The 1997 Southern California Seismic Network Bulletin

Abstract

INTRODUCTION The Pasadena Office of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), together with the Caltech Seismology Laboratory, operates a network of more than 350 remote seismometers in southern California called the Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN). The SCSN is part of TriNet, a cooperative project between the USGS, Caltech, and the California Division of Mines and Geology (CDMG). TriNet will upgrade the existing network to digital recording, add new stations, and develop real-time and early-warning capabilities. Signals from the SCSN sites are telemetered to a central processing location at the Caltech Seismology Lab in Pasadena. These signals are continuously monitored by computers that detect and record thousands of earthquakes each year. Phase arrival times for these events are picked by analysts and archived along with digital seismograms. Data acquisition, processing, and archiving are achieved using the Caltech/USGS Seismic Processing (CUSP) system (Dollar, 1989). These data have been compiled into the SCSN...