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ISC: Supplementary Services for Seismology

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The primary mission of the International Seismological Centre (ISC) is to produce the most long-term and complete catalog of instrumentally recorded seismicity on a global scale by running a parametric event data exchange with ~150 seismic networks in ~100 countries. In addition, the ISC provides several supplementary datasets and services useful in many areas of geophysical research.

The International Registry of Seismograph Stations provides positions and reporting statistics of seismic stations that have shared parametric measurements with the ISC and its predecessors since 1904. The Electronic Archive of Printed Station/Network Bulletins holds the most comprehensive of all available global collections of observatory catalogues, including station parameters, produced up until the year 1998. The invited Network Articles in the Summary of the ISC Bulletin describe the history, current status, and procedures used by these networks to determine the location of seismic events, magnitudes, source parameters, event types, etc. So far, the articles from 18 networks regularly reporting to the ISC are linked to both the relevant agencies in the ISC Agency Registry and relevant hypocentre solutions in the ISC Bulletin. The ISC Event Bibliography provides references to scientific publications that describe seismic events (1904-2025) within the region of interest. The ISC Seismological Dataset Repository makes individual researcher’s datasets openly available long term and thus also helps to provide access to data used in scientific publications. The International Seismological Contacts let seismologists find colleagues in other countries and thus facilitate joint research and capacity building worldwide.

Session: Network Seismology: Recent Developments, Challenges and Lessons Learned - I

Type: Oral

Date: 4/15/2025

Presentation Time: 08:15 AM (local time)

Presenting Author: Dmitry

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