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 financial donors are
welcome. Please contact William H. K. Lee at: <lee@usgs.gov> (office) or <whklee@ix.netcom.com>
(home).
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. 1948 Fukui
(Japan) Earthquake Archive in Memory of Prof. Masayuki
Kikuchi
5. 1957 Daly City (California) Earthquake Archive in Honor
of Mr. Manuel G. "Doc" Bonilla
(in preparation)
6. 1960 Great Chilean Earthquake Archive in Honor of Prof.
Hiroo Kanamori (in preparation)
7. 1962 Qazvin
(Iran) Earthquake Archive
8. 1963 Skopje
(Macedonia) Earthquake Archive
9. 1964 Great
Alaska Earthquake Archive in Honor of Dr. George Plafker
10. 1964 Niigata
(Japan) Earthquake Archive in Honor of Prof. Keiiti Aki
11. 1965 Rat Island
(Aleutian) Earthquake Archive dedicated
to Prof. William Stauder, S.J.
(in preparation)
12. 1965 Puget
Sound (USA) Earthquake Archive in Honor of Prof. Robert
S. Crosson
13. 1966 Gisborne
(New Zealand) Earthquake Archive
14. 1966
Uganda-Zaire Earthquake Archive
15. 1966
Parkfield (California) Earthquake Archive in Memory of Dr.
Jerry P. Eaton.
16. 1966 Varto
(Turkey) Earthquake Archive
17. 1967 Huila
(Colombia) Earthquake Archive
18. 1967 Caracas
(Venezuela) Earthquake Archive
19. 1967 Koyna
(India) Earthquake Archive
20. 1968
Valle del Belice (Italy) Earthquake Archive
21. 1968
Tokachi-oki (Japan) Earthquake Archive in Memory of Prof.
Tokuji Utsu
22. 1968
Inangahua (NewZealand) Earthquake Archive dedicated to Dr.
Robin D. Adams
(in preparation)
23. 1968 San
Martin (Peru) Earthquake Archive
24. 1968
Dasht-e-Bayaz (Iran) Earthquake Archive
25. 1969 Sardo
(Ethiopia) Earthquake Archive dedicated to Prof. Pierre
Gouin, S.J. (in preparation)
26. 1970 Dagestan
(Russia) Earthquake Archive
27. 1970 Peru
Earthquake Archive in Honor of Dr. Eric Robert "Bob" Engdahl
(in preparation)
28. 1970
Peru-Ecuador Earthquake Archive
29. 1971 San
Fernando (California) Earthquake Archive
30. 1972 Managua
(Nicaragua) Earthquake Archive in Honor of Mr. Robert D.
Brown
(in preparation)
31. 1987-1988
Gulf of Alaska Earthquake Archive in Honor of
Dr. John C. Lahr
Supported by volunteers and financial donors
Last updated: April 2, 2009
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