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Stations and Data News
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New Dataless SEED for G Network
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UNM Station, Mexico
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Station PEL in Chile
2012-06-19
GEOSCOPE Stations
GEOSCOPE Observatory |
French Global Network of broad band seismic stations
The GEOSCOPE Observatory is a Global Netwok of Broad Band Seismic Stations.
These stations are recording continuously the ground motion. Data of most of the stations are arriving in real-time to the IPGP Data Center and are archived after validation.
The GEOSCOPE Network provides data for Magnitude 6.3 and greater earthquakes . Other earthquakes as those located in France or in the European-Mediterranean region may be selected too.
Map of the GEOSCOPE Network (click to enlarge) 
Address of the GEOSCOPE Observatory
in Paris - 1 rue Jussieu - 75005 Paris
in Strasbourg - 5 rue René Descartes - 67000 Strasbourg
Earthquake News
Earthquakes of particular interest provided by GEOSCOPE
History of the Observatory Geoscope : Introduction
GEOSCOPE was the first network to develop broad band digital seismological stations, since 1982 , seizing the opportunity to use the STS1 seismometer. The Streckeisen STS1 is a leaf spring seismometer which employs the force feedback system to extend the bandwidth. This equipment suppressed the traditional boundary between short and long periods in seismology (Romanowicz et al, EOS Trans, 1984).
GEOSCOPE aimed at installing a worldwide network of 25 digital broad band 3-component seismological stations. This program, on the responsability of IPGP (Paris), EOST (Strasbourg) and IRD ( Bondy). saw outside organisations, IPEV, Universities of California, Mexico, Chile, Brasil, CNES, CEA/DASE, USGS/IRIS contributing to install and hold the stations.
Since 1982, other projects appeared (USA, Japan, Italy, China, Germany..) and we join our forces in the bosom of a Federation, the FSDN (Federation of Seismological Digital Networks) to provide the scientific community as quickly as possible with data of great quality.
