| Dataset Number | 824 |
| Dataset Title | Earthquake Hazard Zones |
| Custodian | Data Authority: Department for Housing and Urban Development
Data Provider: Department for Housing and Urban Development
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Description
| Description | Earthquake Hazard Zones are used in conjunction with the Building Code of Australia (BCA) for use with the design of domestic structures in accordance with Appendix A Domestic Structures (Housing) of AS 1170.4.
Earthquake Hazard Zones are classified INTO 2 zones -
1) Areas identified as having a hazard factor (Z) of more than 0.11SELECT 1 FROM DUAL;
2) Areas identified as having a hazard factor (Z) of 0.11 or less |
| Usage | To assist in the application of the Building Code. For use with the design of domestic structures in accordance with Appendix A Domestic Structures (Housing) of AS 1170.4. |
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Data Quality
| Lineage | Earthquake Hazard Zones cover the whole state and derived from the Earthquake Hazard Risk Contour Map sourced from Geoscience Australia from https://data.gov.au/dataset/earthquake-hazard-risk-contour-map-national-geoscience-dataset. The source data is an interpretive data set based on data derived from AGSO's World Earthquake Database. Using earthquake locations and measurements from the database, contours reflecting potential earthquake hazard were digitised in Arcinfo for the Australian mainland. In 1997 the 1:1 000 000 scale AGSO approved coastline was added. map |
| Completeness | Full (complete) |
| Positional Accuracy | 1km to 10km. Nominal Scale 1:1,000,000 |
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Geographic Extent
| Extent Name | South Australia |
| Min Easting or Longitude | 129 |
| Min Northing or Latitude | -38.25 |
| Max Easting or Longitude | 141 |
| Max Northing or Latitude | -26 |
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Dataset Status
| Initially Acquired | 24-JAN-2008 |
| Last Updated | 24-JAN-2008 |
| Update Frequency | As required |
| Maintenance Method | Manual edits in ArcMap when required. |
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| AusGOAL | CC BY (Attribution) |
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