Archive "Seismological Bulletin" Symbol Format Introduction ------------ Archive "Seismological Bulletin" consists from the event set: Event_1 Event_2 ... Event_N There are 5 record types, which all represent one event: Record_type Record_identification Relative_name (internal code) (for manual pages only) (for manual pages only) --------------- ------------------------- ----------------------- 1 Epicenter line Head 2 Magnitude line Magn 8 Comments Comm 10 Primary phase line StaP 11 Secondary phase & maximum StaS Each record is 80 bytes long. All records are assumed to be event entries such as: 10 19 Ns Head [Magn] {Comm} {StaP {StaS} } 0 0 where Ns is the number of stations reported data for an event. Epicenter line -------------- Bytes Contents Format Description ----- ------------------------- -------- -------------------------- 1-2 This record type i2 must be = 1 3-4 Next record type i2 2, 8 or 10 5-12 Event date i4,2i2 YYYYMMDD, YYYY - year, MM - month, DD - day 13-19 Origin time 2i2,f3.1 hhmmsss, hh - hours, mm - minutes, ss.s - seconds 20-22 Standart deviation f3.2 Rms of defining phase residuals 23-27 Latitude f5.3 in degrees 28 Latitude symbol a1 N or S 29-34 Longitude f6.3 in degrees 35 Longitude symbol a1 E or W 36-38 Small axis of ellip.error f3.1 in kilometers 39-41 Large axis of ellip.error f3.1 in kilometers 42-45 Large axis azimuth f4.1 in degrees 46-48 Focal depth i3 in kilometers 49-57 Reserved a9 blanks 58-60 Number of P/PKP epicenter defining observations i3 61-63 Total number of P/PKP observations i3 64-66 Number of P/PKP focal depth defining observations i3 67-70 Seismic region number i4 71-73 Geographical region number i3 74-77 Event number since the beginning of the year i4 78 Station data printing flag i1 0 or 1: 0 = yes, 1 = no *) 79-80 Number of magnitude types defined for this event i2 0, 1, 2 or 3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *) Printed bulletin version contains station data for events that have magnitude more than some predefined values. Magnitude line -------------- Bytes Contents Format Description ----- ------------------------- -------- -------------------------- 1-2 This record type i2 must be = 2 3-4 Next record type i2 8 or 10 5-12 Event date i4,2i2 YYYYMMDD, YYYY - year, MM - month, DD - day 13-14 Number of magnitude types i2 1, 2 or 3 15-16 Magnitude value f2.1 17-20 Magnitude type a4 "MPSP", "MPLP" or "MS" 21-22 Reserved a2 blanks 23-26 Channel a4 "SP","SPZ","SPN","SPE", "MP","MPZ","MPN","MPE", "LP","LPZ","LPN","LPE" 27-29 Number of observations for this magnitude type i3 30-44 The same as 15-29 bytes if number of magnitude for second magnitude type types > 1 45-59 The same as 15-29 bytes if number of magnitude for third magnitude type types = 3 60-80 Reserved a21 blanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Comments -------- Bytes Contents Format Description ----- ------------------------- -------- -------------------------- 1-2 This record type i2 must be = 8 3-4 Next record type i2 8 or 10 5-12 Event date i4,2i2 YYYYMMDD, YYYY - year, MM - month, DD - day 13-70 Comment text a58 71-80 Reserved a10 blanks ______________________________________________________________________ Primary phase line ------------------ Bytes Contents Format Description ----- ------------------------- -------- -------------------------- 1-2 This record type i2 must be = 10 3-4 Next record type i2 11, 10 or 1 5-12 Event date i4,2i2 YYYYMMDD, YYYY - year, MM - month, DD - day 13-18 Station code a6 19-33 Station name a15 34-38 Epicentral distance f5.2 in degrees 39-41 Epicenter-station azimuth i3 in degrees 42-47 Computed P-phase identification a6 48-50 First motion SP indicators 3a1 {C|D| }{N|S| }{E|W| } 51-53 First motion LP indicators 3a1 {C|D| }{N|S| }{E|W| } 54 Primary phase clarity a1 {I|E|Q| } where I indicating an accuracy to within +/- 0.2 seconds E - within +/-1.0 seconds Q - less accurate than +/- 1 second 55-59 Reserved a5 blanks 60-66 First arrival time 2i2,f3.1 hhmmsss, hh - hours, mm - minutes, ss.s - seconds 67-70 tobs - tJB residual f4.1 71-73 Channel a3 "SP","SPZ","SPN","SPE", "MP","MPZ","MPN","MPE", "LP","LPZ","LPN","LPE" 74 Defining P/PKP observation flag a1 " " = yes, "*" = no 75-80 Reserved a6 blanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Secondary phase & maximum ------------------------- Bytes Contents Format Description ----- ------------------------- -------- -------------------------- 1-2 This record type i2 must be = 11 3-4 Next record type i2 11,10 or 1 5-12 Event date i4,2i2 YYYYMMDD, YYYY - year, MM - month, DD - day 13-14 Internal secondary phase code i2 look at "Phase list" below 15-19 Secondary phase arrival time i2,f3.1 mmsss, mm - minutes, ss.s - seconds 20 Secondary phase clarity a1 {I|E| } where I - impulse arrival E - emergent arrival 21-23 Channel a3 "SP","SPZ","SPN","SPE", "MP","MPZ","MPN","MPE", "LP","LPZ","LPN","LPE" 24-29 Station operator's phase identification a6 30-33 Computed identification secondary phase error f4.1 999.9 means "didn't computed" 34-37 Station operator's identification secondary phase error f4.1 999.9 means "didn't computed" 38-39 Internal phase maximum code i2 97 ="LM", 98 ="PM", 99 ="SM" 40-44 Time of maximum amplitude i2,f3.1 mmsss, mm - minutes, ss.s - seconds 45-47 Channel a3 "SP","SPZ","SPN","SPE", "MP","MPZ","MPN","MPE", "LP","LPZ","LPN","LPE" 48-50 Maximum amplitude period f3.1 in seconds 51-57 Maximum amplitude on N-S f7.3 in micrometers 58-64 Maximum amplitude on E-W f7.3 in micrometers 65-71 Maximum amplitude on Z f7.3 in micrometers 72-73 Station magnitude value on horizontal components f2.1 74-75 Station magnitude value on vertical component f2.1 76-80 Reserved a5 blanks ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Phase list ---------- Internal phase code Phase name | Internal phase code Phase name ------------------- ---------- | ------------------- ---------- 2 P | 26 Sg C 3 pP | 27 Pn B 4 sP | 28 Pg B 5 S | 29 Sn B 6 sS | 30 Sg B 7 PKiKP | 31 PP 8 pPKiKP | 32 PPP 9 sPKiKP | 33 PS 10 PKP2 | 34 SP 11 PKHKP | 35 SS 13 Pn A | 36 SSS 14 P* A | 37 PPS 15 Pg A | 38 PSP 16 Sn A | 39 SPP 17 S* A | 40 SSP 18 Sg A | 41 PSS 19 Pn F | 42 SPS 20 Sn F | 43 PcP 21 Pn C | 44 ScS 22 P* C | 45 SKS 1 23 Pg C | 46 SKS 2 24 Sn C | 47 SKKS 25 S* C | 48 SKKKS ------------------------------------------------------------------ For local phases: A - Middle Asia, F - Far East, C - Caucasus, B - Baikal