10.5880/WSM.2025.002 eng dataset GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences datapub@gfz-potsdam.de http://www.gfz-potsdam.de Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Helmholtz-Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences pointOfContact 2025-05-18 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326 World Stress Map 2025 2025-05-18 revision 2025-04-17 creation doi:10.5880/WSM.2025.002 Heidbach, Oliver GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany author Rajabi, Mojtaba University of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia author Di Giacomo, Domenico International Seismological Centre ISC, Thatcham, UK author Harris, James International Seismological Centre ISC, Thatcham, UK author Lammers, Steffi GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany author Morawietz, Sophia GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany author Pierdominici, Simona GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany author Reiter, Karsten Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany author von Specht, Sebastian GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany author Storchak, Dmitry International Seismological Centre ISC, UK author Ziegler, Moritz O. Technical University Munich, Germany author GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences originator GFZ Data Services publisher The World Stress Map (WSM) is a global compilation of information on the crustal present-day stress field. It is a collaborative project between academia and industry that aims to characterize the stress pattern and to understand the stress sources. It commenced in 1986 as a project of the International Lithosphere Program under the leadership of Mary-Lou Zoback. From 1995-2008 it was a project of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences and Humanities headed first by Karl Fuchs and then by Friedemann Wenzel. Since 2009 the WSM is maintained at the GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences. All stress information is analysed and compiled in a standardized format and quality-ranked for reliability and comparability on a global scale. The stress map displays A-C quality stress data records of the Earth’s crust from the WSM database release 2025 (doi:10.5880/WSM.2025.001). Further detailed information on the WSM quality ranking scheme 2025, guidelines for the borehole logging data, and software for stress map generation and the stress pattern analysis is available at www.world-stress-map.org. Heidbach, Oliver GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany Senior Researcher heidbach@gfz.de http://www.world-stress-map.org informtion pointOfContact crustal stress in situ stress tectonic stress crustal stress pattern EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > LITHOSPHERIC PLATE MOTION > PLATE MOTION DIRECTION EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > PLATE TECTONICS > STRESS EARTH SCIENCE SERVICES > DATA MANAGEMENT/DATA HANDLING > DATA SEARCH AND RETRIEVAL NASA/GCMD Earth Science Keywords publication geophysics tectonics GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0 publication CC BY 4.0 CC BY 4.0 https://www.world-stress-map.org URL IsPartOf 10.48440/wsm.2025.001 DOI IsDocumentedBy 10.1016/j.tecto.2018.07.007 DOI IsDocumentedBy 10.1029/2007TC002133 DOI IsDocumentedBy 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.07.023 DOI IsDocumentedBy 10.1144/GSL.SP.2003.212.01.07 DOI IsDocumentedBy 10.1029/92JB00132 DOI IsDocumentedBy 10.5880/WSM.2025.001 DOI IsDerivedFrom eng geoscientificInformation Global Map -180 180 -90 90 http://doi.org/10.5880/WSM.2025.002 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Data Access - DOI Data Access - DOI information