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PNSN STATIONS

  • Webicorder Station Maps - Stations currently viewable via webicorder - Updated twice a day
  • Map of Currently Operating Stations - Updated weekly
  • Detailed Map of stations in Puget Sound - Updated weekly
  • Detailed Map of stations in Willamette Valley - Updated weekly
  • Maps of PNSN Strong-Motion Sensor distribution in western WA and OR - Clickable to provide additional information on strong-motion stations

  • List of Currently Operating Stations - Updated weekly
  • Complete List of all PNSN Stations - Updated weekly......Format description of PNSN Station lists
  • Quarterly Reports - with lists of dysfunctional stations
  • SEISMOMETER TYPES

    The PNSN operates a heterogenious mix of seismometer types for monitoring a variety of types of earthquake activity. The operations of seismographs are funded by different agencies and serve a variety of purposes.

    • Short Period - Identified in Webicorders with the suffix "EHZ" - sensitive velocity seismometers with a response peaked around 1 Hz. Typically only a single vertical component. Primarily used for determination of location and magnitude of regional earthquakes.
    • Broadband - Identified in Webicorders by suffixes: "BHZ" or "HHZ" (Vertical), "BHE" or "HHE" (East-West horizontal), or "BHN" or "HHN" (North-South horizontal - velocity seismometers with a wide frequency response. Typically has a vertical component and two horizontal components. Primary purpose is to record waveforms from regional and distant earthquakes for research purposes.
    • Strong Motion Identified in Webicorders by suffixes: "ENZ" (Vertical), "ENE"(East-West horizontal), or "ENN" (North-South horizontal) - accelerometers with three components. Designed to record on-scale waveforms from moderate and large regional earthquakes.
    "Eworm" DATA COLLECTION NODES

    The PNSN operates several field computers that collect and digitize data for telemetry via internet. These are shown in station maps as blue "eworm" circles. These nodes operate the same software used in the PNSN Seismology Lab, which is also shown as a blue circle.

    DATA EXCHANGE WITH OTHER NETWORKS

    The USGS EARTHWORM system allows seismic networks to exchange real-time trace data on an ongoing basis. The PNSN receives data from other networks, including:

    • The University of Oregon (a PNSN Partner)
    • The Pacific Geoscience Center (Canadian Geological Survey)
    • The Montana Bureau of Mines
    • The Northern California Network Seismic Network (UC Berkeley and USGS; Menlo Park, CA)
    • The US National Network (USGS; Golden, CO)
    This is file /SEIS/PNSN/OPS/stations.html, last modified 03/19/03
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