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Earthquakes Data Access and Tools
Earthquakes Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) IGS Ultra-Rapid Combined Orbit Solution Product (sub-daily files, generated 4 times/day) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
extended standard product-3 (SP3c) | |
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) IGS Ultra-Rapid Combined Orbit Solution Summary Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Text format, UNIX compressed ASCII | |
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) IGS Ultra-Rapid Orbit Solution Comparison Summary Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Text format, UNIX compressed ASCII | |
| Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) IGS Weekly Ionosphere Vertical Total Electron Content (VTEC) Grid Validation Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1998-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
IONEX (IONosphere map EXchange) | |
| GNSS GLONASS Combined Broadcast Ephemeris Data (30-second sampling, daily files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GROUND STATIONS | GLONASS P, GNSS | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) Cumulative Station Position Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, Sentinel-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, SPOT-4, SPOT-5 | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SINEX | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) Extension of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF) for Precise Orbit Determination (DPOD) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, SENTINEL-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, SPOT-4, SPOT-5 | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
IDS internal DPOD format | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) IDS Coordinates of the Terrestrial Reference Frame (TRF) origin (Geocenter) Time Series Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, Sentinel-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, SPOT-4, SPOT-5, Sentinel-3B | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Geocenter | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) IDS Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) Time Series Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS | DORIS | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
EOP | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) IDS Ionospheric Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-4, SPOT-5, Sentinel-3B | DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON, DORIS | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SINEX | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Daily Data (raw files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, Sentinel-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3 | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX DORIS 3.0 | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) IDS Global SINEX Station Position Time Series Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, Sentinel-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, SPOT-4, SPOT-5 | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
IDS STCD (Station Coordinates Difference) format | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) IDS Satellite Orbit Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, Sentinel-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, SPOT-4, SPOT-5, Sentinel-3B | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SP1 or SP3 orbit format | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) IDS Weekly Station Position Product from NASA CDDIS | 1 | OSTM/JASON-2, GROUND STATIONS, CRYOSAT-2, Sentinel-3A, SARAL, HY2-A, JASON-3, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, JASON-1, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, SPOT-4, SPOT-5 | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SINEX | |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography by Radiopositioning Integrated on Satellite (DORIS) Multi-Day Data (preprocessed files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | JASON-1, OSTM/JASON-2, SPOT-2, SPOT-3, GROUND STATIONS, SPOT-4, SPOT-5, CRYOSAT-2, ENVISAT, TOPEX/POSEIDON, SARAL, HY2-A, Sentinel-3B | DORIS, DORIS GROUND STATION BEACON | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
DORIS 2.2 | |
| Ground-Based Global Navigation Satellite System Combined Broadcast Ephemeris Data (daily files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS RECEIVERS, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX | |
| Ground-Based Global Navigation Satellite System Data (30-second sampling, 1 hour files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS | Beidou RECEIVERS, Galileo RECEIVERS, GLONASS RECEIVERS, GPS RECEIVERS, GNSS RECEIVER, QZSS RECEIVERS, IRNSS RECEIVERS | 2005-10-07 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX | |
| Ground-Based Global Navigation Satellite System Data (30-second sampling, 24 hour files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS | Beidou RECEIVERS, Galileo RECEIVERS, GLONASS RECEIVERS, GPS RECEIVERS, GNSS RECEIVER, QZSS RECEIVERS, IRNSS RECEIVERS | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
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| Ground-Based Global Navigation Satellite System GLONASS (GLObal NAvigation Satellite System) Summary Data (30-second sampling, daily files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GROUND STATIONS | GLONASS P, GNSS RECEIVER | 1998-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX V2 | |
| Ground-Based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Beidou Broadcast Ephemeris Data (30-second sampling, hourly files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, GROUND STATIONS | Beidou P, GNSS | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX | |
| Ground-Based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Beidou Broadcast Ephemeris Data (daily files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, GROUND STATIONS | Beidou P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX | |
| Ground-Based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Combined Broadcast Ephemeris Data (30-second sampling, hourly files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX | |
| Ground-Based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Compact Observation Data (30-second sampling, daily, 24 hour files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS RECEIVER, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
compact RINEX | |
| Ground-Based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Data (1-second sampling, real-time streams) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS RECEIVER, QZSS P, IRNSS P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RTCM (Radio Technical Commission for Maritime Services) | |
| Ground-Based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Galileo Broadcast Ephemeris Data (30-second sampling, hourly files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Galileo, GROUND STATIONS | Galileo P, GNSS | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX |
Featured Earthquakes Observation Method: Sentinel-1 C-SAR
The Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) aboard the ESA (European Space Agency's) Sentinel-1A/B satellites provides continuous all-weather, day-and-night land imagery. SAR images can be combined to produce interferograms, which are images showing changes in land height or position associated with earthquakes.
Earthquakes Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| GUARDIAN | The GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) is a near real-time (NRT) ionospheric monitoring tool for natural hazards warning. | Monitoring Natural Events | |
| Panoply | Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. | Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison | |
| Vertex | Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. | Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting |
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