Iranian Experts Develop Advanced Earthquake Damage Assessment Model

The model can be used for crisis management and relief and rescue measures after an earthquake to reduce the effects of the incident.

One of the main concerns of crisis managers and those in charge of rescue and relief is determining the number of casualties and economic losses caused by an earthquake in the early hours after the incident.

Casualties and damages caused by earthquakes in Iran and other parts of the world have increased due to the delay in identifying the location and dimensions of the incident and, as a result, the delay in timely response to its effects.

Therefore, the development of a system dubbed “Rapid Assessment of Iran Seismic Events (RAISE)” is on the agenda.

One of the important steps to launch the system is to use appropriate computational algorithms to estimate the effects of earthquakes.

Based on the plan, domestically developed and practical models were presented for estimating casualties and economic damage caused by earthquakes based on the level of available information on capital at risk.

The first and most important result of the plan is the possibility of estimating the effects of an earthquake only some minutes after the earthquake occurs.

Thus, the crisis management authorities can dispatch relief forces and allocate necessary resources effectively and as soon as possible.

Meanwhile, insurance companies can determine rates for different types of buildings in different parts of the country based on the economic damage models presented.

The Iranian plateau is one of the world's most seismically active zones. In addition to the country's high seismicity, the high vulnerability of the buildings and lack of proper preparedness and response capacity have resulted in deadly earthquakes in Iran.

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