Here is an overview of the features we envisage OpenQuake to have. OpenQuake is envisaged as an ‘engine’ that powers the computation of earthquake hazard, risk and the social and economic impact of seismic events. A schematic overview of the OpenQuake engine is given below. Development up to now has only incorporated hazard and risk features, features for socio-economic impact computation will soon be added.
Schematic Overview OpenQuake Engine
General features
CLI represents the interface between the user and OpenQuake. The CLI passes configuration parameters, input data and required properties of the output to OpenQuake calculator. This calculator in turn is the core of the engine and is the entity that collects the different calculation work-flows (sequences of operations) starting from an input and getting to an output.
Hazard and Risk Features
The following sub pages are dedicated to a generic overview of the main features that are currently envisaged for the two components of OpenQuake:
This overview is not exhaustive, and additional functionality is being added to the components on a continuous basis. See also the OpenQuake Book for further understanding of ‘the science’ behind OpenQuake.