Technical Sector: Earthquake and Tsunami Sector

A web-based evacuation planning tool for identifying the fastest routes to shelters, considering topography, infrastructure, population density, age, and gender data. Evaluates shelter capacity and accessibility in hazard-prone areas. RIMES also supports secondment and training of Member State personnel in earthquake monitoring and tsunami operations.

Probabilistic modeling and trend analysis to assess hazards such as earthquakes, tsunamis, storm surges, and sea level rise. These assessments inform national disaster risk reduction plans and infrastructure resilience strategies.

Low-cost, high-accuracy techniques using single-beam sonar, RTK GPS, and drone or video-based surveys. Data supports hazard mapping, coastal exposure modeling, and simulation input layers for tools like INSPIRE or flood modeling platforms.

An online tsunami simulation and loss estimation platform. Users can define tsunami sources, model propagation and inundation, and generate risk maps showing wave depths, flow velocities, and arrival times. Outputs include casualty and damage estimates for different building types and scenarios.

Customizes USGS’s ShakeCast for rapid risk assessment following earthquakes. It processes real-time data and sends impact alerts to registered users. RIMES adds high-resolution exposure data, building inventories, and local vulnerability models to improve accuracy at the village or district level.