orid 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  orid 
Logical Rolename  orid 
ColumnName  orid 
RoleName  orid 
Definition  Origin identification. Each origin is assigned a unique positive integer which identifies it in the database. The orid is used to identify one of the many hypotheses of the actual location of the event 
Note  Range: orid > 0 

evid 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  evid 
Logical Rolename  evid 
ColumnName  evid 
RoleName  evid 
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 

prefmag 
Base Entity  origin 
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  origin 
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  origin 
Attribute Name  commid 
Logical Rolename  commid 
ColumnName  commid 
RoleName  commid 
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 

bogusflag 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  bogusflag 
Logical Rolename  bogusflag 
ColumnName  bogusflag 
RoleName  bogusflag 
Definition  This field describes whether an origin is bogus or not 
Note  Range: bogusflag = {0 | 1} 0 = no 1 = yes  

datetime 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  datetime 
Logical Rolename  datetime 
ColumnName  datetime 
RoleName  datetime 
Definition  The date of associated with information in the record, in true epoch format 
Note  Range: Any valid float. datetime = 0.0 on January 01, 1970 at 00:00:00.0000 Units: Seconds  

lat 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  lat 
Logical Rolename  lat 
ColumnName  lat 
RoleName  lat 
Definition  Latitude. This attribute is the geographic latitude. Locations north of the equator have positive latitudes 
Note  Range: -90.0 <= lat <= 90.0 Units: Degrees  

lon 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  lon 
Logical Rolename  lon 
ColumnName  lon 
RoleName  lon 
Definition  Longitude. This attribute is the geographic longitude. Longitudes are measured positive east of the Greenwich meridian 
Note  Range: -180.0 <= lon <= 180.0 Units: Degrees  

depth 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  depth 
Logical Rolename  depth 
ColumnName  depth 
RoleName  depth 
Definition  Source depth. This attribute gives the depth of the event origin. The reference depth of 0 is usually defined as the average elevation of stations used to determine the origin, although other data may be specified. Positive values are down, negative values are up from the reference point 
Note  Range: -10.0 <= depth <= 1000.0 Units: Kilometers  

type 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  type 
Logical Rolename  type 
ColumnName  type 
RoleName  type 
Definition  Type of location 
Note  Range: type = {H | C | A} H = hypocenter C = centroid A = amplitude  

algorithm 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  algorithm 
Logical Rolename  algorithm 
ColumnName  algorithm 
RoleName  algorithm 
Definition  Algorithm used. This is a brief textual description of the algorithm used to compute a seismic origin 
Note  Range: Any free-format string up to 15 characters 

algo_assoc 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  algo_assoc 
Logical Rolename  algo_assoc 
ColumnName  algo_assoc 
RoleName  algo_assoc 
Definition  Association algorithm used. This is a textual description of the algorithm used for associating the data 
Note  Range: Any free-format string up to 80 characters 

auth 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  auth 
Logical Rolename  auth 
ColumnName  auth 
RoleName  auth 
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  origin 
Attribute Name  subsource 
Logical Rolename  subsource 
ColumnName  subsource 
RoleName  subsource 
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 

datumhor 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  datumhor 
Logical Rolename  datumhor 
ColumnName  datumhor 
RoleName  datumhor 
Definition  Datum type for horizontal (latitude and longitude) coordinates 
Note  Range: datumhor = { NAD27 | WGS84} 

datumver 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  datumver 
Logical Rolename  datumver 
ColumnName  datumver 
RoleName  datumver 
Definition  Datum type for depth or elevation 
Note  Range: datumver = { NAD27 | WGS84 | AVERAGE} AVERAGE = average of stations  

gap 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  gap 
Logical Rolename  gap 
ColumnName  gap 
RoleName  gap 
Definition  Gap in azimuthal coverage 
Note  Range: 0.0 <= gap <= 360.0 Units: Degrees 

distance 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  distance 
Logical Rolename  distance 
ColumnName  distance 
RoleName  distance 
Definition  Distance from the origin to the nearest station 
Note  Range: distance >= 0.0 Units: Kilometers  

wrms 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  wrms 
Logical Rolename  wrms 
ColumnName  wrms 
RoleName  wrms 
Definition  This attribute denotes the weighted RMS 
Note  Range: wrms > 0.0 

stime 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  stime 
Logical Rolename  stime 
ColumnName  stime 
RoleName  stime 
Definition  Origin time error. This attribute denotes the standard deviation of the origin time 
Note  Range: stime >= 0.0 Units: Seconds  

erhor 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  erhor 
Logical Rolename  erhor 
ColumnName  erhor 
RoleName  erhor 
Definition  Horizontal error. This attribute denotes the location uncertainty that accompanies the location 
Note  Range: erhor >= 0.0 Units: Kilometers  

sdep 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  sdep 
Logical Rolename  sdep 
ColumnName  sdep 
RoleName  sdep 
Definition  Depth error. This is the standard deviation of the depth estimate 
Note  Range: sdep >= 0.0 Units: Kilometers  

erlat 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  erlat 
Logical Rolename  erlat 
ColumnName  erlat 
RoleName  erlat 
Definition  Error in latitude. This is the standard deviation of the latitude estimate 
Note  Range: erlat >= 0.0 Units: Kilometers  

erlon 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  erlon 
Logical Rolename  erlon 
ColumnName  erlon 
RoleName  erlon 
Definition  Error in longitude. This is the standard deviation of the longitude estimate 
Note  Range: erlon >= 0.0 Units: Kilometers  

totalarr 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  totalarr 
Logical Rolename  totalarr 
ColumnName  totalarr 
RoleName  totalarr 
Definition  Total number of phases in the database for the specified orid. This field signifies the number of P and S arrivals with non-zero input weights 
Note  Range: totalarr >= 0 

totalamp 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  totalamp 
Logical Rolename  totalamp 
ColumnName  totalamp 
RoleName  totalamp 
Definition  Total number of amplitudes in the database for the specified orid. Not all amplitudes have to associated with all magnitudes or origins 
Note  Range: totalamp >= 0 

ndef 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  ndef 
Logical Rolename  ndef 
ColumnName  ndef 
RoleName  ndef 
Definition  This attribute denotes the number of phases with non-zero output weights used in hypocenter calculation 
Note  Range: ndef >= 0 

nbs 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  nbs 
Logical Rolename  nbs 
ColumnName  nbs 
RoleName  nbs 
Definition  Number of S phase readings with non-zero output weights 
Note  Range: nbs >= 0 

nbfm 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  nbfm 
Logical Rolename  nbfm 
ColumnName  nbfm 
RoleName  nbfm 
Definition  Number of P first motions with non-zero input weights 
Note  Range: nbfm >= 0 

locevid 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  locevid 
Logical Rolename  locevid 
ColumnName  locevid 
RoleName  locevid 
Definition  Local event identifier. This attribute describes the original event identifier of the event. In combination with auth and subsource, it can be used to uniquely identify the original event identifier from that source. For example, waveforms from the original source may be associated with this identifier 
Note  Range: Any free-format string up to 12 characters long 

quality 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  quality 
Logical Rolename  quality 
ColumnName  quality 
RoleName  quality 
Definition  This attribute denotes the quality of an origin, an arrival, or a mechanism. 1.0 = good, 0.0 = bad 
Note  Range: 0.0 <= quality <= 1.0 

fdepth 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  fdepth 
Logical Rolename  fdepth 
ColumnName  fdepth 
RoleName  fdepth 
Definition  This attribute indicates if the depth was fixed or not to compute the solution 
Note  Range: fdepth = {y | n} y = fixed depth n = free depth  

fepi 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  fepi 
Logical Rolename  fepi 
ColumnName  fepi 
RoleName  fepi 
Definition  This attribute indicates if the epicenter was fixed or not to compute the solution 
Note  Range: fepi = {y | n} y = fixed epicenter n = free epicenter  

ftime 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  ftime 
Logical Rolename  ftime 
ColumnName  ftime 
RoleName  ftime 
Definition  This attribute indicates if the origin time was fixed or not to compute the solution 
Note  Range: ftime = {y | n} y = fixed origin time n = free origin time  

vmodelid 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  vmodelid 
Logical Rolename  vmodelid 
ColumnName  vmodelid 
RoleName  vmodelid 
Definition  Velocity model identification 
Note  Range: vmodelid > 0 

cmodelid 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  cmodelid 
Logical Rolename  cmodelid 
ColumnName  cmodelid 
RoleName  cmodelid 
Definition  Crustal model identifier 
Note  Range: cmodelid > 0 

rflag 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  rflag 
Logical Rolename  rflag 
ColumnName  rflag 
RoleName  rflag 
Definition  This flag describes whether an observation was generated automatically, by a human, or has been finalized 
Note  Range: rflag = {A | H | F} A = automatic H = reviewed by human F = finalized 

lddate 
Base Entity  origin 
Attribute Name  lddate 
Logical Rolename  lddate 
ColumnName  lddate 
RoleName  lddate 
Definition  Load date. Date and time that the record was created or last modified, 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