Country/Territory Seismic Risk Profiles

The GEM Foundation has produced a collection of Country/Territory Seismic Risk Profiles that summarize key metrics of seismic risk, to provide stakeholders in risk management an overview of the risk in a region at-a-glance. Each profile presents the following relavant information:

Social indicators, which provide context to the region in question 

Risk indicators, detailing an occupancy breakdown of exposed value and losses 

A list of the major earthquakes that have impacted the region 

Loss per region, providing a breakdown of average annual losses per Administrative level 1 

Building classes, depicting the major construction materials used in the region 

Loss curves, which provide expected losses per different return periods 

Maps depicting the geographical distribution of hazard, exposure and losses 

The risk results are the results of an event-based risk analysis, where 100,000 years of earthquakes are simulated. Three lines of business are considered: residential, commercial, and industrial. Therefore, value or earthquake losses to other building occupancies (e.g., schools, healthcare) and infrastructure are not included.