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Database Overview

The new database provides a standardized collection of fault rupture and displacement data and metadata from 75 historical surface-rupturing earthquakes from global shallow crustal settings. The data were collected systematically through a literature review and have been assessed in detail for completeness, accuracy, and consistency. Analysis and geologic interpretation of the raw data were performed to meet model development needs, including the development of an event-specific coordinate system for each earthquake, classifying ruptures and measurements as principal or distributed, and developing recommended net slip amplitudes from reported slip components.

Published Database

A comprehensive database report has been published by the Natural Hazards Risk and Resiliency Research Center (NHR3). Click here to access the report and appendices for free.

The database flatfiles and related digital products are available for free through a permanent repository hosted by the UCLA Dataverse.

The work has also been published in Earthquake Spectra's Fault Displacement Hazard Analysis Special Collection.