IRAN - GEM Foundation · IRAN Social Indicators Population (Million): 81.163 ... The OpenQuake-engine, an open-source seismic hazard and risk calculation software supported by the

SeismicHazard Exposure

PGA(g)475y0.00-0.01

0.01-0.02

0.02-0.03

0.03-0.05

0.05-0.08

0.08-0.13

0.13-0.20

0.20-0.35

0.35-0.55

0.55-0.90

0.90-1.50

>1.50

Value(BUSD)5-16

16-34

34-57

57-86

86-245

Value(MUSD)7-19

19-41

41-75

75-167

167-297

AverageAnnualLosses

Ratio(‰)0.9-1.1

1.1-1.5

1.5-1.9

1.9-2.5

2.5-3.5

AverageAnnualLossRatios

IRANSocialIndicators

Population(Million): 81.163PopulationGrowthRate(%/Year): 1.097GDP(BillionUSD): 439.514GDPperCapita(USD): 5,415GrossSavings(BillionUSD): 163.895LifeExpectancy(Years): 75.95GINIIndex: 44.5HumanDevelopmentIndex: 0.798

LossExceedanceCurve

RiskIndicators

Occupancy AssetReplacementCost(BillionUSD)AverageAnnualLoss(MillionUSD)

AverageAnnualLossRatio(‰)

Residential 707.8 1,422.4 2.01Commercial 152.1 157.0 1.03Industrial 133.9 78.6 0.59

MajorEarthquakes2003M6.6-Bam 31,000fatalities1990M7.7-Rasht 50,000fatalities1972M6.9-Qir 30,000fatalities

RegionsofHighestEarthquakeRisk

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TheprimarysourceforthesocialIndicatorswastheWorldBankdatabase(https://data.worldbank.org).Ifnodatawasavailableforacountryfromthe World Bank database, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) database (https://data.imf.org), the United Nations (UN) databases(http://www.un.org/en/databases) and The CIA World Factbook 2016-17 (https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook)publishedbytheUSCentralIntelligenceAgencywereused.

Thesocialindicatorslistedinthecountryprofilesarefortheyear2017inmostcases.Forindicatorswheredatafor2017wasnotavailableforacountry, data from themost recent yearwhere the indicator is available is presented in the country profile. In future releases of the countryprofiles,theyearassociatedwitheachindicatorwillbeincludedexplicitly.

TheseismichazardmapdepictsthegeographicdistributionofthePeakGroundAcceleration(PGA)witha10%probabilityofbeingexceededin50years,computed for reference rockconditions (shearwavevelocity,Vs30,of760-800m/s).Theseismichazardmapsdisplayed in thecountryprofilesarebasedontheGlobalEarthquakeModel(GEM)GlobalSeismicHazardMap(version2018.1),clippedtothecountryboundary.TheGlobalSeismic Hazard Map was created by collating maps computed using national and regional probabilistic seismic hazard models developed byvariousinstitutionsandprojects,andbyGEMFoundationscientists.

Theaverageannual lossrepresentsthe long-termmean lossvalueperyearduetodirectdamagecausedbyearthquakegroundshaking intheresidential,commercialandindustrialbuildingstock,consideringstructuralandnon-structuralcomponentsandbuildingcontents.

Theaverageannuallossratioforthecountry(orsubdivision)representstheaverageannuallossnormalizedbythetotalassetreplacementcostwithinthecountry(orsubdivision).

The200-year returnperiod loss represents the long-termmean lossvaluedue todirectdamagecausedbyearthquakegroundshaking in theresidential,commercialandindustrialbuildingstock,consideringstructuralandnon-structuralcomponentsandbuildingcontents,thatisexpectedtobeequalledorexceededatleastonceevery200years.

TheOpenQuake-engine,anopen-sourceseismichazardandriskcalculationsoftwaresupportedbytheGEMFoundation,wasusedtocalculatethehazardandriskmetricspresentedinthecountryprofiles.

Themapsandriskestimatesdisplayed inthiscountryprofile,andtheunderlyingdatabasesarebasedonbestavailableandpubliclyaccessibledatasetsandmodels.Theseismichazard,exposureandvulnerabilitymodelsemployedinthesecalculationswereprovidedbynationalinstitutions,ordevelopedwithinthescopeofregionalprogramsorbilateralcollaborations.

Thecriterionusedfortheselectionofthemajorearthquakesfordisplayinthecountryprofilesconsideredearthquakescausingthelargestnumberoffatalitiesthatoccurredinthelast100years(1918-2018).Fatalitiesduetotsunamiswereexcluded.