These services may be used under EarthScope Terms of Service. Usage of the services and data in publications should cite the services according to our citation instructions and data by network.
Services implementation: FDSNWS
Request tools
| Service interface | Version | Summary | Return options |
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| metadata for time series stored in SEED format |
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| time series data in miniSEED and other formats |
Overview
These web services provide FDSN compliant access to a variety of information, including data and metadata from the EarthScope databases. FDSN Specifications can be found here
Web services can be accessed in a number of different ways:
- Small requests can be handled through your browser.
- Dedicated clients are available for making more complex or larger queries.
- Various schemas are available for download.
- Automated or scripted requests can be made using programs such as wget or curl.
- A Java API is available for Java and MATLAB users.
Services changes and interruptions will be announced publicly via our Data Announcements email list.
Real time data
All open data arriving in (near) real time are available from SeedLink servers.
The web services should not be used to retrieve continuous, real time data via repeated polling. Instead, the SeedLink server should be used when continuous data streams are needed.