evid 
Base Entity  event 
Attribute Name  evid 
Logical Rolename   
ColumnName  evid 
RoleName   
Definition  Event identifier. Each event is assigned a unique integer which identifies it in a database. It is possible for several records in the Origin relation to have the same evid. This indicates there are several opinions about the location of the event. The evid does not have to be identical to the local network’s event identifier, which is stored in the Origin table. This allows merging data for a single event from multiple sources without insisting that database evid is identical to the source’s local event identifier 
Note 
Range:	            evid > 0
 

prefor 
Base Entity  event 
Attribute Name  orid 
Logical Rolename  prefor 
ColumnName  prefor 
RoleName  prefor 
Definition  Preferred origin. This attribute holds the origin identifier, orid, that points to the preferred origin for a seismic event 
Note 
Range:             prefor > 0
 

prefmag 
Base Entity  event 
Attribute Name  magid 
Logical Rolename  prefmag 
ColumnName  prefmag 
RoleName  prefmag 
Definition  Preferred magnitude. This attribute holds the magnitude identifier, magid, that points to the preferred magnitude for a seismic event or an origin 
Note 
Range:             prefmag > 0
 

prefmec 
Base Entity  event 
Attribute Name  mecid 
Logical Rolename  prefmec 
ColumnName  prefmec 
RoleName  prefmec 
Definition  Preferred mechanism. This attribute holds the mechanism identifier, mecid, that points to the preferred mechanism for a seismic event or an origin 
Note 
Range:             prefmec > 0
 

commid 
Base Entity  event 
Attribute Name  commid 
Logical Rolename   
ColumnName  commid 
RoleName   
Definition  Comment identification. This is a key used to point to free-form comments entered in the Remark relation. These comments store additional information about a tuple in another relation. Within the Remark relation, there may be many tuples with the same commid and different lineno, but the same commid will appear in only one other tuple among the rest of the relations in the database 
Note 
Range:             commid > 0
 

auth 
Base Entity  event 
Attribute Name  auth 
Logical Rolename   
ColumnName  auth 
RoleName   
Definition  The auth field specifies the source of the information. This may be a network identifier (FDSN or otherwise), or any other string indicating the source of the information in the record 
Note 
Range:            Any free-format string up to 15 characters
 

subsource 
Base Entity  event 
Attribute Name  subsource 
Logical Rolename   
ColumnName  subsource 
RoleName   
Definition  A second identifier to specify the system or process that derived the data. e.g., the origin's AUTH is CI, but the subsource (the solution) was computed by JIGGLE 
Note 
Range:             Any free-format string up to 8 characters
 

etype 
Base Entity  event 
Attribute Name  etype 
Logical Rolename   
ColumnName  etype 
RoleName   
Definition  This attribute is used to identify the type of seismic event, when known 
Note 
Range:
eq = earthquake
se = slow earthquake
lp = long period volcanic earthquake
to = tornillo wavelet
tr = non-volcanic tremor
vt = volcanic tremor
nt = nuclear test
qb = quarry blast
ce = calibration
ex = generic chemical blast
sh = refraction/reflection survey shot
sn = sonic shockwave
th = thunder
ve = volcanic eruption
co = mine/tunnel collapse
df = debris flow/avalanche
av = snow/ice avalanche
ls =  landslide
rb = rockburst
rs = rockslide
bc = building collapse/demolition
pc = plane crash
mi = meteor/comet impact
st = subnet trigger
uk = unknown type
ot = other miscellaneous
lf = low frequency
su = surface event
px = probable blast
ne = not existing
nr = not reported
ae = anthropogenic event
cl = collapse
cc = cavity collapse
ax = accidental explosion
cx = controlled explosion
ee = experimental explosion
de = industrial explosion
me = mining explosion
rc = road cut
bl = blasting levee
ie = induced or triggered event
rl = reservoir loading
fi = fluid injection
fe = fluid extraction
cr = crash
tc = train crash
oc = boat crash
oe = other event
pe = atmospheric event
sb = sonic blast
an = acoustic noise
al = avalanche
he = hydroacoustic event
iq = ice quake
sl = slide
 

selectflag 
Base Entity  event 
Attribute Name  selectflag 
Logical Rolename   
ColumnName  selectflag 
RoleName   
Definition  This flag describes the “definitive” definition of an event. Helps to differentiate which event to use from two different real-time systems 
Note 
Range:		rflag = {0 | 1}
		0 = false
		1 = true
 

lddate 
Base Entity  event 
Attribute Name  lddate 
Logical Rolename   
ColumnName  lddate 
RoleName   
Definition  Load date. Date and time that the record was created, in Oracle date datatype 
Note 
Range:		Any valid date between January 01, 4712 BC and January 01, 4712 AD

Units:		 YYYY/MM/DD HH24:MI:SS
 

version 
Base Entity  event 
Attribute Name  version 
Logical Rolename   
ColumnName  version 
RoleName   
Definition  Event version number. This attribute is incremented each time the preferred origin, magnitude or mechanism of the event is updated 
Note 
Range:             version >= 0