Studies from GNS Science Update Current Data on Geology (Openquake Implementation of the Canterbury Seismic Hazard Model)

2019 NOV 25 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Computer News Today -- Fresh data on Geology are presented in a new report. According to news reporting from Lower Hutt, New Zealand, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “This article describes the release of the GNS Science Canterbury Seismic Hazard Model (CSHM), as implemented in the Global Earthquake Model’s OpenQuake software. Time-varying models are implemented for the 50 yr time period between 2014 and 2064, as well as the 1 yr period from 1 September 2018 to 31 August 2019.”

Financial support for this research came from Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment via the GNS Science Strategic Science Investment Fund.

The news correspondents obtained a quote from the research from GNS Science, “Previous implementations have been confined to GNS in-house software, and although source model input files have been made publicly available, this implementation improves the levels of visibility, documentation, and version control. Because of practical constraints in preparing a model for routine analysis, some corrections and changes to the previous implementations have been made. These constraints highlight issues for consideration when developing future hazard models, particularly the necessity of maintaining a balance between best-practice science and practical model implementation.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “By implementing the CSHM in OpenQuake, the model is now in a form that allows users to obtain model outputs for engineering design, risk analyses, and prospective model testing.”

For more information on this research see: Openquake Implementation of the Canterbury Seismic Hazard Model. Seismological Research Letters, 2019;90(6):2227-2235. Seismological Research Letters can be contacted at: Seismological Soc Amer, 400 Evelyn Ave, Suite 201, Albany, CA 94706-1375, USA.

Our news journalists report that additional information may be obtained by contacting C. Van Houtte, GNS Science, 1 Fairway Dr, Avalon 5011, Pob 30-368, Lower Hutt 5040, New Zealand.

The direct object identifier (DOI) for that additional information is: https://doi.org/10.1785/0220190100. This DOI is a link to an online electronic document that is either free or for purchase, and can be your direct source for a journal article and its citation.

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