Earthquake Strong Motion Records

NISEE no longer distributes earthquake strong motion records from our database as a number of other sites worldwide now make these records available:

PEER NGA Databases (NGA-West2: Shallow Crustal Earthquakes in Active Tectonic Regions and NGA-East: Central & Eastern North-America):
(NOTE: Registration is required to access records)
http//ngawest2.berkeley.edu

United States Geological Survey (USGS) Center for engineering strong motion data (CESMD):
http://www.strongmotioncenter.org/

Strong Motion Virtual Data Center (VDC) - List of Ground motion record sources from COSMOS:
(NOTE: Registration is required to access records)
http://www.strongmotioncenter.org/vdc/scripts/default.plx

Japanese networks (KiK-net and K-NET) - English Language Page:
(NOTE: Registration is required to access records)
http://www.kyoshin.bosai.go.jp/

European Strong-Motion Data (ISESD):
(NOTE: Registration is required to access records)
http://www.isesd.hi.is/ESD_Local/frameset.htm

Archived SAC Steel Project Time Histories:
Strong motion records for Los Angeles, Boston, and Seattle prepared for research purposes.
http://nisee.berkeley.edu/elibrary/files/documents/data/strong_motion/sacsteel/ground_motions.html

The Global Earthquake Model (GEM) project
The GEM project develops open-source earthquake risk assessment tools and collects and generates earthquake risk information,
including Ground Motion Prediction Equations (GMPEs) for worldwide use.
http://www.globalquakemodel.org/

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