Team of Researchers, Data Analysts, Engineers, and Assistants Involved in the Operation Of: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SEISMIC NETWORK SCEC DATA CENTER TERRASCOPE CUBE
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U.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY THE SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA NETWORK BULLETIN JANUARY - DECEMBER 1993 by LisaA.Wald Sue Perry-Huston and Douglas D. Given Open-File Report 94-199 This report is preliminary and has not been reviewed for conformity with U.S. Geological Survey editorial standards or with the North American Stratigraphic Code. Any use of trade, product, or firm names is for descriptive purposes only and does not imply endorsement by the U.S. Government. U.S. Geological Survey 525 S. Wilson Avenue Pasadena, CA 91106 1994 Team of researchers, data analysts, engineers, and assistants involved in the operation of: SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SEISMIC NETWORK SCEC DATA CENTER TERRASCOPE CUBE USGS Caltech Daryl Baisley Steve Bryant Armando Burciaga Rob Clayton Bob Cone Katrin Douglass Gary Cone Janet Femandes Bill Curtis Ann Freeman Linda Curtis Riley Geary Bob Dollar Egill Hauksson Doug Given Will Huston Tom Heaton Kate Hutton Sue Hough Dave Johnson Ken Hudnut Hiroo Kanamori Donna Jenkins Phil Maechling Lucy Jones Rosemary Miller Chuck Koesterer Wayne Miller Scott Lydeen Dee Page Jim Mori Helen Qian Sue Perry Eric Riggs David Wald Robby Robb Lisa Wald Paul Roberts Nick Scheckel Bob Taylor Debbie Wells Kathy Willis Sue Yamada For questions regarding this Network Bulletin, please contact Lisa Wald at [email protected] (818-405-7822). Table Of Contents INTRODUCTION....................................................................................................................^ NETWORK CONFIGURATION...................................................................................................5 New Station...................................................................................................................5 New Stations..................................................................................................................5 BAG...................................................................................................................5 BAL...................................................................................................................5 BLC...................................................................................................................5 GRH...................................................................................................................5 HMT...................................................................................................................5 IND....................................................................................................................5 LRL....................................................................................................................5 MNT...................................................................................................................5 NHL...................................................................................................................5 OAK...................................................................................................................? FBI....................................................................................................................7 SIP.....................................................................................................................7 SMF...................................................................................................................7 SXT...................................................................................................................7 SYL....................................................................................................................7 TM2...................................................................................................................7 VRD...................................................................................................................7 WD...................................................................................................................7 WIN...................................................................................................................? Discontinued Stations ........................................................................................................8 TERRAscope Stations........................................................................................................8 Joshua Tree Portables........................................................................................................9 NETWORK OPERATIONS.........................................................................................................10 Status of Processing..........................................................................................................10 Real-time Earthquake Data with Finger ....................................................................................11 ISAIAH Replaces RTP.......................................................................................................11 Data Archiving: Continuous Signal, Regional & Teleseismic Events ..................................................11 CUSP Meeting................................................................................................................12 RESEARCH NOTES .................................................................................................................14 Landers......................................................................................................................... 14 SYNOPSIS OFSEISMICITY.......................................................................................................16 Imperial Valley................................................................................................................16 South Elsinore.................................................................................................................l6 Los Angeles ...................................................................................................................16 North Elsinore.................................................................................................................16 San Bernardino................................................................................................................l6 North Mojave..................................................................................................................23 South Sierra Nevada..........................................................................................................23 Kern County...................................................................................................................23 Santa Barbara..................................................................................................................23 REFERENCES ........................................................................................................................24 List of Tables Table 1. New Stations ...........................................................................................................7 Table 2. Discontinued Stations..................................................................................................8 Table3. TERRAscope Site Information.......................................................................................9 Table 4. Joshua Tree Portable Seismometers .................................................................................9 TableS. Processing Status of Network Data..................................................................................10 List of Figures Figure 1. Southern California Seismic Network...............................................................................6 Figure 2. Map of all located earthquakes in southern California for 1993 ..................................................17 Figure 3. Map of located earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 and larger in southern California for 1993.................... 18 Figure 4. Lower hemisphere focal mechanisms for selected events for 1993..............................................19 Figure 5. Map of sub-regions used in Figures 6a and 6b.....................................................................20 Figure 6a. Cumulative number of events (ML>2.5) in sub-regions 1 through 6 over the four year period..............21 Figure 6b. Cumulative number of events (ML>2.5) in sub-regions 7 through 11 and for all sub-regions...............22 List of Appendices Appendix A. Significant Southern California Earthquakes ....................................................................A-1 Appendix B. New SCSNGPS Locations in NAD-83 .........................................................................B-1 Appendix C. Instrument Response Values for Stations Recorded by SCSN................................................C-l Appendix D. DATTape Archives.................................................................................................D-l Index INTRODUCTION The Pasadena Office of the U.S. Geological Survey together with the California Institute of Technology operates a network of more than 300 remote seismometers in southern California called the Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN). Signals from these sites are telemetered to the central processing site at the Caltech Seismological Laboratory in Pasadena. These signals are continuously monitored by computers that detect and record thousands of earthquakes each year. Phase arrival times for these events are picked by analysts