Make Your Own Seismogram!

The UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory operates a network of seismometers in northern and central California. The Berkeley Digital Seismic Network is an array of high-dynamic range, broadband seismometers. Data from these instruments are transmitted continuously to UC Berkeley for processing and analysis. In addition, data from other seismic networks, such as the NC and NP networks, are archived at the NCEDC. Using this form, you may create a seismogram for the station and channel of your choice.

You may choose from the list of available stations in the Berkeley seismological net below. (See this map of northern and central California for station locations.) Occasional telemetry problems may mean that the station data is unvailable for viewing. Or a station may no longer be active. If you encounter a problem, such as the "Cannot create seismogram -- apparently there is no data" error message, try requesting the data from an earlier or later time period.

Select Network
BK NC NP
Select Station list

Select a station: BK surface stations with real time data
AASB ADAM ALVW AONC ATP AZUL AVSP AUSC BABI BAKR BARR BAYL
BCCR BDM BEVN BIGM BIGV BKS BL67 BLAS BLCR BLUE BONV BOYR
BRIB BRIC BRIT BRK BUCI BUCR CCOR CGRV CLRV CMB DCMP DIAZ
DLIK DMOR DRDG DRYC EAGL ETSL FARB GALB GASB GCKB GHOP GRPK
GTSB GUMB HALS HAPY HAS2 HATC HAYF HELL HOPS HULI HULL HRCH
HUNT JASP JCC JEPS JEWT KARE KCC KETL KNEE KRUG LAKN LCOS
LCOW LCUV LEGD LGMB LIND LITV LSIB LTIB MBARI MCCM MERC MHC MILL
MKOF MLKN MMI MNDO MNLT MNRC MOD MOGU MTOS MZTA OAKV ORRS
OVRO PABC PATT PACP PBDB PESC PETL PETY PINL PKD PRDS PORC PWOD
PWAY PRDS PVSP QRDG RAMR RAVE RBOW RIMR ROMB RUSS RVRP SAGE
SANG SAO SBAR SCOT SCZ SEIA SFRE SHEP SHWD SKGS SIGP SNCR
SPAN SPRL SUGR SUTB SWNM TCHL TESL THIS THOM TOLH TRAM TRIN
TSCN TULE TUMY UKON UMUN USAL VAK WEAV WEBR WELL WENL WHCL
WHMT WINE WLKR WROK WSRE WTWN YBH YUBA

Select a station: BK surface stations with only archive data
ARC BDM GASB HAST HUMO INGL JAS
JAS1 MIN MOBB PKD1 POTR THIS STAN

Select a station: BK borehole broadband stations
TCAS TRAY TSCS

Select a station: NC network stations
AAS ABJ AFD AFL AOH AOH ASMB ASMB BAPB BAP
BAV BBGB BBN BCC BCGB BCG BCWB BCW BEH BEM
BHR BHW BJC BJF BJOB BKC BLR BMS BPA BPC
BPE BPI BPL BPOB BPO BPRB BPS BPV BRM BRV
BSG BSL BSM BSR BTI BTV BVLB BVL BVY CADB
CAG CAL CAO CAP CBP CBR CBSB CBZ CCOB CDG
CDOB CGP1 CGP CHR CLCB CMC CML CMLP CMM CMOB
CMP CMW1 CMW CNI COS CPI CPM CPP CRH CRPB
CSA CSL CSPB CSR CSTC CSU1 CSU CTA CVL CVP
CYB CYD1 CYD GAC GAR GAXB GBB GBG GBL GBM
GCK GCR GCVB GCWB GDCB GDC GDXB GFC GGPB GGPC
GGU GHC GHGB GHG GHL GHM GHO GMK GMR GNA
GNR GPM GROB GRO GRT GSG GSN GSR GSS GSX
GTC GTS GVA GVV GWKB GWK GWR GWW HAZ HBC HBH
HBT HCA HCBB HCO HCRB HER HES HFE HFP HGS
HHP HJG HJS HLB HLO HLP HLT HMOB HMP HMS
HOR HPC HSFB HSF HSL HTU JAL JAR JBG JBMB
JBNB JBR JBZ JCC JCD JCH JCPB JCP JELB JFP
JGR JHL JHP JJO JJR JLAB JLO JMGB JMM JPE
JPL JPR JPSB JRG JSA JSB JSCB JSFB JSGB JSJ
JSP JST JSV JTG KBL KBN KBO KBSB KBS KBU
KCO KCPB KCPC KCR KCSB KCS KCT KEB KFB KFP
KHBB KHMB KIP KKP KLR KMPB KMR KOM KPPB KPP
KPR KRK KRMB KRP KSH KSM KSXB KTD KTJ KTR
LAB LAMB LAMC LASB LASH LAS LBC LBE LBF LBK
LBL LBO LBP LBR LBU LCL LCM LCSB LDBB LDB
LDH LDL LEL LGM LGO LGP LGY LHE LMC LME
LMHB LMH LMI LMP LPG LPK LRB LRD LRR LRSB
LSB LSD LSF LSG LSH LSI LSR LTC LTI LVR
LWHB LWH LWPB MBEB MBE MBM MBS1 MBUB MBU MCB MCD
MCO MCS MCUB MCUC MCV MCY MDC MDH1 MDH MDP1
MDPB MDR MDY MED MEM MFA MFB MGPB MGS MHD
MINS MLC MLH MLI MLK MLM MMI MMLB MMP MMS
MMT MMX1 MNHB MPR MQ1P MRC MRD MRH MSVB MSV
MTL MTU MWR MYL NAD NAPC NBC NBO NBPB NBP
NBRB NCC NCO NCP NCT NDH NEA NFRB NFR NFVB
NFV NGI NGVB NHC NHF NHM NHS NHV NKPH NLB
NLH NLL NMB NMC NMI NMK NMTB NMT NMW NNI
NOLB NPRB NPV NRL NSC NSH NSM NSP NTAC NTOM NTO
NTR NTYB NVA NVC NWL NWS OBHB OCR OGO OHC
OST OSU OWY PABB PAGB PAN PAP PARB PAR PBC
PBIB PBM PBO PBP PBS PBW PCA PCB PCC PCE
PCHD PCM PDRB PDR PGH PHA PHC PHF PHOB PHOC
PHP PHR PHSB PIR PJC PJU PKE PKL PKYB PKY
PL11B PL11C PLOB PLO PMC PML PMM PMPB PMR PPBB
PPB PPG PPO PPTB PAN PAP PARB PAR PBC PBIB
PBM PBO PBP PBS PBW PCA PCB PCC PCE PCHD
PCM PDRB PDR PGH PHA PHC PHF PHOB PHOC PHP
PHR PHSB PIR PJC PJU PKE PKL PKYB PKY PL11B
PL11C PLOB PLO PMC PML PMM PMPB PMR PPBB PPB
PPG PPO PPTB PPT PSAB PSC PSM PSN PSO PSR
PST PTA PTQ PTR PVC PWH PWK PWM PZO

Select a station: NP network stations
1002 1003 1023 1043 1083 1479 1575 1576 1580 1581
1582 1584B 1584 1586 1587 1589 1591 1662 1678 1679
1684 1688 1689 1690 1691 1722 1725 1737B 1737 1739
1744 1745 1747 1752 1753 1755 1756 1758 1759 1760
1762 1764 1765 1767 1768 1769 1775 1779 1780 1781
1782 1786 1788 1791 1792 1793B 1793 1794B 1798 1799
1801 1802 1803 1804 1805 1806 1808 1809 1810 1813B
1814 1815 1823 1829 1830 1835 1836 1838 1845B 1846
1847 1848 1853 1855 1857 1858 1859 1861 1862 1863
1865 1877 1879 2021 DIX ELK KIR LVA1 LVA2 LVA3
LVA4 LVB1 LVB2 LVB3 LVB4 MCD MOD PLA SFFM3 SIA TWIT2

Select a BK network surface station channel:
LHZ (vertical) LHN (north-south) LHE (east-west)
  Long period channels - good for viewing distant earthquakes and low frequency events (< 0.5 Hz)
BHZ (vertical) BHN (north-south) BHE (east-west)
  Broadband channels - good for viewing local earthquakes and high frequency events (< 20 Hz)
HHZ (vertical) HHN (north-south) HHE (east-west)
  Higher Sample Rate Broadband channels - good for viewing local earthquakes and high frequency events (< 20 Hz)

Help with channels

Select a BK network borehole station channel:
LH1 (vertical) LH2 (1st horizontal) LH3 (2nd horizontal)
  Long period borehole_channels - good for viewing distant earthquakes and low frequency events (< 0.5 Hz)
BH1 (vertical) BH2 (1st horizontal) BH3 (2nd horizontal)
  Broadband channels - good for viewing local earthquakes and high frequency events (< 20 Hz)

Help with channels

Select an NC or NP network station channel:
HHZ (vertical) HHN (north-south) HHE (east-west)
EHZ (vertical) EHN (north-south) EHE (east-west)
  Higher Sample Rate Broadband channels - good for viewing local earthquakes and high frequency events (< 20 Hz)
HNZ (vertical) HNN (north-south) HNE (east-west)
  Accelerometer channels - good for viewing larger local earthquakes (< 20 Hz)

Network NP stations are archived at the NCEDC with accelerometer (HN?) channels, and about half have broadband HH? channels as well. Network NC stations archived at the NCEDC commonly have accelerometer channel EHZ, and may have other HN? accelerometer channels or HH? broadband seismometer channels. To view available channels for each station, you can use SeismiQuery's "channel" query with channel, station, and network selected, over your time period of interest.



Help with channels

Specify the seismogram time period:

You may specify up to 48 hours for broadband channels, and up to 40 days for long period channels.
Time is specified in Universal Time (UTC), which is PST + 8 hours, or PDT + 7 hours. You may wish to refer to a the maps of recent earthquakes hosted by the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab and the USGS in order to view specific earthquakes.


Help with dates and times
( e.g. for 2 days put 2d, for 24 hours put 24H, for 15 minutes put 15M, for 45 sec put 45S )
Help with duration

Plotting parameters:
Trace length in minutes: 1min 5min 10min 15min 20min 30min 60min
90min 120min 360min (6h) 720min (12h) 1440min (24h) 2880min (2days)
Note: for LH? channels, choose trace length 20 min or longer
( must be between 0.001 and 1000, default of 1.000 means no extra scaling, or enter "auto" for automatic scaling )
Help with scaling

Submit request or start over:

Please wait up to a minute for the data to be fetched and plotted.