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Seismic Monitor

Seismic Monitor allows you to monitor global earthquakes in near real-time, visit seismic stations around the world, and search the web for earthquake or region-related information. You can also view seismograms and make dataset requests via its WILBER interface.

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IRIS Featured News

2008 Board of Directors Election Results
The IRIS Consortium is very pleased to announce the results of 2008 Board of Directors election. Click the link below for the results.
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Report Released from the Long Range Science Plan for Seismology Workshop
A pre-publication version of "Seismological Grand Challenges in Understanding Earth’s Dynamic Systems," the report from the September LRSPS Workshop, is now available in electronic form.
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12/29/2008
SSA Abstract Deadline is January 11
The 2009 Annual Meeting of the Seismological Society of America includes several sessions which may be of particular interest to the IRIS community.
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11/17/2008
PASSCAL Booth at AGU Offers Instrumentation and Software Training
PASSCAL invites all AGU Fall Meeting attendees to visit the PASSCAL booth in the AGU exhibit hall. Located adjacent to the IRIS booth in the 2300 aisle, this PASSCAL-specific booth provides opportunities for hands-on practice with PASSCAL instrumentation and software.
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11/13/2008
IRIS Deploys Seismographs for Great California ShakeOut
IRIS PASSCAL sent 10 Rapid Array Mobilization Program (RAMP) seismographs to Southern California to assist faculty and students in evaluating their response plan following a major earthquake in southern California.
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11/04/2008
New Image Gallery Debuts on IRIS Web Site
Need an image of a seismometer or scientists installing instruments at a site in Antarctica for your upcoming class presentation? The IRIS Image Gallery may have just the image you need!
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10/30/2008
IMPORTANT: Timing Errors Affecting RT130s
Starting on July 31, 2008 (julian day 213 2008), the SiRF-type ublox Trimble module started to shift in time by a second. Since then, the mysterious time shifts (back and forth) continue.
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10/27/2008
Chinese and US Geophysicists to Meet to Investigate Cooperative Research Opportunities
Geophysicists from China and the US will exchange ideas for joint seismological and geodetic research in Boulder, Colorado, November 11-14, during the 2008 Bilateral Workshop under the Sino-US Earthquake Studies Protocol.
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