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2002 Denali Earthquake
2003 San Simeon Earthquake
2004 Parkfield Earthquake
2015 wildfires
Berkeley Digital Seismic Network (BDSN, BK)
- Announcement: Acknowledging the NCEDC and Berkeley networks (August 02, 2017)
- MOBB preliminary OBS data available at the NCEDC (October 30, 2006)
- BDSN HH & HL data now continuous (September 25, 2004)
- BDSN BH channels changed to 40 Hz sampling (June 15, 2004)
- NCEDC archives continuous BDSN data for the 2003/12/22 San Simeon Earthquake (January 28, 2004)
- BSL earthquake catalog available in database (December 19, 2003)
- Modifications to the FIR filters on the BDSN and Mini-PBO Q4120 dataloggers (June 30, 2003)
- Quanterra Timing Errors (July 01, 2000)
- BK Network data available in SEED format (October 04, 1999)
- Byteorder problem detected in some NCSN waveform files (March 12, 1999)
- Magnitude change in UC Berkeley Earthquake Catalog (January 23, 1996)
Broadband Instruments
Bugs
Calpine/LBL Geysers data (BG)
Catalogs
- Announcement: Acknowledging the NCEDC and Berkeley networks (August 02, 2017)
- NCEDC Catalogs snapshot available on Github (June 06, 2017)
- The NCSS now reports earthquake depth relative to the geoid (sea level) (October 07, 2015)
- Geoid Depth FAQ (October 07, 2015)
- 2015 wildfires take a toll on seismic monitoring (October 01, 2015)
- Timing problem at Mammoth analog stations 01/22/2015 - 01/27/2015 (January 30, 2015)
- EGS Catalog Geysers Magnitude Errors (January 03, 2015)
- Double Difference Locations Now Available (June 02, 2014)
- NCSS event review threshold change (May 27, 2013)
- Changes to the NCSN/NCEDC catalog (July 18, 2008)
- PG&E seismic data available at the NCEDC (October 20, 2006)
- Availability of Parkfield data (September 28, 2004)
- Discrepancy in magnitude from database search (June 14, 2004)
- BSL earthquake catalog available in database (December 19, 2003)
- Earthquake Catalog Search and Map (January 08, 2003)
- Changes to Northern California earthquake catalog search (November 21, 2002)
- NCSN Data Y2K Compliant (October 21, 1999)
- Revision of NCSN Catalog (April 20, 1997)
- Magnitude change in UC Berkeley Earthquake Catalog (January 23, 1996)
- Change in NCSN Earthquake Catalog (August 01, 1995)
- Magnitude change in UC Berkeley Earthquake Catalog (February 08, 1995)
Cite the NCEDC
Data Access Methods
- Entire NCEDC Dataset Now Available Through AWS (February 09, 2024)
- Current issue with ObsPy FDSN web service client (November 01, 2022)
- FTP service to be retired on May 31, 2022 (May 09, 2022)
- BREQ_FAST service to be retired (March 11, 2020)
- EVT_FAST, NETDC & STP services to be retired (December 2017) (October 13, 2017)
- NCEDC Catalogs snapshot available on Github (June 06, 2017)
- FISSURES DHI services to be retired (Jan 2017) (January 06, 2017)
- EventData Web Service for Event-Associated MiniSEED Time Series (June 30, 2014)
- New NCEDC Web Services and Web Service Home (July 19, 2013)
- Web Services - New ways to access data at the NCEDC (November 26, 2012)
- Changes to the NCSN/NCEDC catalog (July 18, 2008)
- Bug corrected in building SEED volumes at the NCEDC (March 26, 2008)
- NCEDC reorganizes EarthScope PBO strain data directory structure (March 17, 2006)
- STP service available at the NCEDC (December 04, 2004)
- FISSURES framework implemented at the NCEDC (November 11, 2004)
- EVT_FAST now supports SEED format (November 11, 2004)
- EVT_FAST system provides access to NCSN waveform data (November 16, 2001)
- Quanterra Timing Errors (July 01, 2000)
- NetDC available at the NCEDC (January 23, 2000)
Data Availability
- Entire NCEDC Dataset Now Available Through AWS (February 09, 2024)
- Current issue with ObsPy FDSN web service client (November 01, 2022)
- FTP service to be retired on May 31, 2022 (May 09, 2022)
- NCEDC archive unavailable: Thu Dec 9th 11am-noon PDT (December 08, 2021)
- NCEDC Outage Jan 1-4, 2021 (December 16, 2020)
- Web Services Unavailable During Scheduled Maintenance Oct 2 (October 01, 2020)
- NCEDC archive unavailable: Tue Mar 10 noon-1pm PDT (March 09, 2020)
- Dataselect and Eventdata Web Services Unavailable During Scheduled Maintenance July 15-16 (July 12, 2019)
- DART system fully operational (December 12, 2017)
- DART system experiencing problems (December 08, 2017)
- All BG stations online again (October 20, 2017)
- 14 BG stations offline due to planned power outage (October 04, 2017)
- Detwiler Fire impacts NC network stations (July 21, 2017)
- Data Center Outage 09/18/2015-09/19/2015 (September 18, 2015)
- Double Difference Locations Now Available (June 02, 2014)
- NSMP first generation SEED metadata available at the NCEDC (February 15, 2012)
- MOBB preliminary OBS data available at the NCEDC (October 30, 2006)
- NCEDC reorganizes EarthScope PBO strain data directory structure (March 17, 2006)
- PBO Strain data available at the NCEDC (June 24, 2005)
- SAFOD Pilot Hole data available at the NCEDC (January 15, 2005)
- NCSN data available in SEED format (November 11, 2004)
- Availability of Parkfield data (September 28, 2004)
- BDSN HH & HL data now continuous (September 25, 2004)
- Calpine/LBL Geysers data added to the NCEDC (April 03, 2004)
- NCEDC archives continuous HRSN data following the 2003/12/22 San Simeon earthquake (February 27, 2004)
- NCEDC archives continuous BDSN data for the 2003/12/22 San Simeon Earthquake (January 28, 2004)
- NCEDC expands continuous 250 Hz archive for HRSN network (January 19, 2004)
- BSL earthquake catalog available in database (December 19, 2003)
- SeismiQuery web interface available (November 15, 2001)
- USGS Low Frequency Geophysical Data available (October 19, 2001)
- BK Network data available in SEED format (October 04, 1999)
- Change in NCSN Earthquake Catalog (August 01, 1995)
Data AvailabilityBerkeley Digital Seismic Network (BDSN, BK)
Data Center Operations
- Entire NCEDC Dataset Now Available Through AWS (February 09, 2024)
- Current issue with ObsPy FDSN web service client (November 01, 2022)
- FTP service to be retired on May 31, 2022 (May 09, 2022)
- NCEDC archive unavailable: Thu Dec 9th 11am-noon PDT (December 08, 2021)
- NCEDC Outage Jan 1-4, 2021 (December 16, 2020)
- Web Services Unavailable During Scheduled Maintenance Oct 2 (October 01, 2020)
- NCEDC archive unavailable: Tue Mar 10 noon-1pm PDT (March 09, 2020)
- Dataselect and Eventdata Web Services Unavailable During Scheduled Maintenance July 15-16 (July 12, 2019)
- New NCEDC Web Pages (June 13, 2019)
- NCEDC web server migration from Solaris to Linux (June 04, 2019)
- NCEDC archive unavailable: Wed Mar 28 11am-2pm PST (March 26, 2018)
- DART system fully operational (December 12, 2017)
- DART system experiencing problems (December 08, 2017)
- FISSURES DHI services to be retired (Jan 2017) (January 06, 2017)
- NCEDC adopts NCEDC.ORG domain name (September 14, 2005)
- IP Address Change (May 26, 2005)
- Disk drive died with NetDC, BREQ_FAST, and EVT_FAST requests (October 28, 2003)
- NCEDC rebuilding mass store filesystem (April 23, 2003)
- Updated Web pages for the NCEDC (August 14, 2002)
- Real-time earthquake information during USGS Internet cut-off (December 06, 2001)
- NCSN Byteorder problem resolved (October 20, 1999)
- New 2.5 TeraByte Mass Store (April 01, 1999)
- New facilities at UC Berkeley (February 01, 1999)
- IP Address Change (June 16, 1997)
- YBH Broadband Seismometer Change (May 17, 1996)
- Magnitude change in UC Berkeley Earthquake Catalog (January 23, 1996)
Data Center Outages
- NCEDC archive unavailable: Wed May 23 noon-1pm PST (May 23, 2018)
- NCEDC archive unavailable: Wed April 17 2019 noon-3pm PST (April 17, 2018)
- NCEDC archive unavailable: Wed Mar 28 11am-2pm PST (March 26, 2018)
- NCEDC archive unavailable: Tue Feb 27 noon-1pm PST (February 27, 2018)
- 2015 wildfires take a toll on seismic monitoring (October 01, 2015)
- Data Center Outage 09/18/2015-09/19/2015 (September 18, 2015)
- Disk drive died with NetDC, BREQ_FAST, and EVT_FAST requests (October 28, 2003)
- NCEDC rebuilding mass store filesystem (April 23, 2003)
- Real-time earthquake information during USGS Internet cut-off (December 06, 2001)
Data Distribution
Data Holdings
- BG data unavailable from 2018.064.10:00 to 2018.072.23:00. (April 12, 2018)
- Detwiler Fire impacts NC network stations (July 21, 2017)
- Gap in BG (Geysers) data July 8-9, 2017 (July 19, 2017)
- SAFOD Continuous and Event data available at the NCEDC (January 09, 2007)
- MOBB preliminary OBS data available at the NCEDC (October 30, 2006)
- NCEDC reorganizes EarthScope PBO strain data directory structure (March 17, 2006)
- PBO Strain data available at the NCEDC (June 24, 2005)
- SAFOD Pilot Hole data available at the NCEDC (January 15, 2005)
- BDSN HH & HL data now continuous (September 25, 2004)
- NCEDC archives continuous BDSN data for the 2002/11/03 Denali earthquake (March 25, 2004)
- NCEDC archives continuous HRSN data following the 2003/12/22 San Simeon earthquake (February 27, 2004)
- NCEDC expands continuous 250 Hz archive for HRSN network (January 19, 2004)
- SeismiQuery web interface available (November 15, 2001)
- USGS Low Frequency Geophysical Data available (October 19, 2001)
- BK Network data available in SEED format (October 04, 1999)
- Change in NCSN Earthquake Catalog (August 01, 1995)
Data Holdings
EarthScope PBO
Earthquake Catalogue
- NCEDC Catalogs snapshot available on Github (June 06, 2017)
- The NCSS now reports earthquake depth relative to the geoid (sea level) (October 07, 2015)
- Geoid Depth FAQ (October 07, 2015)
- 2015 wildfires take a toll on seismic monitoring (October 01, 2015)
- Timing problem at Mammoth analog stations 01/22/2015 - 01/27/2015 (January 30, 2015)
- EGS Catalog Geysers Magnitude Errors (January 03, 2015)
- Double Difference Locations Now Available (June 02, 2014)
- NCSS event review threshold change (May 27, 2013)
- Changes to the NCSN/NCEDC catalog (July 18, 2008)
- PG&E seismic data available at the NCEDC (October 20, 2006)
- Availability of Parkfield data (September 28, 2004)
- Discrepancy in magnitude from database search (June 14, 2004)
- Calpine/LBL Geysers data added to the NCEDC (April 03, 2004)
- BSL earthquake catalog available in database (December 19, 2003)
- Earthquake Catalog Search and Map (January 08, 2003)
- Changes to Northern California earthquake catalog search (November 21, 2002)
- NCSN Data Y2K Compliant (October 21, 1999)
- Revision of NCSN Catalog (April 20, 1997)
- Magnitude change in UC Berkeley Earthquake Catalog (January 23, 1996)
- Change in NCSN Earthquake Catalog (August 01, 1995)
- Magnitude change in UC Berkeley Earthquake Catalog (February 08, 1995)
Earthquake Depths
Earthquake Locations
Enhanced Geothermal Systems catalog (EGS)
High Resolution Seismic Network (HRSN, BP)
International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks
Magnitude
- Double Difference Locations Now Available (June 02, 2014)
- NCSS event review threshold change (May 27, 2013)
- Discrepancy in magnitude from database search (June 14, 2004)
- Calpine/LBL Geysers data added to the NCEDC (April 03, 2004)
- Earthquake Catalog Search and Map (January 08, 2003)
- Changes to Northern California earthquake catalog search (November 21, 2002)
- Revision of NCSN Catalog (April 20, 1997)
- Magnitude change in UC Berkeley Earthquake Catalog (January 23, 1996)
- Change in NCSN Earthquake Catalog (August 01, 1995)
- Magnitude change in UC Berkeley Earthquake Catalog (February 08, 1995)
Magnitude Errors
Mammoth
National Science Foundation
Northern California Earthquake Data Center (NCEDC)
- Data Center Outage 09/18/2015-09/19/2015 (September 18, 2015)
- Timing problem at Mammoth analog stations 01/22/2015 - 01/27/2015 (January 30, 2015)
- EGS Catalog Geysers Magnitude Errors (January 03, 2015)
- EventData Web Service for Event-Associated MiniSEED Time Series (June 30, 2014)
- New NCEDC Web Services and Web Service Home (July 19, 2013)
- Web Services - New ways to access data at the NCEDC (November 26, 2012)
- NSMP first generation SEED metadata available at the NCEDC (February 15, 2012)
- SWC - perl program for downloading waveform data from the NCEDC (May 18, 2011)
- MOBB - the first cabled broadband observatory for northern CA (February 27, 2009)
- Changes to the NCSN/NCEDC catalog (July 18, 2008)
- Bug corrected in building SEED volumes at the NCEDC (March 26, 2008)
- NCEDC reorganizes EarthScope PBO strain data directory structure (March 17, 2006)
- PBO Strain data available at the NCEDC (June 24, 2005)
- Byteorder problem detected in some NCSN waveform files (March 12, 1999)
Northern California Seismic System (NCSS)
Northern Hayward Fault Network (NHFN, BK)
PG&E seismic data (PG)
Parkfield
Parkfield Earthquakes
Plate Boundary Observatory (PBO)
Sampling Rate
San Andreas Fault Observatory at Depth (SAFOD)
Schumann Resonance
Seismic Analysis Code
Strain Data
The Geysers
Timing Errors
U.S. Geological Survey (USGS)
UC Berkeley Seismological Laboratory (BSL)
USArray
USGS National Strong Motion Project
USGS Northern California Seismic Network (NCSN)
- Detwiler Fire impacts NC network stations (July 21, 2017)
- 2015 wildfires take a toll on seismic monitoring (October 01, 2015)
- Changes to the NCSN/NCEDC catalog (July 18, 2008)
- MOBB preliminary OBS data available at the NCEDC (October 30, 2006)
- PG&E seismic data available at the NCEDC (October 20, 2006)
- NCSN data available in SEED format (November 11, 2004)
- Changes to Northern California earthquake catalog search (November 21, 2002)
- EVT_FAST system provides access to NCSN waveform data (November 16, 2001)
- Byteorder problem detected in some NCSN waveform files (March 12, 1999)
- Revision of NCSN Catalog (April 20, 1997)
- Change in NCSN Earthquake Catalog (August 01, 1995)
Uncategorized
- NCEDC archive unavailable: Thu Dec 9th 11am-noon PDT (December 08, 2021)
- NCEDC Outage Jan 1-4, 2021 (December 16, 2020)
- Web Services Unavailable During Scheduled Maintenance Oct 2 (October 01, 2020)
- NCEDC archive unavailable: Tue Mar 10 noon-1pm PDT (March 09, 2020)
- Dataselect and Eventdata Web Services Unavailable During Scheduled Maintenance July 15-16 (July 12, 2019)
- BG data unavailable from 2018.064.10:00 to 2018.072.23:00. (April 12, 2018)
- DART system fully operational (December 12, 2017)
- DART system experiencing problems (December 08, 2017)
- All BG stations online again (October 20, 2017)
- Announcement: Acknowledging the NCEDC and Berkeley networks (August 02, 2017)
- Detwiler Fire impacts NC network stations (July 21, 2017)
- Gap in BG (Geysers) data July 8-9, 2017 (July 19, 2017)
- NCEDC waveform server down from 11:00-13:00 PT today for system update (June 28, 2017)
- FISSURES DHI services to be retired (Jan 2017) (January 06, 2017)
- EventData Web Service for Event-Associated MiniSEED Time Series (June 30, 2014)
- SWC - perl program for downloading waveform data from the NCEDC (May 18, 2011)
- Bug corrected in building SEED volumes at the NCEDC (March 26, 2008)
- SAFOD Continuous and Event data available at the NCEDC (January 09, 2007)
- MOBB preliminary OBS data available at the NCEDC (October 30, 2006)
- PG&E seismic data available at the NCEDC (October 20, 2006)
- NCSN data available in SEED format (November 11, 2004)
- FISSURES framework implemented at the NCEDC (November 11, 2004)
- Availability of Parkfield data (September 28, 2004)
- BDSN HH & HL data now continuous (September 25, 2004)
- Calpine/LBL Geysers data added to the NCEDC (April 03, 2004)
- NCEDC archives continuous HRSN data following the 2003/12/22 San Simeon earthquake (February 27, 2004)
- NCEDC archives continuous BDSN data for the 2003/12/22 San Simeon Earthquake (January 28, 2004)
- NCEDC expands continuous 250 Hz archive for HRSN network (January 19, 2004)
- EVT_FAST system provides access to NCSN waveform data (November 16, 2001)
- SeismiQuery web interface available (November 15, 2001)
- NetDC available at the NCEDC (January 23, 2000)
- NCSN Byteorder problem resolved (October 20, 1999)
- BK Network data available in SEED format (October 04, 1999)
Web Services