GEOFON

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Cite as

GEOFON Data Centre (1993): GEOFON Seismic Network. GFZ Data Services. Dataset/Seismic Network. https://doi.org/10.14470/TR560404.

Identifier

10.14470/TR560404

DataCite metadata

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Terms/rights

Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Creator(s)

GEOFON Data Centre

Description

• (Abstract) GEOFON (GEOFOrschungsNetz) is the global seismological broad-band network operated by the German GeoForschungsZentrum (GFZ). The GEOFON seismic network came into being in 1993 as one of the three pillars of the GEOFON program dedicated to Ernst von Rebeur-Paschwitz, proposer of a global earthquake monitoring system, who recorded the first teleseismic seismogram in Potsdam in 1889. The program and its seismic network were created to provide high quality broad-band data for scientific use and foster common standards in the seismological community. The network has evolved towards real-time data acquisition and distribution while keeping the high quality broad-band data in focus. Today the network plays a leading role in global real-time seismology providing valuable data for almost all fundamental and applied global/regional seismological research projects at GFZ and the wider seismological community. The GEOFON network is operated jointly with more than 50 international partners and in 2014 consists of about 80 active stations on all continents, but concentrated in Europe and the Mediterranean region as well as in the Indian Ocean. Station operation is mostly performed by local partners with GFZ guidance and logistic support, allowing the global network to be well-advanced technically while still extremely cost-effective. All stations are equipped with broad-band sensors (generally STS-2) that allow resolution of the complete seismic spectrum from small high-frequency local earthquakes to the largest global earthquakes. Data from all stations are freely redistributed in real-time for earthquake monitoring and tsunami warning centers immediately after acquisition at the GEOFON data centre via wired or satellite links. Archived data is also available. GEOFON is part of the Modular Earth Science Infrastructure (MESI) housed at GFZ.

Title

GEOFON Seismic Network

Publisher

GFZ Data Services

Publication year

1993

Resource type

Dataset / Seismic Network

Dates

1. Collected 1993-09-10/

Place(s)

1. global

Contributor(s)

• Data collector: GEOFON Data Centre
• Data manager: GEOFON Data Centre
• Distributor: GEOFON Data Centre
• Hosting institution: Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ

Subjects

• SeisData terms: Acceleration Accelerometers Displacement Environmental quantities Environmental sensors Geophysics Global network MESI MiniSEED Permanent Seismometers Velocity
• GCMD keywords: Earthquakes Geophysical stations/networks Accelerometers Seismometers

Funding reference(s)

1. Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam - Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ

Language

en

Sizes

1. Approximately 80 active stations; greater than 440MB/day.

Reference(s)

1. (Referenced by) Hanka, W.; Kind, R. The GEOFON Program. Annals of Geophysics 37(5), Nov. 1994. ISSN 2037-416X, https://doi.org/10.4401/ag-4196
2. (Referenced by) Javier Quinteros; Angelo Strollo; Peter L. Evans; Winfried Hanka; Andres Heinloo; Susanne Hemmleb; Laura Hillmann; Karl‐Heinz Jaeckel; Rainer Kind; Joachim Saul; Thomas Zieke; Frederik Tilmann (2021). The GEOFON Program in 2020. Seismological Research Letters (2021) 92 (3): 16101622, https://doi.org/10.1785/0220200415
3. (Referenced by) Hanka, W.; Saul, J.; Weber, B.; Becker, J.; Harjadi, P.; Fauzi, and GITEWS Seismology Group (2010). Real-time earthquake monitoring for tsunami warning in the Indian Ocean and beyond. Nat. Hazards Earth Syst. Sci., 10, 2611-2622, https://doi.org/10.5194/nhess-10-2611-2010
4. (Referenced by) Angelo Strollo; Thomas Zieke; Michael Guenther; Karl-Heinz Jäckel; Javier Quinteros; Susanne Hemmleb; Peter Evans; Andres Heinloo; Riccardo Zaccarelli; Joachim Saul; Winfried Hanka; Frederik Tilmann (2017). GEOFON Annual Report 2016, https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.B103-20041
5. (Referenced by) Angelo Strollo; Peter Evans; Winfried Hanka; Andres Heinloo; Susanne Hemmleb; Karl-Heinz Jäckel; Javier Quinteros; Joachim Saul; Riccardo Zaccarelli; Thomas Zieke; Frederik Tilmann (2019). GEOFON Annual Report 2017, https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.B103-20054
6. (Referenced by) Angelo Strollo; Peter Evans; Winfried Hanka; Andres Heinloo; Susanne Hemmleb; Karl-Heinz Jäckel; Javier Quinteros; Joachim Saul; Riccardo Zaccarelli; Thomas Zieke; Frederik Tilmann (2019). GEOFON Annual Report 2018, https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.B103-20066
7. (Referenced by) Angelo Strollo; Peter Evans; Andres Heinloo; Susanne Hemmleb; Laura Hillmann; Karl-Heinz Jäckel; Javier Quinteros; Joachim Saul; Riccardo Zaccarelli; Thomas Zieke; Frederik Tilmann (2020). GEOFON Annual Report 2019, https://doi.org/10.2312/GFZ.B103-20035
8. (Variant form of) Object Storage with miniSEED data, https://s3.gfz-potsdam.de/gc.ge S3 Information

FDSN network code

GE

Network dates

1993–

Data time range

1993–

Station count

147

Seismic metadata

fdsnws-station FDSN StationXML SC3 XML

Data centre remark

April 2025: We have detected problems with timing quality and metadata of all channels at DMH/GEOFON Station Naypyitaw (GE.NPW) and have updated metadata for this station. See our Forum post.

To retrieve waveform data and metadata (including instrument responses) for this and other seismic networks, see here. Network (data set) values are taken from DataCite XML from 2026-01-09 with Metadata Properties version 4.4. Contact us if you are the PI and wish to make changes. Old-style network page for this network here.

Station List for Network Code GE