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Key Features• Basedonanuptodateearthquakecatalogthat

comprises of more than twenty five thousand

eventsforbetterunderstandingoftheearthquake

frequencyandseverity

• Includesastochasticeventsetcomprisingofmore

thanninetythousandeventsthathelpsreducethe

uncertainty associated to the locationsof future

possibleevents

• Ground motion estimation using latest state-of-

artNGAattenuationfunctionsthatgivesabetter

assessment of earthquake associated ground

shaking at any location compared to previously

availableattenuationfunctions

• Utilizes RMSI’s India Exposure Model that

providesbuildingcluster leveldata forallmajor

urban agglomerations across India (a resolution

that is much higher than Pincode). This helps

inbetter localizationof theaggregatedexposure

thereby reducing the uncertainty in the loss

estimates.

• Usesthelatest2011Censusdatafordistribution

ofeconomicexposure

• Validated against key historical events like -

May 2015 Nepal earthquake, 2005 Kashmir

earthquake, 2001 Bhuj Earthquake, 1999

Chamoli earthquake, 1993 Latur earthquake,

1991 Uttarkashi earthquake, 1905 Kangra

earthquake,1987Assamearthquake

TM

Historical Event Catalog of 25000 events

Stochastic Event Set

RMSI’s Indian EarthquakeRiskTM is themost up to date high-resolutionmodel that covers the entire Indian

sub-continent comprising of India, Pakistan,Nepal, Bhutan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Themodel derives

understandingofearthquakeriskforeventsfrom718ADtothemostrecentNepalearthquake.Itincorporates

themostrecentadvancementsintheareaofearthquakeengineeringalongwithmostuptodatehazardand

exposuredata.

Indian Sub-continent Earthquake Risk

About RMSIRMSI was founded in 1992, with amission to provide innovative technology

enabled solutions that integrate business domain expertise with information,

geospatial and remote sensing technologies. RMSI provides solutions for the

followingsectors:RiskandInsurance,Utilities,Telecom,AgricultureandNatural

ResourcesandLandManagement. RMSI isaCMMI level5assessedandISO

27001and9001:2008certifiedcompany.

Forfurtherinformation,pleasecontact

[email protected]

Outputs

Themodelgeneratesthefollowingoutputs:

• Exposuredistributionmaps

• EQhazardmapsforkeyreturnperiods

• Eventlosstablefor10to10,000yearreturnperiods

• AverageAnnualLoss(AAL)andLossCost

• LossEPcurves

• RepresentationofresultsoninteractivemapsPeak Ground Acceleration (PGA) Map

for 250 Year Return Period

RMSI – Risk and Insurance

RMSIprovidessolutionstoglobalclientsformanagingrisksassociatedwithnaturalandman-madehazards,byapplying

innovativemethodsandglobalbestpractices.RMSIalsohasdeepexpertiseinassessingtheimpactofclimatechangeon

hydro-meteorologicalhazards.RMSIfocusareasare:urbanrisk,agriculturerisk,earthquake,floodandwindstormhazard

modelingandpropertyrisk.

RMSIhasnearlytwodecadesofexperienceinthisdomainandhasworkedextensivelywithinsurers,reinsurers,stateand

federalgovernmentsandmultilateralfundingagenciesthatinclude:AIC,GIC,ICICILombard,HDFCErgo,RelianceGeneral

Insurance,IAG,theWorldBank,IFC,UNDP,UNISDR,ADBandFAOamongstothers.