[{"command":"openDialog","selector":"#drupal-modal","settings":null,"data":"\u003Cdiv id=\u0022republish_modal_form\u0022\u003E\u003Cform class=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form ecl-form\u0022 data-drupal-selector=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 action=\u0022\/en\/article\/modal\/5925\u0022 method=\u0022post\u0022 id=\u0022modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 accept-charset=\u0022UTF-8\u0022\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHorizon articles can be republished for free under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EYou must give appropriate credit. We ask you to do this by:\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 1) Using the original journalist\u0027s byline\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 2) Linking back to our original story\u003Cbr \/\u003E\n 3) Using the following text in the footer: This article was originally published in \u003Ca href=\u0027#\u0027\u003EHorizon, the EU Research and Innovation magazine\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003ESee our full republication guidelines \u003Ca href=\u0027\/horizon-magazine\/republish-our-stories\u0027\u003Ehere\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cp\u003EHTML for this article, including the attribution and page view counter, is below:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cdiv class=\u0022js-form-item form-item js-form-type-textarea form-item-body-content js-form-item-body-content ecl-form-group ecl-form-group--text-area form-no-label ecl-u-mv-m\u0022\u003E\n \n\u003Cdiv\u003E\n \u003Ctextarea data-drupal-selector=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 aria-describedby=\u0022edit-body-content--description\u0022 id=\u0022edit-body-content\u0022 name=\u0022body_content\u0022 rows=\u00225\u0022 cols=\u002260\u0022 class=\u0022form-textarea ecl-text-area\u0022\u003E\u003Ch2\u003EMapping Europe\u2019s earthquake risk\u003C\/h2\u003E\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at the EU-funded SHARE project have produced a map displaying which parts of Europe are most at risk from an earthquake, and it shows that Italy, the Balkans, Greece, Bulgaria, Romania and Turkey are among the most exposed regions of the continent.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Europe has a long history of destructive earthquakes,\u2019 said Professor Domenico Giardini, coordinator of the SHARE project. \u2018We all remember the tragic events of Izmit (Turkey) in 1999 and L\u2019Aquila (Italy) in 2009.\u2019\u0026nbsp;In Izmit, a strong earthquake measuring 7.6 on the Richter scale killed 17 000 people, while in L\u2019Aquila a moderate 5.9 magnitude quake killed more than 300 people and destroyed much of the city.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003ETo produce the map, researchers from the SHARE project combined data from more than 30\u0026nbsp;000 European earthquakes with a magnitude larger than or equal to 3.5 on the Richter scale since the year 1 000, and factored in their damaging effects. To gather data they used data from the AHEAD\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.emidius.eu\/AHEAD\/main\/\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003E interactive map \u003C\/a\u003Eof earthquakes in Europe.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThey then cross-referenced this data with over 1 100 active faults in Europe, which have a combined length of 64 000 kilometres.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cspan class=\u0022img_legend\u0022 style=\u0022float: left;\u0022\u003E\u003Cfigure role=\u0022group\u0022\u003E\n\u003Ca class=\u0022gallery\u0022 href=\u0022\/research-and-innovation\/sites\/default\/files\/hm\/SHARE-map.png\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg alt=\u0022The European Seismic Hazard Map displays the ground motion expected to be reached or exceeded with a 10 % probability in 50 years. Blue colours indicate comparatively low hazard areas, yellow to orange colours indicate moderate hazard areas, and red colours indicate high hazard areas.\u00a9 SHARE\u0022 height=\u0022165\u0022 src=\u0022\/research-and-innovation\/sites\/default\/files\/hm\/SHARE-map.png\u0022 title=\u0022The European Seismic Hazard Map. Blue colours indicate comparatively low hazard areas, yellow to orange colours indicate moderate hazard areas, and red colours indicate high hazard areas.\u00a9 SHARE\u0022 width=\u0022200\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E\n\u003Cfigcaption class=\u0022tw-italic tw-mb-4\u0022\u003EThe European Seismic Hazard Map displays the ground motion expected to be reached or exceeded with a 10 % probability in 50 years. Blue colours indicate comparatively low hazard areas, yellow to orange colours indicate moderate hazard areas, and red colours indicate high hazard areas.\u00a9 SHARE\u003C\/figcaption\u003E\n\u003C\/figure\u003E\n\u003Cem\u003EThe European Seismic Hazard Map. Blue colours indicate comparatively low hazard areas, yellow to orange colours indicate moderate hazard areas, and red colours indicate high hazard areas.\u00a9 SHARE\u003C\/em\u003E\u003C\/span\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll the information was combined on a single map that shows thick purple zones running through the areas of south-east Europe where earthquakes are more likely, and where they can cause the greatest damage to society. It shows the areas where there is a 10 % or larger probability of experiencing the mapped level of ground shaking within 50 years.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018It is the first state-of-the-art reference hazard model for Europe,\u2019 said Dr Artur Pinto, the head of the European Laboratory for Structural Assessment at the Joint Research Centre, the EU\u2019s in-house science service, in Ispra, Italy. \u2018It can be useful for future policies regarding different kinds of buildings and infrastructure such as dams, tall buildings or even bridges.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EHowever, the map also shows earthquake hotspots near Brussels in Belgium, Lisbon in Portugal, near Budapest in Hungary and along the Pyrenees mountain range. The hotspots near Brussels, Budapest and Lisbon are because a number of earthquakes have happened in the past, while the hotspot in the western Pyrenees is because of the geological make-up of the area, the project said.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESeismic hazard\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018Seismic hazard is not just about calculating the probability of an event occurring somewhere in Europe in a certain period of time,\u2019 said Prof. Giardini.\u003Cblockquote class=\u0022tw-text-center tw-text-blue tw-font-bold tw-text-2xl lg:tw-w-1\/2 tw-border-2 tw-border-blue tw-p-12 tw-my-8 lg:tw-m-12 lg:tw--ml-16 tw-float-left\u0022\u003E\n \u003Cspan class=\u0022tw-text-5xl tw-rotate-180\u0022\u003E\u201c\u003C\/span\u003E\n \u003Cp class=\u0022tw-font-serif tw-italic\u0022\u003E\u2018Europe has a long history of destructive earthquakes.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\n \u003Cfooter\u003E\n \u003Ccite class=\u0022tw-not-italic tw-font-normal tw-text-sm tw-text-black\u0022\u003EProfessor Domenico Giardini, the coordinator of SHARE\u003C\/cite\u003E\n \u003C\/footer\u003E\n\u003C\/blockquote\u003E\n\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u2018In our project, seismic risk refers to the likelihood of damages and loss that seismic events can induce to our economic and human environment,\u2019 he said. \u2018A moderate earthquake in a densely populated part of Europe, or in an area that hosts critical infrastructures, like a pipeline, can have an enormous impact.\u2019\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EThis was examined in more detail by the EU-funded project SYNER-G, which developed an open-source software tool to analyse vulnerability and work out the social and economic impacts of earthquakes in specific urban areas, like the port of Thessaloniki in Greece, by the time it finished in 2013.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EPart of this knowledge is now also being used by geologists, seismologists and engineers as part of the STREST project, which by the time it finishes in 2016 hopes to have developed a common way of evaluating the risk to critical infrastructure, and have identified the key buildings, bridges, roads and pipelines that would have the greatest impact on our society if they were damaged during an earthquake.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cem\u003EAll SHARE products, data and results, are freely available and provided through the project website and the \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.efehr.org\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003EEuropean Facility for Earthquake Hazard and Risk\u003C\/a\u003E.\u0026nbsp;The map shown in the figure can be ordered from the project \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.share-eu.org\/node\/90\u0022 target=\u0022_blank\u0022 rel=\u0022noopener noreferrer\u0022\u003Ewebsite\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/em\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003C\/textarea\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E\n\n \u003Cdiv id=\u0022edit-body-content--description\u0022 class=\u0022ecl-help-block description\u0022\u003E\n Please copy the above code and embed it onto your website to republish.\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n \u003C\/div\u003E\n\u003Cinput autocomplete=\u0022off\u0022 data-drupal-selector=\u0022form-zlbcy-z5yr00j1q7sauaqlkoj7nsavmkylu-lole2eu\u0022 type=\u0022hidden\u0022 name=\u0022form_build_id\u0022 value=\u0022form-zlBcy_z5YR00j1Q7SaUaqLkOj7NsAVmKYLu-LOlE2eU\u0022 \/\u003E\n\u003Cinput data-drupal-selector=\u0022edit-modal-form-example-modal-form\u0022 type=\u0022hidden\u0022 name=\u0022form_id\u0022 value=\u0022modal_form_example_modal_form\u0022 \/\u003E\n\u003C\/form\u003E\n\u003C\/div\u003E","dialogOptions":{"width":"800","modal":true,"title":"Republish this content"}}]