Reproducible research

On this page we list datasets containing reproducible simulation scenarios realised with SeisSol and elementary benchmark examples. In these data sets, all required input files, etc., are provided, to promote reproducible research and open science, and to inspire new simulation scenarios.

Please contact us via SeisSol Email list, if you’re interested to provide a scenario. While many data sets are hosted on Zenodo, we do not require specific formats or repositories.

We provide datasets containing all input files of simulations in recent SeisSol publications as Zenodo repositories to promote reproducible research and open science. A non-exhaustive list is given below:

Description	Source	Faulting mechanism [1]	Friction law [2]	Number of faults	Research Item	Data
2004 Mw 9.2 Sumatra megathrust	dynamic	R	LSW	4	Uphoff et al. (2017)	zenodo.org/record/439946
Collective Knowledge (CK) workflow	n/a	n/a	n/a	n/a	Fursin et al. (2018)	zenodo.org/record/2422877
2017 Mw 5.5 Pohang induced earthquake	dynamic	O	fvw-RS	2	Palgunadi et al. (2020)	zenodo.org/record/3930819
2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikōura earthquake	dynamic	mixed SS & R	fvw-RS	10	Ulrich et al. (2019)	zenodo.org/record/2538024
2018 Mw 7.5 Palu earthquake	dynamic	mixed SS & N	fvw-RS	3	Ulrich et al. (2019b)	zenodo.org/record/3234664
2010 Mw 7.1 Darfield earthquake	dynamic	SS	LSW	6	Uphoff (2019)	zenodo.org/record/3565774
Acoustic-Elastic model of Palu earthquake	dynamic	mixed SS & N	fvw-RS	3	Krenz et al. (2021)	zenodo.org/record/5159333
Megathrusts initialized with a 2D STM model	dynamic	R	LSW	1	Wirp et al. (2021)	zenodo.org/record/4686551
Benchmarks for poroelasticity	point	n/a	n/a	n/a	Wolf et al. (2021)	zenodo.org/record/5236133
Low-angle normal fault scenarios	dynamic	N	fvw-RS	1	Biemiller et al. (2022)	zenodo.org/record/6094294
Megathrusts scenarios	dynamic	R	LSW	4	Madden et al. (2022)	zenodo.org/record/5914661
2016 Mw 6.2 Amatrice broadband model	dynamic	N	LSW	1	Taufiqurrahman et al. (2022)	zenodo.org/record/6386938
2016 Mw 6.5 Norcia earthquake	dynamic	N	LSW	1	Tinti et al. (2021)	github repository
2004 Mw 9.2 Sumatra megathrust	dynamic	R	LSW	4	Ulrich et al. (2022)	zenodo.org/record/5541271

SeisSol setups for community benchmark are described in the cookbook (see cookbook overview), and the input files are available at https://github.com/SeisSol/Examples.

Description	Source	Faulting mechanism [1]	Friction law [2]	Number of faults	Further details
TPV5	dynamic	SS	LSW	1	3 stress asperities, see SCEC TPV5
TPV6	dynamic	SS	LSW	1	Bi-material fault, heterogeneous initial stress, see SCEC TPV6
TPV12	dynamic	N	LSW	1	depth-dependent initial stress conditions, see SCEC TPV12
TPV13	dynamic	N	LSW	1	Same as TPV12 with non-associative Drucker-Prager plastic with yielding in shear, see SCEC TPV13
TPV16	dynamic	SS	LSW	1	Randomly-generated heterogeneous initial stress conditions, see SCEC TPV16/17
TPV24	dynamic	SS	LSW	2	Rightward branch forming a 30 degree angle, see SCEC TPV24
TPV29	dynamic	SS	LSW	1	Stochastic roughness, see SCEC TPV29
TPV34	dynamic	SS	LSW	1	Imperial Fault model with 3D velocity structure, see SCEC TPV34
TPV104	dynamic	SS	fvw-RS	1	see SCEC TPV104
LOH.1	point	n/a	n/a	n/a	point-source benchmark, see SISMOWINE WP2_LOH1
Northridge	kinematic	R	n/a	1	see Kinematic source example - 1994 Northridge earthquake

[1] (1,2,3)

SS: strike-slip, N: normal, R: reverse, O: oblique

[2] (1,2,3)

LSW: linear slip-weakening friction, fvw-RS: fast-velocity weakening rate-and-state friction

We provide the following small-scale examples, specifically designed for SeisSol training and tutorials, such as the CHEESE Advanced training on HPC for Computational Seismology and ICTP Advanced Workshop on Earthquake Fault Mechanics . These SeisSol training examples are part of the SeisSol Docker container which also includes related open-source tools (Gmsh and ParaView) and all required input files.

Description	Source	Faulting mechanism [1]	Friction law [2]	Number of faults	Data
TPV13	dynamic	N	LSW	1	https://github.com/SeisSol/Training/tree/main/tpv13
2018 Mw 7.5 Palu earthquake (reduced mesh-size)	dynamic	mixed SS & N	fvw-RS	3	https://github.com/SeisSol/Training/tree/main/sulawesi
Northridge	kinematic	R	n/a	1	https://github.com/SeisSol/Training/tree/main/northridge