IRIS

Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology

Facilitate. Collaborate. Educate.

IRIS is a world leader in advancing discovery, research, and education
in seismology to understand our planet and to benefit society.

IRIS Statement on Racism in the Geoscience

We at IRIS join our colleagues from across the country and around the globe in unequivocally denouncing racism. BLACK LIVES MATTER. We also know that ...

Joining Forces!

UNAVCO and IRIS are joining forces for advancing geophysics!

Efficiently reading large miniSEED data sets using ObsPy

In this How-To article, we will demonstrate how you can use the ObsPy Python framework to catalog large data sets and efficiently access subsets for g...

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Sep 12, 2022

UNAVCO and IRIS Joining Forces for Advancing Geophysics

Aug 17, 2022

John Taber, IRIS Director of Education and Public Outreach, Announces Retirement

Aug 15, 2022

IRIS Data Services Launches First Stage of Its New Identity Management System, LUCID

Aug 9, 2022

IRIS Receives NSF Award to Support Planning of Subduction Zone Observatory

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EVENTS

Oct 17th – 21st | Virtual

Geophysical Data Citation, Attribution, and Licensing Workshop

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Recent Earthquake Teachable Moments > Magnitude 7.6 - Mexico 2022-09-19

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and EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES

Seismic Monitor

Monitor global earthquakes in near-real time, visit seismic stations around the world, and search the we...

New video series on geoscience careers!

Learn about careers in seismology, geophysics, geodynamics and more in this new video series!

Seismic Impact: a new blog for Educators!

Check out our new blog with updates and products for the educational community

WEBINAR: Discovering Historical Tsunami Data Through Time-Lapse Animation

Recording of talk by Nicolas Arcos from NOAA NCEI and Lindsey Wright, CIRES from University of Colorado a...

WEBINAR: Hazard, resource and risk assessments in the near surface through active source seismology

Recording of talk by Lee Liberty from Boise State University.

Science highlights

Global seismographic networks part II: A slew of studies

One of the most commonly known uses of global seismograph networks is the near-instantaneous global monitoring of earthquakes and other phenomena that can shake the ground, but these instruments have...

Global seismographic networks part I: A brief history

Permanent global seismographic networks collect data that help answer fundamental questions about Earth. The most obvious use of such data involves pinpointing when and where earthquakes occur. But, s...

Major 2020 Alaska Quake Triggered Neighboring 2021 Temblor

A study led by researchers at Michigan State University and University of Alaska Fairbanks shows a connection between two earthquakes in 2020 and 2021 in adjacent areas off the Alaska Peninsula.

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