QAFI is a database of faults showing geological evidence of activity during the Quaternary (last 2.6 million years).
The objective of the database is two-fold: 1. Serve as an official repository of scientific information available to all the researcher’s community, and 2. Facilitate knowledge-transfer to the industry and society in general, particularly for improving seismic hazard provisions by means of including geological data from active faults.
This version of the database (QAFI v.4) is hosted and maintained by the Geological Survey of Spain (
IGME) and is freely accessible to the research and technical community and to society in general.
See
Disclaimer for information on the use of QAFI.
QAFI v.4 has been made possible thanks to the free effort of many Iberian Earth Science researches (
list of compilers) and different research projects (see acknowledgments).
Please, read the users’
guide to learn more about QAFI v.4 and find the improvements done in relation to the precedent version.
Technical editors (ACCESS database):
Santiago Martín Alfageme (QAFI v.2) (IGME-CSIC)
Julián García-Mayordomo (QAFI v.3 and 4) (IGME-CSIC)
Technical editors (Shapefiles):
Raquel Martín-Banda (IGME-CSIC)
Julián García-Mayordomo (IGME-CSIC)
Web application:
Ángel Prieto Martín (IGME-CSIC)
Scientific editors of QAFI v.4:
Julián García-Mayordomo (IGME-CSIC)
Raquel Martín-Banda (IGME-CSIC)
Carolina Canora Catalán (U. Autónoma de Madrid)
María Ortuño (U. de Barcelona)
Héctor Perea (U. Complutense de Madrid)
José J. Martínez-Díaz (U. Complutense de Madrid)
Eulalia Masana (U. de Barcelona)
Juan M. Insua-Arévalo (U. Complutense de Madrid)
Octavi Gómez-Novell (U. de Barcelona)
José A. Álvarez-Gómez (U. Complutense de Madrid)
Scientific collaborators:
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here for a complete list of compilers.
How to cite the database:
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 Faults Database of Iberia (QAFI v.2.0),
Journal of Iberian Geology, 38(1): 285-302.
How to cite a record:
Compiler/s name/s (compilation year) Name of the fault: name of the segment (ID). In: Quaternary Active Faults Database of Iberia v.4 – March 2022 (García-Mayordomo et al., eds.), IGME, Madrid.
How to cite the database web site:
IGME (2022). QAFI: Quaternary Active Faults Database of Iberia. Accessed "DATE", from IGME web site:
https://info.igme.es/QAFI
Acknowledgments:
QAFI's v.4 working hours have been supported by a number of different projects: GeoMEP-Tsunamis (IGME's 2748); Plan de Actividades en Riesgos Geológicos (IGME's 2838);
InfoIGME (IGME's 2944); PREVENT (CGL2015-66263-R); QUAKE-STEP (CGL2017-83931-C3-1-P); NSOURCES (PID2020-119772RB-I00); Salvador de Madariaga (PRX17/00590)