GEOSCOPE provides earthquake characteristics and associated data for earthquakes with magnitude larger than 5.5-6, and for smaller earthquakes when located in France or in the Euro-Mediterranean region.

First information related to an earthquake is typically posted 45 minutes after earthquake origin. An update is done later in order to provide access to the data over a ~5h30 long window starting at the earthquake origin time. Data (seismograms) are raw data (not yet validated), and mainly come from real-time protocols. Time is in UTC and epicentral locations are from USGS.

Data and information related to an earthquake include:

• Since 1st January 2014 : earthquake characteristics determined by SCARDEC method: magnitude, depth, focal mechanism and source time function. The agreement between real and modelled data is also shown. For the 2011-2013 period, the near-real time analysis of the earthquakes with the SCARDEC method is available Geoazur laboratory website.
• Earthquake localization maps in the context of historical seismicity
• SEED file (and description of its content), built from continuous data of the operational stations
• Theoretical arrival times (P, PP, PcP,PKP,S,ScS, SKS) at GEOSCOPE stations
• Graphics of the BH and LH channels for each station
• Schematic view of the earthquake mechanism (Since 1st January 2014)

For some earthquakes, additional information provided by other institutes/organisms is provided.