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The Southern California Seismic Network monitors ground motion from the U.S./Mexico border north to a line which passes approximately through San Luis Obispo & Big Pine.
Earthquake Data
- Processed & recorded by Caltech/USGS Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN)
- A component of California Integrated Seismic Network (CISN).
- Website focuses on public earthquake information
- Real-time views of waveforms
- Maps of current earthquakes
- In depth articles covering earthquakes of public interest
- Background information on earthquake science
- History of the seismic network.
- Archived by Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC) at Caltech's Seismological Laboratory.
- Which is funded by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and Southern California Earthquake Center (SCEC).
- With holdings which include:
- Earthquake catalog (1932-present)
- Waveform archive (1977-present)
- Website is geared toward the research community
The Southern California Seismic Network monitors ground motion from the U.S./Mexico border north to a line which passes approximately through San Luis Obispo and Big Pine.
- Over 400 seismic stations owned and operated by SCSN (the CI network).
- Nearly 1000 channels imported and archived from these stations.
- Over 200 strong motion sensors (accelerometers) and over 350 velocity sensors in the CI network (many sites have both).
- Data imported from over 150 stations owned by 14 other networks in southern California, northern California, Nevada and Baja California.
Explore the SCEDC website to access:
Latest Earthquake Information | SCSN
Citation:
“California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (1926): Southern California Seismic Network. International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks. Other/Seismic Network. doi:10.7914/SN/CI“
Data were provided by the Caltech/USGS Southern California Seismic Network
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