquake Model (GEM) 2016

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RDL Hazard Info

Hazard type Earthquake
Processes Ground Motion
Intensity Peak ground acceleration in g
Hazard Analysis Type Probabilistic
Calculation Method Simulated
Occurrence Range 100, 475, 975, 2475 years

Additional Info

ID of dataset SSD_hzd-earthquake
Publisher of dataset GFDRR
Dataset version 2019
Data purpose The results of the analysis contribute to the production of knowledge for disaster risk management (DRM) to support the World Bank’s operational teams in their in-country engagements. Specifcally, the key fndings of this study allow to rank South Sudan states in terms of natural disasters risk, and to identify the most critical components for each area. The output of this assessment includes a geodatabase which contains both the key primary data and all the resulting maps produced by the analysis, allowing risk analysts and managers to explore them in detail using GIS software.
Project that produced the dataset South Sudan Multi-hazard risk assessment
Creator Mattia Amadio
Contact Point Lukas Loeschner
License CC-BY-4.0