KNMI ShakeMap Web Service
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R&DSA Data Tools

The KNMI Shakemap Web Service provides access to ShakeMap files in NetCDF format from the KNMI Shakemaps archive of The Netherlands.

Index

Sections

For a list of events with available ShakeMap plots and corresponding eventid see list, files or KNMI Shakemaps archive

Available Content

The following filename values are available per eventid:

  • event_dat.xml
    input peak ground motion parameters used for ShakeMap product (vel in cm/s, acc in %g, psa03 in %g and psa10 in %g). More information on ShakeMap input
  • event.xml
    input earthquake parameters used for ShakeMap product, such as location and magitude. More information on ShakeMap input
  • grid.nc
    netCDF grid file that contains values of Peak Ground Acceleration (PGA in %g), Peak Ground Velocity (PGV in cm/s), Pseudo-Spectral Acceleration (PSA in %g, at T=0.3s,1.0s) of the ShakeMap. More information on ShakeMap output
  • rrsm.json
    contains peak ground motion parameters in rrsm format (pga-value in cm/s^2, pgv-value in cm/s)
Available URLs

The following URLs are available through this web service:

  • files
    (links to available ShakeMap files)
  • list
    (json file with available ShakeMap files, with keys content.eventid.filename and LastModified)
  • download
    usage: download/eventid/filename
    (example: download/knmi2013xexv/grid.nc )
Disclaimer

Terms of use

The data is provided as Open Data (Open and Anonymous), under the license Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0).

Quality of the data

The KNMI take the greatest care to ensure that the data and metadata are accurate and of the highest possible quality. Users of this data tool assume all responsibility and risk for use of the data. In no event shall KNMI be liable for any damages caused by, but not limited to, absence of data, or erroneous data.

Misuse of the data

Users of the data agree not to misuse or add to without permission, or misrepresent the data provided in any way. Data provided through this data tool is free of use and cannot be reused in unaltered form for commercial use. The user cannot claim ownership of the data. Please inform us of any misuse of data from this data.