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OpenSHA

March 6, 2019

Our goal is to provide a framework where any arbitrarily complex (e.g., physics based) earthquake-rupture forecast, ground-motion, or engineering-response model can “plug in” for analysis without having to change what’s being plugged into.

Authors: Ned Field (USGS/SCEC), Nitin Gupta (USC/SCEC), Vipin Gupta (USC/SCEC), Peter Powers, Kevin Miner, and others.
Usage: Open-source seismic hazard analysis
Platform: Any O/S that supports Java
Manual: See online documentation
Download: See online documentation
Publication Year 2019
Title OpenSHA
Product Type Software Release
Record Source USGS Digital Object Identifier Catalog