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This repository hosts detailed information about the 2008 M6.3 Iceland earthquake in Iceland.
Available information in the folders:
- Impact
- Recording stations
- Ruptrues
- OpenQuake_gmfs
South Iceland is an active seismic zone. In May 2008 a Mw6.3 earthquake struck the Ölfus region in South Iceland. The recorded maximum PGA was 0.88g. A great deal of damage occurred but fortunately there was no loss of life Bessason et al. 2012
The estimation of the ground shaking has The folder OpenQuake_gmfs stores the required input files to generate the ground motion fields considering different rupture solutions and conditioning the ground shaking to the recording stations for the event, when available. The figures below present an example of the results, showing the median ground motion fields with and without conditioning the ground shaking for the rupture and ground motion model that indicates the lowest nominal bias.
The information collected for the consequences of the event and the corresponding references is available in the Impact folder. When available, information at different geographical levels is provided considering the building damage, economic losses and human impact.
A summary of the main consequences of the event is available in the earthquake_information.csv file:
| FIELD | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
| Year | 2008 |
| Country | Iceland |
| Region | Iceland |
| Event_Name | Iceland_2008 |
| Local_Date | 29/05/2008 |
| Local_Time | 15:46:00 |
| Latitude | 64.005 |
| Longitude | -21.013 |
| Depth_(km) | 9 |
| Mw | 6.3 |
| Max_Intensity_(MMI) | VIII |
| Fault_mechanism | Strike-slip |
| Tectonic_region_type | Active Shallow Crust |
| Fatalities | nan |
| Injured | 0-30 |
| Displaced_Population | nan |
| Affected_Population | nan |
| Affected_Units | nan |
| Damaged_Units | 30 Buildings |
| Collapsed_Units | nan |
| Economic_Losses | nan |
| Insured_Losses | nan |
| Induced_Effects | nan |
| USGS page | https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/usp000g826/executive |
| Wikipedia page | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2000_Iceland_earthquakes |
We would like to acknowledge the many contributors to the Earthquake Consequence Database.