Earthquake Archives
"... old seismograms, if properly
interpreted, provide invaluable information on earthquakes
in the past, and every effort should be made to save them,
regardless of their quality, from possible loss and to
make copies in an easily readable
form." Hiroo
Kanamori (1988).
I. Introduction
The purpose of these International Digital
Earthquake Archives (IDEAs) is to preserve earthquake data,
specially seismograms, for future research.
For example, Hiroo Kanamori used seismograms
recorded at Debilt, the Netherlands to demonstrate that the 1960
Chile and the 1964 Alaskan earthquakes are indeed "Great
Earthquakes", much larger than other "great earthquakes", such as,
1952
Kamchatka and 1963 Kurile earthquakes, 1923
Kanto and 1924 Mindanao, 2001
Peru (Pasadena), and 2001
Peru (KEV).
Seismograms, data, and related materials of
selected earthquakes are stored in archives as computer data files
so that they are freely accessible via the Internet, and seismograms
(in originally scanned resolution) are downloadable from the IRIS
Data Management Center.
Volunteers and donors are
welcome. Please contact William H.K. Lee at: lee@usgs.gov
.
II. International Digital Earthquake Archives
1. 1906 San Francisco Earthquake
Archive dedicated to Prof. A.C. Lawson and Prof. H.F. Reid
2. 1906 Aleutian
Is. Earthquake Archive in Memory of Prof. Donald B.
Scott.
3. 1906
Valparaiso (Chile) Earthquake Archive in Memory of Prof.
Donald B. Scott
4. 1909 Taipei (Taiwan) Earthquake Archive
in Memory of Prof. Ta-You Wu
5. August 14, 1939 Cuban Earthquake Archive
6. July 29, 1943 Puerto Rico Earthquake Archive
7. July 30, 1943 Puerto Rico Earthquake Archive (aftershock)
8. August 4, 1946 Hispaniola Earthquake Archive (mainshock, event 1 of 3)
9. August 8, 1946 Hispaniola Earthquake Archive (aftershock, event 2 of 3)
10. October 4, 1946 Hispaniola Earthquake Archive (aftershock, event 3 of 3)
11. April 21, 1948 Hispaniola Earthquake Archive (late aftershock)
12. June 28, 1948 Fukui
(Japan) Earthquake Archive in Memory of Prof. Masayuki
Kikuchi
13. May 31, 1953 Hispaniola Earthquake Archive
14. 1957 Daly City (California) Earthquake Archive in Memory of Mr. Manuel G. "Doc" Bonilla (in preparation)
15. 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake Archive in Honor of Prof. Hiroo Kanamori (in preparation)
16. 1962 Qazvin
(Iran) Earthquake Archive
17. 1963 Skopje
(Macedonia) Earthquake Archive
18. 1964 Great
Alaska Earthquake Archive in Honor of Dr. George Plafker
19. 1964 Niigata
(Japan) Earthquake Archive in Memory of Prof. Keiiti Aki
20. 1965 Rat Island (Aleutian) Earthquake Archive dedicated to Prof. William Stauder, S.J. (in preparation)
21. 1965 Puget
Sound (USA) Earthquake Archive in Honor of Prof. Robert
S. Crosson
22. 1966 Gisborne
(New Zealand) Earthquake Archive
23. 1966
Uganda-Zaire Earthquake Archive
24. 1966
Parkfield (California) Earthquake Archive in Memory of Dr.
Jerry P. Eaton
25. 1966 Varto
(Turkey) Earthquake Archive
26. 1967 Huila
(Colombia) Earthquake Archive
27. 1967 Caracas
(Venezuela) Earthquake Archive
28. 1967 Koyna
(India) Earthquake Archive
29. 1968
Valle del Belice (Italy) Earthquake Archive
30. 1968
Tokachi-oki (Japan) Earthquake Archive in Memory of Prof.
Tokuji Utsu
31. 1968
Inangahua (New Zealand) Earthquake Archive dedicated to Dr.
Robin D. Adams (in preparation)
32. 1968 San
Martin (Peru) Earthquake Archive
33. 1968
Dasht-e-Bayaz (Iran) Earthquake Archive
34. 1969 Sardo
(Ethiopia) Earthquake Archive dedicated to Prof. Pierre
Gouin, S.J. (in preparation)
35. 1970 Dagestan
(Russia) Earthquake Archive
36. 1970 Peru
Earthquake Archive in Honor of Dr. Eric Robert "Bob" Engdahl
(in preparation)
37. 1970
Peru-Ecuador Earthquake Archive
38. 1971 San
Fernando (California) Earthquake Archive
39. 1972 Managua
(Nicaragua) Earthquake Archive in Honor of Mr. Robert D.
Brown (in preparation)
40. 1987-1988
Gulf of Alaska Earthquake Archive in Memory of
Dr. John C. Lahr
Supported by volunteers and financial donors
Last updated: May 14, 2012
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