{"id":512,"date":"2015-10-09T14:00:49","date_gmt":"2015-10-09T19:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/geosciences\/?page_id=512"},"modified":"2022-03-31T17:28:01","modified_gmt":"2022-03-31T22:28:01","slug":"seismic-station-information","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/geosciences\/research\/seismology-events\/seismic-station-information\/","title":{"rendered":"Seismic Station Information"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>UWM operates both an analog and digital seismometer which are housed in a specially designed vault in the basement of Lapham Hall. The instruments rest on a pillar of concrete that extends down 30 feet to help isolate urban noise from transient signals. Unfortunately the bedrock in this area is too deep (~200ft) for the pillar to extend down to it so some urban noise is found in the signals. The digital seismometer is connected to a Dell PC that continuously records seismic data. The digitizer clock is is kept accurate with the help of a GPS sensor that is constantly feeding the current time. The analog instruments are long-period Geotech seismometers (only the E-W is currently running) and is connected to a Geotech Portacorder seismograph to produce a paper record.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Digital Seismometer Specifications<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/geosciences\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/211\/2015\/09\/guralp_edu_crop.jpg\" alt=\"guralp_edu_crop\" class=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"Default wp-block-list\"><li>Sensor: Guralp Broadband CMG-EDU-T<\/li><li>Latitude: 43.07611 North<\/li><li>Longitude: 87.88455 West<\/li><li>Elevation: 205 meters<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Digital Data is collected at 1 sample\/second for teleseismic earthquakes and 40 samples per second for regional earthquakes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Earthquake Links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"Default wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/learning\/topics\/seismology\/history\/history_seis.php\">History of Seismometry<\/a> (NEIC)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iris.washington.edu\">IRIS<\/a> (Get EQ data from around the world)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/mae.cee.illinois.edu\/\">Mid America Earthquake Center<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/eqcenter\/recenteqsww\/Quakes\/quakes_all.php\">NEIC<\/a> (Near real time updates)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/orfeus.knmi.nl\">ORFEUS<\/a> (European EQ data center and more)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scecdc.scec.org\">SCEDC<\/a> (Southern California EQ Data Center)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.pnsn.org\/\">Seismosurfing<\/a> (This site has all things seismology)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.eas.slu.edu\/Earthquake_Center\">St. Louis University Earthquake Center<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/quake.wr.usgs.gov\">USGS<\/a> (U.S. Geological Society)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Topographic Data<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"Default wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngdc.noaa.gov\/mgg\/topo\/globeget.html\">GLOBE<\/a> (30-sec data; National Geophysical Data Center)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngdc.noaa.gov\/mgg\/image\/2minrelief.html\">ETOPO2<\/a> (2-minute data; National Geophysical Data Center)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngdc.noaa.gov\/mgg\/bathymetry\/relief.html\">Bathymetry, Topography, and Relief<\/a> (National Geophysical Data Center)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ngdc.noaa.gov\/ngdcinfo\/onlineaccess.html\">All types of data<\/a> (National Geophysical Data Center)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Earthquake Utilities<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"Default wp-block-list\"><li><a href=\"http:\/\/eqseis.geosc.psu.edu\/~cammon\/HTML\/MacSoftware\/mac_software.html#bwm\">Body Wave Modeler<\/a> (Mac Only; Chuck Ammon, Penn State)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guralp.com\/sw\/drumplot.shtml\">Drumplot<\/a> (Guralp Systems, program to plot digital data)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/gmt.soest.hawaii.edu\">GMT<\/a> (Generic Mapping Tools, U. of Hawaii)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/ds.iris.edu\/ds\/nodes\/dmc\/software\/downloads\/\">IRIS Software Library<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fcc.gov\/mb\/audio\/bickel\/DDDMMSS-decimal.html\">Latitude and Longitude Converter<\/a> (FCC website)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/web.utah.edu\/thorne\/software.html\">MATLAB Tools for Seismology<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.orfeus-eu.org\/software.html\">Orfeus Software Library<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/ds.iris.edu\/files\/sac-manual\/\">SAC<\/a> (Seismic Analysis Code, IRIS)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.guralp.com\/sw\/scream.shtml\">SCREAM<\/a> (Guralp Systems, realtime acquisition and monitoring)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bingweb.binghamton.edu\/~ajones\/SeismicWavesSetup.exe\">Seismic Waves<\/a> (download it, Alan Jones, SUNY Binghampton)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/bingweb.binghamton.edu\/~ajones\/SeismicEruptionSetup.exe\">Seismic Eruption<\/a> (download it, Alan Jones SUNY Binghampton)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.seis.sc.edu\/TauP\">TauP<\/a> (Java Applet for Calculating Travel Times; University of South Carolina)<\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/quake.usgs.gov\/research\/software\/index.html\">USGS Software Library<\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iris.washington.edu\/cgi-bin\/wilberII_page1.pl\">WILBUR<\/a> (Web Based Event Request Method from IRIS)<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UWM operates both an analog and digital seismometer which are housed in a specially designed vault in the basement of Lapham Hall. 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