The data base provides information on 915 655 earth tremors (natural and artificial) from 2100 B.C. trough December 1992. 46 worldwide and regional earthquake catalogs are included.

Each earthquake in the data base is detailed according to source, data, time, latitude, longitude, magnitude, depth, intensity and associated phenomena. The data base contains earthquakes with known magnitude values that can range between 0.1 and 9.9.

This CD-ROM was produced by the National Earthquake Information Center, U.S.Geological Survey (NEIC, USGS).

The data base is provided with the EPIC software to retrieve historical earthquake data and to display the data graphically. Through the use of screen menu, EPIC guides the user through the selection and retrieval process.

The data were obtained from the World Data Center for Seismology, Denver.

Catalogs and subsets of data may be ordered by e-mail .