6a71d32a-6508-48b6-8f18-46dd0a010e58 eng utf8 dataset Czech Geological Survey lukas.janku@geology.cz pointOfContact 2026-08-04 ISO 19115/INSPIRE_TG2/CZ4 2003/cor.1/2006 WGS84 (4326) World Stress Map 2025-05-31 revision The World Stress Map (WSM) is a global compilation of information on the present-day crustal stress field. It is a collaborative project between academia and industry that aims to characterize the crustal stress pattern and to understand the stress sources. All stress information is analysed and compiled in a standardized format and quality-ranked for reliability and comparability on a global scale. The WSM is an open-access public database that is used by academic and industrial institutions working in various Earth science disciplines. The WSM database is used by various academic and industrial institutions working in a wide range of Earth science disciplines such as geodynamics, hazard assessment, reservoir geomechanics, and geotechnical applications. The main operational areas are reservoir characterization and management, stability of mines, tunnel, boreholes and waste disposal sites, calibration of geomechanical-numerical models, 4D Thermo-Hydro-Mechanical (THM) modelling of stress changes, and hazard assessment e.g. by means of fault-slip tendency and fracture potential analysis. onGoing GFZ Postdam +49 331 6264 2814 Postdam 14473 Germany heidbach@gfz.de custodian Geology GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 2008-06-01 publication Global Spatial scope 2019-05-22 publication geophysics tectonics EGDI Keyword Thesaurus 2026-03-25 publication InventoryGeoenergy crustal stress in situ stress tectonic stress crustal stress pattern otherRestrictions Creative Commons BY 4.0 otherRestrictions no limitations to public access eng geoscientificInformation -180.00 180.00 -90.00 90.00 World 2025-05-31 https://www.world-stress-map.org/download World Stress Map portal information https://www.world-stress-map.org/fileadmin/wsm/pdfs/WSM_TR_25_01.pdf Technical report information https://www.world-stress-map.org/casmo Online viewer search COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 1089/2010 of 23 November 2010 implementing Directive 2007/2/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards interoperability of spatial data sets and services 2010-12-08 See referenced specification The WSM project was ininitiated in 1986 as a task force of the International Lithosphere Program. The backbone of the database is a quality-raking scheme that allows to compare stress information from very different stress indicator from geotechnical, geological and geophysical methods. The latest WSM database release 2025 contains 100,842 data records of the present-day orientation of the maximum horizontal stress in the Earth crust and the stress regime. The database is uniquie as it is the only open access global repository for stress information. All technical details of data sources, data analysis and description of the data fields are given the WSM Technical Report 25-01 which is published by Rajabi et al. (2026; DOI: 10.48440/WSM.2025.001).