ANSS - Advanced National Seismic System

Mission

Regional seismic monitoring in the IMW Region continues to rely on a geographic patchwork of seismic networks, involving both stably-funded and unstably-funded operations. Well-established networks cover most of Utah, Nevada, and Montana. Throughout the IMW Region—and especially in Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona—the challenges are to achieve adequate geographic coverage of seismically hazardous areas, especially in gaps between existing networks and in areas that have been historically neglected; stable network operations in areas where seismic hazard and/or risk warrants continuous seismic monitoring; and coordinated data exchange, uniform earthquake reporting and response, and compilation of homogenous earthquake catalogs for more systematically defined regions of responsibility.

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Capabilities

Earthquake Response Products

General Informational Products

Contact Info

• University of Utah Seismograph Stations
  135 South 1460 East
  Room 705 WBB
  Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0111
  
  Phone: (801) 581-6274
  FAX: (801) 585-5585
  


• University of Reno Seismic Lab
  Seismological Labratory/174
  Mackay School of Mines
  Reno, NV 89557
  
  Phone: (775) 784-4975
  


• Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology
  Earthquake Studies Office
  1300 West Park St.
  Butte, MT 59701
  
  Phone: (406) 496-4332