GIS Application Analysis Earthquake Data to Evaluate Risk Assessments of Seismic Hazard in Kurdistan of Iraq Using Probabilities

Abstract

Earthquakes in Kurdistan of Iraq are unorganized natural disaster, that happenswithout any schedule or any knowledge of when and where they may occur. However, itis important to know where and when they may happen or at least identify the risklocations, strength of the danger, numbers of occurrence per area (density) and predictthe future earthquakes if possible, which are the key issues of this paper. The answer tothese issues can be achieved through earthquake data evaluation. Hence it is importantto look into the earthquake data from the past, and evaluates them through the power ofGIS (Geographical Information System) application; this will build a method that willdevelop the access to the answers to the key issues through a spatial analyticalprocedure, as the answer helps future planning and risk assessments. GIS can evaluateseismic hazard and risk analysis, as it demonstrates an environment with many featuresthat uses to carryout statistical and spatial analysis efficiently. The application first looksat the data in details, afterwards it allocates the information to each administrative area inthe province of Kurdistan accordingly and maps the data vividly to produce graphicalresults to the issues and their answers, that are easier to illustrate the results. Eventually,the data needs to be examined for any available patterns that help for the futureearthquake prediction, if there are any data. problem and your proposed technique toaddress it.