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ISC provides access to its data via the web page www.isc.ac.uk. SEISAN has facilities for converting ISC output from either the bulletin data base which contains all data (readings etc) or just the catalog which just has the main information corresponding to the SEISAN header line.
Search complete ISC bulletin
Go to Search the ISC Bulletin/Bulletin search Select criteria, like area, time etc. Note that if phase output is chosen, too much data could result and not all is output, so do not choose too much data. You now see output on the screen like
Search summary:
Database: ISC Bulletin
Search type: Global search
Start date: 2014-03-31 00:00:00
End date: 2014-03-31 02:00:00
Events found: 98
DATA_TYPE BULLETIN IMS1.0:short ISC Bulletin Event 604511947 Morocco Date Time Err RMS Latitude Longitude Smaj Smin Az Depth Err Ndef Nsta Gap mdist Mdist Qual Author OrigID 2014/03/31 00:01:58.20 2.96 0.710 33.3883 -5.0333 27.8 24.0 158 0.0f 23 305 4.52 6.73 uk MDD 07221203DA (PRXIMO) 2014/03/31 00:01:58.22 0.82 1.030 33.3370 -4.9830 5.7 4.0 73 1.2 5.5 25 122 0.31 4.05 uk CNRM 07616416 2014/03/31 00:01:59.20 1.07 0.400 33.3270 -4.8900 5.0 2.4 73 31.0f 25 17 152 0.57 6.84 ke INMG 07894096 2014/03/31 00:01:56.55 1.17 1.752 33.4408 -4.8850 5.539 3.543 86 8.1 10.2 68 41 80 0.43 6.72 m i ke ISC 08063649 (#PRIME) Magnitude Err Nsta Author OrigID mb 3.3 0.3 5 MDD 07221203 ML 2.0 INMG 07894096 Sta Dist EvAz Phase Time TRes Azim AzRes Slow SRes Def SNR Amp Per Qual Magnitude ArrID CZD 0.43 197.8 Pg 00:02:05.057 0.1 T__ __ 46085918 CZD 0.43 197.8 Sg 00:02:09.642 -1.0 T__ __ 46085919 MD31 0.58 169.5 Pg 00:02:08.037 0.2 T__ __ 46085920 MD31 0.58 169.5 Sg 00:02:14.202 -1.2 T__ __ 46085921 MDT 0.67 159.5 Pg 00:02:09.692 0.3 T__ __ 46085922 MDT 0.67 159.5 Sg 00:02:16.808 -1.3 T__ __ 46085923 RSA 1.64 331.9 Pb 00:02:27.239 0.2 T__ __ 46085923
Save the screen output in a text file by copying and pasting using e.g. notepad or vi. In this example we put it into file isc.txt but it could be any name. With some browsers, there might be an option to copy directly to a text file. The default format on the screen is the IMS1.0 short format which is the same as the IASPEI seismic format. There will soon be a more extensive ISF format called ISF2 which also contains componenes. This can be used by the program IMSNOR. SEISAN cannot read QuakeML format directly but QuakeML can be converted to Nordic format (old) with QML2NOR.
Convert with program IMSNOR:
The previous program used is NORIMS, still included, but it does not make as complete conversion as IMSNOR and it does not convert isf2. Details of IMSNOR is found in the section on conversion programs.
Search for events only
An event catalog is available under Bulletin seach/Event catalog. The criteria is much the same as above but the output format is different. SEISAN only supports CSV format. The following shows an example output.
Search summary:
Database: ISC Bulletin
Search type: Global search
Start date: 2014-03-31 00:00:00
End date: 2014-03-31 01:00:00
Events found: 37
DATA_TYPE EVENT_CATALOGUE ISC Bulletin --EVENT--|--------------------ORIGIN (PRIME HYPOCENTRE)-------------------|------MAGNITUDES-----... EVENTID,AUTHOR ,DATE ,TIME ,LAT ,LON ,DEPTH,DEPFIX,AUTHOR ,TYPE ,MAG 604511947,ISC ,2014-03-31,00:01:56.55, 33.4408, -4.8850, 8.1, ,MDD ,mb , 3.3,INMG ,ML , 2.0 606581842,JMA ,2014-03-31,00:02:31.30, 37.0400, 140.5100, 8.0, ,JMA ,M , 1.6, 606581843,JMA ,2014-03-31,00:03:45.10, 34.0400, 135.3200, 7.0, ,JMA ,M , 0.5, 608276337,ROM ,2014-03-31,00:04:01.93, 42.7815, 12.5628, 10.2, ,ROM ,ML , 1.2, 607475289,ATH ,2014-03-31,00:08:47.54, 38.4053, 21.9940, 7.8, ,ATH ,ML , 1.4, 608873452,ISK ,2014-03-31,00:09:47.90, 37.0850, 36.7560, 5.4, ,ISK ,ML , 2.2, 607122021,TRN ,2014-03-31,00:12:09.08, 17.4540, -61.9990, 24.4, ,TRN ,MD , 2.7, 608276338,ROM ,2014-03-31,00:12:55.66, 38.0828, 15.0768, 10.8, ,ROM ,ML , 1.4, 606581844,JMA ,2014-03-31,00:21:07.70, 35.5700, 139.3500,114.0, ,JMA ,M , 2.1, 606442363,NNC ,2014-03-31,00:23:17.31, 43.1481, 78.3658, 0.0, ,NNC ,mpv , 2.5, 608276339,ROM ,2014-03-31,00:23:35.47, 43.5047, 12.3582, 8.9, ,ROM ,ML , 1.5, 606581845,JMA ,2014-03-31,00:24:13.50, 35.6600, 140.9700, 18.0, ,JMA ,M , 3.4, 607764104,RSNC ,2014-03-31,00:25:32.90, 6.8670, -73.3360,122.0, ,RSNC ,ML , 2.3, 607475290,ATH ,2014-03-31,00:26:19.97, 38.1553, 20.3230, 6.2, ,ATH ,ML , 1.7, 606581846,JMA ,2014-03-31,00:26:37.90, 35.6500, 140.9600, 17.0, ,JMA ,M , 2.1, 608276340,ROM ,2014-03-31,00:26:58.27, 44.2772, 10.7885, 7.8, ,ROM ,ML , 1.6,GEN ,Ml , 1.6 609917823,WEL ,2014-03-31,00:27:07.25,-39.0091, 176.1862, 63.9, ,WEL ,M , 2.6,WEL ,ML , 2.8,WEL ,MLv , 2.6, 606480609,TAP ,2014-03-31,00:29:40.18, 25.0880, 121.7750,134.4, ,TAP ,ML , 2.4, 607475291,ATH ,2014-03-31,00:30:29.77, 38.3278, 20.4308, 10.2, ,ATH ,ML , 1.4, 609526285,NNC ,2014-03-31,00:30:40.55, 43.4595, 82.6685, 0.0, ,NNC ,mb , 3.0,NNC ,mpv , 2.8, 608481909,OTT ,2014-03-31,00:34:19.87, 48.1538, -71.3242, 18.0,TRUE ,OTT ,MN , 2.2, 609917824,WEL ,2014-03-31,00:38:17.91,-39.4474, 175.7489, 18.5, ,WEL ,M , 1.6,WEL ,ML , 1.8,WEL ,MLv , 1.6, 606581847,JMA ,2014-03-31,00:39:38 , 28.2000, 129.5200, 19.0, ,JMA ,M , 1.6, 606581848,JMA ,2014-03-31,00:39:46.80, 36.9200, 141.4200, 35.0, ,JMA ,M , 3.0, 606480610,TAP ,2014-03-31,00:41:09.35, 23.9710, 122.2890, 27.9, ,TAP ,ML , 2.2, 609085866,HEL ,2014-03-31,00:41:42.30, 67.8960, 20.1110, 0.0,TRUE ,HEL ,ML , 1.3, 606480611,TAP ,2014-03-31,00:43:32.19, 23.8510, 120.9700, 14.6, ,TAP ,ML , 0.8, 606581849,JMA ,2014-03-31,00:45:43 , 36.6800, 140.6700, 10.0, ,JMA ,M , 2.9, 607122022,TRN ,2014-03-31,00:50:15.59, 17.4570, -61.2240, 8.2, ,TRN ,MD , 3.2, 604374637,NEIC ,2014-03-31,00:54:02.52, 36.8190, -97.6002, 5.0, ,TUL ,ML , 2.7 604400815,ISC ,2014-03-31,00:54:46.13,-32.9133,-178.5392, 35.0,TRUE ,IDC ,mb , 4.6,IDC ,mb1 , 4.8,IDC ,mb1mx , 4.1,IDC ,mbtmp , 4.5,IDC ,ML , 4.0,WEL ,M , 4.3,WEL ,mB , 4.8,WEL ,ML , 4.5,WEL ,MLv , 4.4,WEL ,Mw(mB), 4.1 606581850,JMA ,2014-03-31,00:55:13.90, 40.2200, 141.7400, 18.0, ,JMA ,M , 0.9, 608276341,ROM ,2014-03-31,00:56:12.26, 43.4783, 12.4072, 8.5, ,ROM ,ML , 0.7, 605641204,ISC ,2014-03-31,00:58:01.66, 33.9061,-117.9448, 16.3, ,ANF ,ML , 2.4,PAS ,ML , 2.3 608276342,ROM ,2014-03-31,00:59:45.31, 43.3403, 12.5418, 9.4, ,ROM ,Md , 1.5, 609849728,NEIC ,2014-03-31,00:59:50.25, 33.9112,-117.9444, 16.9, ,PAS ,ML , 2.3 606581851,JMA ,2014-03-31,00:59:53.90, 37.5100, 141.3500, 37.0, ,JMA ,M , 2.2, STOP International Seismological Centre Pipers Lane, Thatcham, Berkshire United Kingdom RG19 4NS +44 (0)1635 861022, voice; +44 (0)1635 872351, fax admin isc.ac.uk, e-mail
Save the output in a text file like above, here we use isc.csv, but it can be any name.
Convert to SEISAN with program ISCCSV2NOR
C:\seismo\WOR>isccsv2nor Input file isc.csv Number of events 37 Output file name is csvnor.outThe output file has this content
2014 0331 0001 56.5 L 33.440 -4.885 8.1 MDD 3.3bINM 2.0L 1 2014 0331 0002 31.3 L 37.040 140.510 8.0 JMA 1.6 1 2014 0331 0003 45.1 L 34.040 135.320 7.0 JMA 0.5 1 2014 0331 0004 01.9 L 42.781 12.562 10.2 ROM 1.2L 1 2014 0331 0008 47.5 L 38.405 21.994 7.8 ATH 1.4L 1 2014 0331 0009 47.9 L 37.085 36.756 5.4 ISK 2.2L 1 2014 0331 0012 09.0 L 17.454 -61.999 24.4 TRN 2.7D 1 2014 0331 0012 55.6 L 38.082 15.076 10.8 ROM 1.4L 1 2014 0331 0021 07.7 L 35.570 139.350114.0 JMA 2.1 1 2014 0331 0023 17.3 L 43.148 78.365 0.0 NNC 2.5p 1 2014 0331 0023 35.4 L 43.504 12.358 8.9 ROM 1.5L 1 2014 0331 0024 13.5 L 35.660 140.970 18.0 JMA 3.4 1 2014 0331 0025 32.9 L 6.867 -73.336122.0 RSN 2.3L 1 2014 0331 0026 19.9 L 38.155 20.323 6.2 ATH 1.7L 1 2014 0331 0026 37.9 L 35.650 140.960 17.0 JMA 2.1 1 2014 0331 0026 58.2 L 44.277 10.788 7.8 ROM 1.6LGEN 1.6l 1 2014 0331 0027 07.2 L -39.009 176.186 63.9 WEL 2.6 WEL 2.8LWEL 2.6L 1 2014 0331 0029 40.1 L 25.088 121.775134.4 TAP 2.4L 1 2014 0331 0030 29.7 L 38.327 20.430 10.2 ATH 1.4L 1 2014 0331 0030 40.5 L 43.459 82.668 0.0 NNC 3.0bNNC 2.8p 1 2014 0331 0034 19.8 L 48.153 -71.324 18.0F OTT 2.2N 1 2014 0331 0038 17.9 L -39.447 175.748 18.5 WEL 1.6 WEL 1.8LWEL 1.6L 1 2014 0331 0039 38 L 28.200 129.520 19.0 JMA 1.6 1 2014 0331 0039 46.8 L 36.920 141.420 35.0 JMA 3.0 1 2014 0331 0041 09.3 L 23.971 122.289 27.9 TAP 2.2L 1 2014 0331 0041 42.3 L 67.896 20.111 0.0F HEL 1.3L 1 2014 0331 0043 32.1 L 23.851 120.970 14.6 TAP 0.8L 1 2014 0331 0045 43 L 36.680 140.670 10.0 JMA 2.9 1 2014 0331 0050 15.5 L 17.457 -61.224 8.2 TRN 3.2D 1 2014 0331 0054 02.5 L 36.819 -97.600 5.0 TUL 2.7L 1 2014 0331 0054 46.1 L -32.913-178.539 35.0F IDC 4.6bIDC 4.8xIDC 4.1xIDC1 2014 0331 0055 13.9 L 40.220 141.740 18.0 JMA 0.9 1 2014 0331 0056 12.2 L 43.478 12.407 8.5 ROM 0.7L 1 2014 0331 0058 01.6 L 33.906-117.944 16.3 ANF 2.4LPAS 2.3L 1 2014 0331 0059 45.3 L 43.340 12.541 9.4 ROM 1.5d 1 2014 0331 0059 50.2 L 33.911-117.944 16.9 PAS 2.3L 1 2014 0331 0059 53.9 L 37.510 141.350 37.0 JMA 2.2 1
This file is a compact file, however program SPLIT can also work on compact files if there is a need to put the data into a data base.