Seismological Data, International Polar Year, 2007-2008

Geophysical Center, Russian Academy of Sciences
World Data Center for Solar-Terrestrial Physics & World Data Center for Solid Earth Physics

A R C T I C

Format Description of Earthquake Catalogue

Russian
version

GEOPHYSICAL DATA:

ARCTIC

Geomagnetic Data
Seismological Data
Heat Flow
Gravity Data
Cosmic Rays
Ionospheric Phenomena
Volcanoes

ANTARCTIC

Geomagnetic Data
Seismological Data
Heat Flow
Gravity Data
Cosmic Rays
Volcanoes

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Data extracted from the earthquake catalogue compiled

by Gutenberg B. and Richter C. ( Gutenberg B. and Richter C., 1954 )

The catalog contains the information on 4158 events of the World

for the period from 1904 to 1952.

79 events concern to the Arctic region.

Positions Description

1- 5 Catalog Source - GUTE

6-10 Year

12-13 Month

14-15 Day

16-21 Origin Time (hhmmss)

27-33 Latitude in gedrees

34-41 Longitude in gedrees ("-" - west)

42-44 Depth in kilometers

65-68 Magnitude

69-70 Magnitude Scale, UK - unknown magnitude scale

71-75 Donor, PAS - Pasadena, California, USA.

87-89 Flinn-Engdahl Region Number ( Flinn and others, 1974 )