This page provides rough outlines on the current progress on Cybershake in NZ. 

Note that his page is for internal sharing purposes only, it is likely inaccurate and out-of-date, and therefore it is advised to conduct researchers directly if you want more reliable information

VersionNum sourcesSRF generationVM domainVM generationSimulation specsRecording stationsEstimated core-hoursActual core hoursNotes
v17.815 (dominant in Canterbury)

3 hypo and 2 slip dist per source

automated based on PGV>5cm/s; 15kmRup, 5km land cutoff

Default depth and duration scaling
0.4km regular grid, Vs_min=500Transition freq = 0.25Hz

19,604

(virtual + Geonet stations)

~3k Fitzroy

First implementation;

Focus on running workflow and comparison with empirically-derived hazard curves

v17.9 + v18p4~ (South Island)

hypo every 20 km along strike,

3 slip dist per source

as v17.8as for v17.8as for v17.8

19,604

(virtual + Geonet stations)

-- hours on Kupe
Focus on extending number off sources and srf uncertainties

v18.5

251 North Island faultsSame as v17.9

as for v17.9


as for v17.9as for v17.9

19,604

(virtual + Geonet stations)


-- hours on Kupe




Running for the North Island sources to merge with 18p4 (and 17p9) to have a nation-wide hazard results

v18p6


483 sources across NZ

Magnitude-dependantnumber of realizations

one slip distribution per hypocentre

Leonard magnitude scaling

Pgv threshold of 2 cm/s

as for v17.9

as for v17.9

27,481  

(virtual + Geonet stations)

150 k on Kupe
  • Monte Carlo hypocentre realizations
  • Variation in hypocentre location along the strike and dip directions
v19p5 472 sources across NZ (removed some due to land VM area / DEM)Same as v18p6Same as v18p6 as for v17.9 as for v17.9 same as v18p6
 700k CH on maui

 New gmsim version. Specifically changes in HF

Updated to Kevin's 19p1 vs30 model

v20p4478 sources across NZ

Magnitude-dependantnumber of realizations

one slip distribution per hypocentre


leonard magnitude scaling + monte carlo magnitude uncertanity


2 cm/s

DEM extent increase + off-shore basin

VM Size decreased based on depth of rupture

sim duration changed to account for surface arrival times

2.03

 as for v17.9

 as for v17.9

HF DT 0.01

upsampling to 0.005 for BB

25948 (virtual + Geonet stations)
230k CH on maui
v20p58 Subduction Sources across NZsame as v20p4

same as v20p4 with:

Reduced PGV threshold to 3 cm/s

as for v17.9

 as for v17.9Same as v20p4
170k CH on maui
v20p6same as v20p4same as v20p4same as v20p4

 0.2 km regular grid

vsmin 0.5

 Transition Freq 0.5HzSame as v20p4


v20p9Same as v20p5same as v20p4same as v20p5same as v20p6same as v20p6same as v20p4


v21p1+v21p6
same as v20p4

same as v20p4

+ VM perturbations per realisation

0.1 km regular grid, vsmin 0.5Transition Freq 1HzSame as v20p4


To do list:

Refer to this sub-page for the list of to-do items for Cyberhshake: 

Cybershake to-do list

Ideas for future implementations (no particular order):

  • Bootstrap sampling to understand how many ruptures are needed for a given source
  • Source uncertainties (currently slip and hypo; but need to add uncertainty in G&P parametrization).
  • Velocity model uncertainties (random pertubations).
  • Explicit modelling of subduction zone sources in Cybershake
  • Neural Net for GMM trained with CS and validation results in order to use for distributed seismicity
  • New velocity model (i.e. with more basins)
  • Velocity model with tomographic refinement
  • Velocity model with site-specific 1D for HF method
  • Logic tree for hazard to consider different ground motion models (both empirical and simulated).  Weights for models are determined based on a neural net fit to the data in which all models start with uniform weight and the weights are then determined as a function of site location, magnitude, source to site distance etc.  Location component can be part of a convNet.
  • Ongoing improvements to the simulation code (topo, plasticity etc)
  • Paper which shows the theoretical benefits of forward simulation and domain optimization in terms of minimum total computation vs. recriprocity.
  • Consider other ERFs (i.e. not just Stirling et al 2012); UCERF3 method applied to NZ; RSQSim applied to NZ.
  • Extraction of deagg, and gm selection for a conditional IM hazard/im value.















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