GEM Foundation (Global Earthquake Model)

The Global Earthquake Model Foundation (GEM) is a non-governmental organization (NGO) with the mandate to calculate and communicate earthquake hazard and risk worldwide. Through its international network of experts, regional collaborations, and global projects, GEM leads and facilitates the development of tools, models, and datasets that support the creation of risk reduction strategies. GEM is a unique organization due to its scientific credibility, global coverage, and commitment to openness and transparency. 

The OpenQuake Engine is the Global Earthquake Model Foundation’s (GEM) state-of-the-art, open-source software collaboratively developed for earthquake hazard and risk modelling. It runs on operating systems such as Linux, macOS and Windows; and can be deployed on laptops, desktops, standalone servers and multi-node clusters. The functionality to analyze hazard and risks at specific site, city, country or regional level makes the OpenQuake Engine a powerful and dynamic tool for assessing the potential impacts of earthquakes at any location in the world.