Requesting data from IRIS
IRIS provides a common service API for many types of data access: Web Services Java Library MATLAB Library
How to get data from the IRIS archive
How to request Event and Phase Data
Check on archived data availability using SeismiQuery
Check on real-time data holdings using BUD
Data available from IRIS
Types of data available from IRIS
IRIS data sources for Waveforms
and Event Catalogs
Data products are available in the SPUD system.
SeismoArchives: Seismogram Archives of Significant Earthquakes of the World
PASSCAL Experiments List
download: pdf
or xls
Request PASSCAL experiment data
Additional Seismological Data Centers
Active Source Data Centers:
- IRIS DMC Holdings
- National Archive of Marine Seismic Surveys
- Marine Seismic Data Center
- Marine Geoscience Data System
High Rate GPS Data Centers:
Source Website | Notes | Contact |
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USGS | Processing of all continuous GPS in continental U.S. Includes one day solutions updated daily and 5-min high rate solutions updated daily. 1Hz GPS is available for a subset of stations and updated daily | Jessica Murray, USGS Menlo Park |
UNAVCO | Provides a guide for the layout of UNAVOC’s FTP data servers and provides links to direct FTP access to UNAVCO holdings of GPS/GNSS data. | (Unknown) |
Nevada Geodetic Laboratory | Processing of international networks. One day solutions and 5-min high rate solutions are updated variably at time scales of daily, weekly, and monthly | Bill Hammond, University of Nevada, Reno |
Central Washington University | 1/3 of the PANGA network processed in real-time. 1Hz GPS made available in real time | Tim Melbourne, Central Washington University |
SOPAC | SOPAC provides the following services and products to the scientific community:
|
Yehuda Bock, Scripps Institution of Oceanography |
SCIGN | Southern California Integrated GPS Network (SCIGN) | Ken Hudnut, USGS Pasadena |
GNS | An interactive, multi-layered map displaying the locations of GeoNet’s continuous GPS network (cGPS), seismograph sites, strong-motion detection sites and tsunami gauge sites. | (Unknown) |
(GPS data sources last reviewed on June 10, 2015)
Monitoring data requests
How to check the status of a request
How to submit data to IRIS
- Requesting an FDSN Network Code
- Submitting SEED data to the DMC
- Submitting OBSIP [passive & active] data
- Submitting assembled data to the DMC
- Checking on submitted holdings (DCC tools)
- Frequently asked questions
Citations
How to acknowledge or cite data source
Data Distribution
Disclosure
For data that is provided to IRIS from an established data center, the identity of those requesting data from the DMC will be provided to the relevant data center. This only includes data from established Data Centers such as ORFEUS GEOSCOPE or GEOFON.
Data Access Navigator
Request Event Data Using Wilber3
Wilber3 allows you to select and download data from a catalog of events for which the DMC has timeseries data. Use Wilber3 ».
Real Time Data Access
Receiving Real Time Data from the IRIS BUD