Seismic Data Center Profiles
There are many Data Centers that collect and/or distribute broad-band
seismic data. Some centers distribute data directly to the user
while others distribute data via other data centers. The profiles
on this page are provided by the data center operators and the
accuracy of this information is their responsibility. If you are
a data center operator and would like to see your institution listed
here, please fill
out this information form.
European
data center profiles are maintained by ORFEUS and
do not appear on this page.
Alaska Earthquake
Information Center (AEIC): AEIC's mandate is to
collect, analyze and archive seismic event data for the
state of Alaska, providing information and assistance to
the public as well as state and local agencies. The AEIC
records data from an integrated network of more than 400
seismic sites distributed across the state and serves as
the regional data center locating and reporting about 20,000
earthquakes per year.
http://www.aeic.alaska.edu/
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NOAA/NWS/West
Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
http://wcatwc.arh.noaa.gov |
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description: |
The West Coast/Alaska Tsunami Warning Center objectives
are to rapidly locate and size major earthquakes in
the Pacific basin, determine their tsunami potential,
predict tsunami arrival times and, when possible, runup
on the coast, and provide timely and effective tsunami
information and warning bulletins for the Pacific coastal
populations of California, Oregon, Washington, British
Columbia, and Alaska. |

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Alaska Earthquake
Information Center
National Earthquake Information Center |
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Australian
National Seismic Network (ANSN)
http://www.ga.gov.au/ |
| brief
description: |
Geoscience Australia operates, cooperates,
and maintains the Australian National Seismic Network (ANSN).
The ANSN comprised of 37 seismic stations are distributed over
the Australian continent and the Australian Antarctic Territory.
The network consists of 37 stations telemetered digitally to
Canberra, the capital of Australia. |

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autoDRM
http://www.ga.gov.au/bin/listQuakes
http://www.ga.gov.au/urban/waveform.jsp |
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Broadband Array
in Taiwan for Seismology (BATS)
http://www.earth.sinica.edu.tw |
| brief
description: |
The
Broadband Array in Taiwan for Seismology (BATS) has been
established by the Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia
Sinica, Taiwan since 1995. Incorporated with the Central
Weather Bureau, the station number deployed in the Taiwan
region will be as many as 41, not including the planned and
proposed stations, by the end of 2003. The Data Management
Center of the Institute of Earth Sciences (DMC-IES), Academia
Sinica, Taiwan (http://dmc.earth.sinica.edu.tw)
is responsible of the BATS data archive, quality control,
distribution, and the CMT inversion for regional earthquakes.
We adopt a user-friendly data request interface (NINJA) that
is developed by the OHPDMC, ERI, U. of Tokyo, to on-line
distribute BATS waveform data. This dataset is available
through either a NINJA application software or the BATS website. |

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NINJA (New Interface for Networked Java Applictions)
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http://bats.earth.sinica.edu.tw |
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Canadian
National Data Centre for Earthquake Seismology and Nuclear
Explosion Monitoring
http://earthquakescanada.nrcan.gc.ca/ |
| brief
description: |
The Canadian
National Data Centre (CNDC) supports the mission critical
Seismic Monitoring needs of Earthquakes Canada and fulfills
the role of Canada's Nuclear Explosion Monitoring (CTBT)
National Data Centre. |

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PO |
WCTN |
ECTN |
SLTN |
CLTN |
RGI |
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autodrm, NetDC, web request forms
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China
Earthquake Administration (CEA) - Institute of Geophysics
http://www.cea-igp.ac.cn/ |
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CSN
WILBER |
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CD
and IC data
distributed through the IRIS DMC ; CB
data distributed through CSN WILBER |
Idaho National Laboratory (INL):
In operation since 1949, the INL is a science-based, applied
engineering national laboratory dedicated to supporting the
U.S. Department of Energy's missions in nuclear and energy
research, science, and national defense.
http://www.inl.gov/ |
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IRIS
Data Management Center, Seattle, Washington
http://www.iris.edu/dms/dmc/ |
| brief
description: |
The IRIS Data
Management Center (DMC) is located in Seattle, Washington,
just off the University of Washington campus where the Earth
and Space Sciences acts as the host organization. The IRIS DMC
receives earthquake and seismic data from a variety of Data Centers
around the world and is responsible for the long term archive
and distribution of all IRIS generated data. The IRIS DMC also
acts as a Data Center for the International Federation of Digital
Seismograph Networks (FDSN). |

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The DMC archives data from hundreds of networks. For a complete
list of available Networks, see the MetaData
Aggregator (MDA)
Partial list of available networks:
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BK* |
CT |
G |
H2 |
IL |
LB |
NL* |
PS |
TS |
UW |
| AL |
CD |
CZ* |
GE |
HG |
IM* |
LD |
NM |
RS |
TW |
WY |
| AS |
CI* |
DW |
GR |
IC |
IU |
LX |
NN |
SC |
UO |
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| AZ |
CN* |
EM* |
GT |
ID |
KN |
MN |
PI |
SR |
US |
| BF* |
CS |
ER |
GY |
II |
KZ |
MS |
PN |
SS |
UU |
All PASSCAL Networks (all X*,Y*, and Z*
codes)
* Only partial data available
Other data distributed through the DMC includes data from FOSFORE,
OBSIP, SeisUK, USGS, and more. |
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IRIS/IDA
Data Collection Center
http://ida.ucsd.edu/
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| brief
description: |
The
IRIS/IDA Data Collection Center is a facility funded through the
IRIS Data Management System to process data from the IDA portion
of the IRIS Global Seismic Network and make them available to the
research community at large. To this end, IDA DCC personnel routinely
perform tasks that include, but are not limited to, maintaining
contact with, and reviewing instructions for, station operators;
documenting and reporting data problems; maintaining records of
instrument response and equipment modifications; receiving, logging,
and unpacking data; performing quality control and reviewing of
that data to assess station performance; and reformatting and distributing
data in a timely manner via the IRIS Data Management System. |

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NRTS |
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Data distributed through the
IRIS DMC |
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Lamont-Doherty
Cooperative Seismographic Network (LCSN)
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/LCSN |
| brief
description: |
Lamont-Doherty
Cooperative Seismographic Network (LCSN) monitors earthquakes
which occur primarily in the Eastern United States. The network
has been operated since early '70s. The network consists of
four sub-networks with Internet nodes: Palisades (node at Lamont-Doherty
Earth Observatory, Palisades, NY), St. Lawrence (node at Potsdam
College of Art & Science, SUNY,
NY), Lake Champlain (node at Middlebury College, VT), Delaware
(node at Delaware Geological Survey/Univ. Delaware, DE). There
are over 20 short-period stations and 15 three-component, broadband
stations covering New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania,
Maryland and Vermont. Broadband stations record digital seismic
signals continuously with a nominal sampling rate of 40 samples/sec,
whereas short-period stations record signals continuously with
100 samples/sec. The LCSN also operates a half dozen of strong-motion
accelerometers (CMG-5TD). Waveform data in SEED format can be
obtained from this web site on AutoDRM and Data Access & Archive
section and downloaded via ftp. Arrival times of the seismic
phases are also available on this web site. The network has
been operated jointly by LDEO and other institutions in the
Northeastern United States. Major funds to operate the network
have been provided by the US Geological Survey under the National
Earthquake Hazard Reduction Program (NEHRP). LCSN is an active
member of the
Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS). More information on
regional seismographic networks in the United States and recent
earthquakes can be found on USGS. |

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AutoDRM at
http://tremor.ldgo.columbia.edu:8080/data.request.htm event data
are also found at
http://www.ldeo.columbia.edu/cgi-bin/quake.cgi by clicking lat/long
column of particular event. |
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All data from these networks are
available from IRIS DMC via BUD in real time and also in archive. |
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Montana Regional
Seismograph Network
Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
http://mbmgquake.mtech.edu |
| brief
description: |
The Montana Regional
Seismograph Network is operated by the Montana Bureau of Mines
and Geology with assistance from the Confederated Salish and
Kootenai Tribes and the National Institute of Safety and Health.
Two broadband stations are operated cooperatively with the
US Geological Survey’s National Seismic Network Program.
Most other sites are telemetered, short-period vertical stations.
Network data are used to detect and locate local and regional
earthquakes. Hypocenters and magnitudes for recent earthquakes
are available on the MBMG website and are contributed to the
Advanced National Seismograph System composite catalog (http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss/)
on a monthly basis. |

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Network MB |
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contributed in real-time
to IRIS DMC via Earthworm |
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GeoNet
Data Centre, Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences,
New Zealand
http://www.geonet.org.nz/ |
| brief
description: |
The GeoNet Data Centre collects both short-period and
broadband seismic data throughout the main islands of
New Zealand. It operates a round-the-clock earthquake
monitoring service, and makes available seismic data
streams via the web
site. The facilities are under development
and are not yet complete. |

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NZ - New Zealand National Seismograph Network |
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AutoDRM
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Northern
California Earthquake Data Center
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/ |
| brief
description: |
The
Northern California Earthquake Data Center (NCEDC) is a joint
project of the University of California Berkeley Seismological
Laboratory (BSL) and the United States Geological Survey (USGS)
. The NCEDC is a long-term archive and distribution center
for seismological and geodetic data for Northern and Central
California and is partially supported by funding from the
USGS component of the National Earthquake Hazards Reduction
Program (NEHRP) . |

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Berkeley Digital Seismic
Network (BDSN, BK)
Northern California Seismic Network (NCSN)
High Resolution Seismic Network (HRSN)
Hayward Fault Network (HFN)
Calpine/Unocal Network
Mini-Plate Boundary Observatory (MPBO) |
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Northern
California Seismic Network
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/ncedc/networks.html |
| brief
description: |
Since 1967 the U.S. Geological Survey
has operated the Northern California Seismic Network (NCSN)
to provide earthquake data for a wide range of research
topics and hazard-reduction activities. The NCSN is designed
to detect all local earthquakes having signal strength
above the background level of microseisms. The network
configuration was motivated by the need to monitor active
faults and volcanoes with a station density sufficient
to determine the focal depth of shallow (0-15 km) crustal
earthquakes. Depending on the concentration of stations
in a region, the magnitude (M) level at which earthquake
detection is complete varies from approximately 1.4 in
parts of the central Coast Ranges to 2.6 in the Klamath
Mountain range. However, earthquakes with M<1.0 are routinely
detected throughout the network.
The NCSN operates more
than 430 stations in northern and central California
and records an additional 100 stations maintained by 4
other institutions. It records over 1000 channels of
data using a mix of digital and analog systems. Nearly
one fourth of the stations in the network are digital with
strong motion sensors. As of 2003 the NCSN operates 13
broadband stations and 11 are borehole installations. The
remainder of the stations are mostly comprised of short-period
vertical-component sensors. The NCSN telemetry system utlizes
local collection nodes which are linked to Menlo Park via
dedicated microwave, digital satellite telemetry, and leased
digital circuits. The network also utilizes direct radio
telemetry to Menlo Park and operates an extensive LAN that
links urban stations located in the San Francisco Bay region.
Available data include triggered waveforms, catalogs of
hypocenters, phase and amplitude readings, and first-motion
mechanisms. |

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NP |
NN |
LL |
PG |
PX |
WR |
BK |
CI |
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Northern California Earthquake
Data Center
http://www.ncedc.org/ |
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Pacific
Northwest Seismograph Network
University of Washington
http://www.pnsn.org/ |
| brief
description: |
The
PNSN is the regional seismic network for the Pacific Northwest
(Washington and Oregon). It includes approximately 120 short-period
stations, 40 broad-band stations and 70 strong-motion stations
(some are multiple band). Data recording and analysis is at
the University of Washington; however there are five remote
data collection nodes and three service centers (UofO, CVO,
Battelle Northwest). Operation is funded by the US Geological
Survey, US Department of Energy and the State of Washington. |

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All of our waveform data are distributed to
the general seismic public by IRIS using their access techniques. |
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Only reduced data are available from here (Webicorders,
catalogs, maps, etc) via the WEB
http://www.pnsn.org/
The rest of the data is distributed through IRIS. |
SCSN/
SCEDC |
Southern California
Seismic Network/
Southern California Earthquake Data Center
http://www.data.scec.org/ |
| brief
description: |
The Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN) is a cooperative
project of Caltech and the US Geological Survey. The SCSN
has benefited from numerous upgrade projects. TERRAscope,
funded by the L. K. Whittier and ARCO Foundations, and NSF,
provided the first 28 broadband and strong motion stations
in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The TriNet project, 1997
to 2002, funded by FEMA, California OES, USGS, and other
partners, increased the number of broadband and strong motion
stations to 155 and significantly improved the data communications
and processing infrastructure. The California Integrated
Seismic Network (CISN) project of Caltech, CGS, USGS, and
UC Berkeley (2001 to present) provides funds for continued
operation of the SCSN, improved robustness, and migration
of operations toward statewide processing.
The Southern California
Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC), funded by the Southern California
Earthquake Center (SCEC) and other sources, holds the complete
data archives for SCSN/CISN from 1932 to present. The SCSN
operates one IRIS/GSN station, PAS in Pasadena, California.
If you use SCSN data, please include a citation to "Southern
California Seismic Network operated by Caltech and USGS" in
your work. |

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| CI |
TS |
AZ |
BK |
CE |
EN |
FA |
LI |
NC |
NN |
NP |
NR |
| PB |
PG |
RB |
SB |
SN |
TA |
WR |
ZY |
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EQQuest, catalog search, DHI, STP
http://www.cisn.org
http://www.gps.caltech.edu/seismo/
http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov
http://www.data.scec.org |
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SCEDC; Some
data also distributed through IRIS
DMC |
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USGS Albuquerque Seismological
Laboratory
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/regional/asl/ |
| brief
description: |
The ASL DCC is the data collection center
for the GSN stations that are operated and maintained USGS. |

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| TS |
SS |
SR |
RS |
MS |
IU |
IC |
| HG |
GT |
DW |
CD |
BK |
AS |
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LISS |
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IRIS DMC |
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University of Utah Seismograph
Stations
http://www.quake.utah.edu |
| brief
description: |
The University of Utah Seismograph Stations (UUSS), located
in Salt Lake City, is the primary earthquake recording, research,
and information center serving the state of Utah and neighboring
parts of the Intermountain West, including Yellowstone National
Park in Wyoming. The University of Utah Regional Seismic
Network, which integrates regional and urban seismic monitoring,
consists of 129 stations in the Utah region (with a mix of
64 short-period, 11 broadband, and 70 strong-motion sensors)
and 23 stations in and near Yellowstone National Park (21
short-period and two broadband stations). This network is
a key element of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS).
Operations are funded by the U.S. Geological Survey and the
State of Utah. |

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Waveform data from 1981 through
present are available from the IRIS data center. Webicorder
records and processed data for earthquakes (catalogs, maps,
etc.) in the Utah and Yellowstone regions can be found on
the UUSS website . |
Virginia Tech: The Virginia
Tech Seismological Observatory (VTSO) operates a digital seismic
network with stations in Virginia and southern West Virginia.
Along with other southeastern regional seismic networks and
the U.S. National Seismic Network (USNSN), VTSO contributes
to earthquake monitoring, information dissemination and seismic
hazard assessment objectives in the southeastern United States.
http://www.geol.vt.edu/outreach/vtso/ |
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