Documents and References

The publication of the probabilistic seismic hazard assessment, on whose results the load assumptions in the standard are based:

• Grünthal, G., Stromeyer, D., Bosse, C., Cotton, F., & Bindi, D. (2018). The probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of Germany—version 2016, considering the range of epistemic uncertainties and aleatory variability. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 16(10), 4339-4395.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-018-0315-y, Full text (PDF)

• Grünthal, G., Stromeyer, D., Bosse, C., Cotton, F., & Bindi, D. (2018). Correction to: The probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of Germany—version 2016, considering the range of epistemic uncertainties and aleatory variability. Bulletin of Earthquake Engineering, 16(10), 4397-4398.
  https://doi.org/10.1007/s10518-018-0398-5, Full Text (PDF

• Grünthal, G., Stromeyer, D., Bosse, C., Cotton, F., & Bindi, D. (2018). Neueinschätzung der Erdbebengefährdung Deutschlands–Version 2016–für DIN EN 1998‐1/NA. Bautechnik, 95(5), 371-384.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.201700098, Full Text (PDF)

Supplementary material for the above-mentioned publication:

• Grünthal, G., Stromeyer, D., Bosse, C. (2017): The data sets of the earthquake model for the probabilistic seismic hazard assessment of Germany, version 2016 - Report on supplementary material for the respective publication, (Scientific Technical Report STR - Data ; 17/05), Potsdam : GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, 88 p.
  https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.b103-17056, GFZPublic , Full Text (PDF)

• Data publication: Grünthal, G., Stromeyer, D., & Bosse, C. (2018). The Source Model of the Probabilistic Seismic Hazard Assessment (PSHA) of Germany-Version 2016.
  https://doi.org/10.5880/GFZ.2.6.2018.001, GFZPublic

Additional publications related to this hazard assessment:

• Grünthal, G. (2021): Vergleich der neuen Erdbebengefährdungskarten der Schweiz, Deutschlands, Österreichs und Frankreichs für die Nationalen Anhänge zum Eurocode 8. - Bautechnik, 98, 1, 17-20.
  https://doi.org/10.1002/bate.202000052, Full Text (PDF)

• Weatherill, G., Cotton, F., Daniel, G., Zentner, I., Iturrieta, P. C., & Bosse, C. (2024): Strategies for comparison of modern probabilistic seismic hazard models and insights from the Germany and France border region. - Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences (NHESS), 24, 3755-3787.
  https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-24-3755-2024, Full Text (PDF)