urn:ieda:metadata:for:doi:10.14470/TR560404 eng dataset Seismic Network Interdisciplinary Earth Data Alliance | Lamont Doherty Earth Observatory | Columbia Univeristy info@EarthChem.org http://www.earthchem.org/sites/earthchem.org/files/arthemia_logo.jpg logo graphic pointOfContact ISO 19139 Geographic Information - Metadata - Implementation Specification 2007 urn:ogc:def:crs:EPSG:4326 GEOFON Seismic Network 1993 publication doi:10.14470/TR560404 GEOFON Data Centre missing@unknown.org author GEOFON Data Centre DataCollector missing@unknown.org collaborator GEOFON Data Centre DataManager missing@unknown.org custodian GEOFON Data Centre Distributor missing@unknown.org originator geofon@gfz.de ContactPerson missing@unknown.org pointOfContact Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ HostingInstitution missing@unknown.org distributor GFZ Data Services missing@unknown.org publisher 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. funderName:Helmholtz-Zentrum Potsdam - Deutsches GeoForschungsZentrum GFZ funderIdentifier:https://doi.org/10.13039/501100010956; IDType:Crossref Funder ID Complete geofon@gfz.de ContactPerson missing@unknown.org pointOfContact .mseed In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Magnetic/Motion Sensors > Seismometers GCMD Instruments publication In Situ/Laboratory Instruments > Magnetic/Motion Sensors > Accelerometers GCMD Instruments publication In Situ Land-based Platforms > GEOPHYSICAL STATIONS/NETWORKS GCMD Platforms publication EARTH SCIENCE > SOLID EARTH > TECTONICS > EARTHQUAKES GCMD Platforms publication Accelerometers SeisData publication Global network SeisData publication Permanent SeisData publication Velocity SeisData publication Seismometers SeisData publication MiniSEED SeisData publication MESI SeisData publication Geophysics SeisData publication FOS: Earth and related environmental sciences Fields of Science and Technology (FOS) publication Environmental sensors SeisData publication Acceleration SeisData publication Displacement SeisData publication Environmental quantities SeisData publication Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International 10.4401/ag-4196 DOI IsReferencedBy 10.1785/0220200415 DOI IsReferencedBy https://geofon.gfz.de/waveform/archive/response/GE URL HasMetadata 10.5194/nhess-10-2611-2010 DOI IsReferencedBy 10.2312/gfz.b103-20041 DOI IsReferencedBy 10.2312/gfz.b103-20054 DOI IsReferencedBy 10.2312/gfz.b103-20066 DOI IsReferencedBy 10.2312/gfz.b103-20035 DOI IsReferencedBy https://s3.gfz-potsdam.de/gc.ge URL IsVariantFormOf eng -156.2 147.2 -71.7 78.9 global 80440.000000 http://dx.doi.org/10.14470/TR560404 WWW:LINK-1.0-http--link Landing Page Link to DOI landing page or data facility landing page if no DOI is assigned. information This metadata record was generated by an xslt transformation from a DataCite metadata record; The originator of the dataCite record should be cited in the metadataContact field of this record. The transform was created by Damian Ulbricht and Stephen M. Richard. Run on 2026-04-16 Stephen M. Richard info@iedadata.org processor