Detection of clock errors in seismic records and estimation of time shifts for a seismic network

Abstract

In the records of autonomous seismological observations occurrence of quartz watch clock drift often leads to incorrect time records. This paper presents a method for detecting such errors in a seismic station network based on the analysis of ambient seismic noise cross-correlation functions using Monte-Carlo Markov chain (MCMC) approach without using a reference signal. The proposed method was tested on the seismic data of a temporary seismic network installed on Paramushir Island in 2021-2022 for which time shifts were successfully estimated and corrections to the cross-correlation functions were made.