ANSS - Advanced National Seismic System
Northeast Region
Mission
Regional seismic monitoring in the Northeast relies primarily on the integrated seismic monitoring efforts of Weston Observatory of Boston College, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory (LDEO) at Columbia University and the USGS. Boston College runs a 14-station broadband network in the New England region, LDEO operates an adjacent network of 40 short-period, broadband and strong motion stations primarily focusing on earthquake activity in New York, Pennsylvania and New Jersey and surrounding states, and the USGS operates and maintains complementary stations of the ANSS backbone seismic network. Coordinated data exchange between the principal monitoring facilities ensures uniform earthquake reporting and response and the compilation of high-quality earthquake data and catalog products, which are critical for earthquake hazards assessment and mitigation.
Capabilities
Earthquake Response Products
Magnitudes: Ml, Mw, Mc, Mn
Body-wave Moment Tensor Solutions: M4.0 or larger
ShakeMap: developing model-based shakemaps for region
Community Internet Intensity Maps
Email and pager notification
Web-pages
Detailed Seismicity Maps
Phase data
Historical Seismicity
Heli-Pages
Station Maps
Special Event Pages
General Informational Products
Moment Tensor and Broadband Source Parameter Searches
Contact Info
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Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
P.O. Box 1000, 61 Route 9W
Palisades, NY 10964
Phone: (845) 365-8387
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Weston Observatory
Boston College Dept. of Geology & Geophysics
381 Concord Rd.,
Weston, MA 02493
Phone: (617) 552-8300
Region Partners
