IGME- Quaternary Fault Database of the Iberian Peninsula (QAFI)
QAFI is a database of faults with geological evidence of proven activity during the Quaternary period (the last 2.6 million years according to the limit officially established by the SQS in 2009) of the Iberian Peninsula.
It is a project in constant revision and updating as a result of the progress of studies and knowledge about the structures capable of generating earthquakes in Iberia, and can never be considered complete or definitive, both because of the scientific nature of the data contained in it, and because of the modus operandi used in its construction: the altruistic collaboration of numerous researchers in Earth Sciences.
QAFI, both in Access format and geospatially represented, is hosted and maintained by the Geological Survey of Spain (IGME), and is accessible to the entire scientific and technical community and society in general.
It is a project in constant revision and updating as a result of the progress of studies and knowledge about the structures capable of generating earthquakes in Iberia, and can never be considered complete or definitive, both because of the scientific nature of the data contained in it, and because of the modus operandi used in its construction: the altruistic collaboration of numerous researchers in Earth Sciences.
QAFI, both in Access format and geospatially represented, is hosted and maintained by the Geological Survey of Spain (IGME), and is accessible to the entire scientific and technical community and society in general.
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Geoscientific information
Tesauro IGME:
GEMET:
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0:
CEOLocation:
EuropeanTerritorialUnits:
Spatial scope:
Quaternary
Fault
Geology
NATURAL ENVIRONMENT, ANTHROPIC ENVIRONMENT
LITHOSPHERE (soil, geological processes)
Geological processes
Seismic activity
Earthquakes
COUNTRIES
SPAIN
PORTUGAL
SPAIN
Free:
IGME
Iberia
Palaeoseismology
Tectonics
Sismic Hazard
Free:
Earthquakes
Seismic Hazards
Free:
Iberia
Free:
EGDI-selection
-12.50,
35.2495,
3.4805,
43.8344
creation: 2010-10-19, publication: 2012-02-07, revision: 2012-02-07
2012-02-07T10:00:00
vector
The QAFI database has two main objectives: the storage and dissemination of information on the active quaternary faults of the Iberian Peninsula in a technologically updated and dynamic format, as well as contributing to improving seismic hazard estimates and making critical infrastructure projects and emergency or land-use plans more effective and optimal.
Geological Survey of Spain (IGME)
García Mayordomo, Julián
García Mayordomo, Julián
c/ La Calera, 1,
Tres Cantos,
28760,
España
tel: +34 91 349 59 00
email:
qafi@igme.es
Role: point of contact
Data Quality
Firstly, the scientific design of the database was carried out after reviewing other existing databases related to the subject (U.S. Geological Survey - http://earthquakes.usgs.gov/regional/qfaults/), New Zealand GNS - http://data.gns.cri.nz/af/), Japanese AIST - http://riodb02.ibase.aist.go.jp/activefault/index_e.html, French BRGM - www.neopal.net, INGV - http://diss.rm.ingv.it/diss/). Unlike the previous ones, QAFI was designed to be created from the altruistic collaboration of Earth science researchers, therefore an input form was designed.
The data collection took advantage of the First Iberian Meeting on Active Faults and Palaeoseismology (Iberfault) held in October 2010, after which two major revisions (v.1.1 and v.2.0) were carried out. The latter aimed to improve the quality, uniformity and completeness of the data.
All this information can be found in the following article: J. García-Mayordomo, J.M. Insua-Arévalo, J.J. Martínez-Díaz, A. Jiménez-Díaz, R. Martín-Banda, S. Martín-Alfageme, J.A. Álvarez-Gómez, M. Rodríguez-Peces, R. Pérez-López, M.A. Rodríguez-Pascua, E. Masana, H. Perea, F. Martín-González, J. Giner-Robles, E.S. Nemser, J. Cabral and the QAFI Compilers Working Group (2012) The Quaternary Active Faults Database of Iberia (QAFI v.2 .0), Journal of Iberian Geology (submitted).
The data collection took advantage of the First Iberian Meeting on Active Faults and Palaeoseismology (Iberfault) held in October 2010, after which two major revisions (v.1.1 and v.2.0) were carried out. The latter aimed to improve the quality, uniformity and completeness of the data.
All this information can be found in the following article: J. García-Mayordomo, J.M. Insua-Arévalo, J.J. Martínez-Díaz, A. Jiménez-Díaz, R. Martín-Banda, S. Martín-Alfageme, J.A. Álvarez-Gómez, M. Rodríguez-Peces, R. Pérez-López, M.A. Rodríguez-Pascua, E. Masana, H. Perea, F. Martín-González, J. Giner-Robles, E.S. Nemser, J. Cabral and the QAFI Compilers Working Group (2012) The Quaternary Active Faults Database of Iberia (QAFI v.2 .0), Journal of Iberian Geology (submitted).
Equivalent Scale:
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200000
REGLAMENTO (CE) No 1205/2008 DE LA COMISIÓN de 3 de diciembre de 2008 por el que se ejecuta la Directiva 2007/2/CE del Parlamento Europeo y del Consejo en lo que se refiere a los metadatos
Constraints
LICENCE OF USE: Conditions of public use and dissemination of information for the re-use of IGME data.http://www.igme.es/Ayuda/CondiUso.htm
Metadata about metadata
ESPIGMEQAFI2012031269
Geological Survey of Spain (IGME)
Gómez Sánchez, Margarita
Gómez Sánchez, Margarita
C/Ríos Rosas, 23,
Madrid,
28003,
España
tel: +34 91 349 58 46
email:
m.gomez@igme.es
Role: point of contact
2022-10-07