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ANSS Comprehensive Earthquake Catalog (ComCat), U.S. Geological Survey

Loaded into a run through the USGS Earthquake Catalog connector.

Data source with a connector

About this dataset

Earthquakes worldwide from the ANSS Comprehensive Catalog (ComCat): time, location, depth, magnitude and type of every event, from 1900 (complete for small events in recent decades). Good for frequency–magnitude, aftershock and regional seismicity studies. Public domain.

Use it in a run

The USGS Earthquake Catalog connector loads it when a study's question needs it. Each load is recorded with what was read, when, the terms and the citation, and the study's page lists it under "Data used".

e2er run "<your research question>"

Terms of use

USGS-authored or produced data are in the U.S. public domain; USGS asks that proper credit be given.

Full terms

How to cite

U.S. Geological Survey. (2017). Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS) Comprehensive Catalog. U.S. Geological Survey. https://doi.org/10.5066/F7MS3QZH

Research that uses it

No published research on e2er uses this dataset yet.

Description

Data model
Discipline
General
Method family
Empirical (quantitative)
Design
not specified
Research stage
Data acquisition
Authors
none: the source is cited on this page
Usage
not used in published research yet
Source
Data source with a connector
Record
dataset:source/usgs · JSON

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