Data from recent earthquakes across the world

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Key: Earthquakes: Newest. Purple star Red star Orange star Yellow star Green star Oldest. Plate boundary colours: Trench Transform Ridge.

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Origin date/time Magnitude Region .sac data file Seismogram images
 09/02/10 00:47.44  5.9   Oaxaca, Mexico
 08/02/10 19:56.23  3.6   Central California
 07/02/10 23:22.52  5.3   South Of The Fiji Islands
 07/02/10 17:09.46  5.6   Salta, Argentina
 07/02/10 06:10.04  6.6   Southwestern Ryukyu Islands, Japan
 06/02/10 08:56.59  4.7   Ecuador
 06/02/10 04:55.17  4.9   Poland
 06/02/10 04:45.02  6.1   Kuril Islands
 04/02/10 20:20.21  6   Offshore Northern California
 01/02/10 22:28.24  6.5   Bougainville Region, Papua New Guinea
 01/02/10 14:19.54  4.8   Offshore Baja California, Mexico
 31/01/10 03:50.44  4.9   La Paz, Bolivia
 31/01/10 02:52.11  3.1   Virgin Islands Region
 30/01/10 23:24.53  4.9   Mindanao, Philippines
 30/01/10 22:50.09  4.8   El Salvador
 30/01/10 09:32.33  3.4   Northern California
 30/01/10 07:24.06  4.9   Near The East Coast Of The Kamchatka Peninsula, Russia
 30/01/10 05:50.10  5.6   Atacama, Chile
 29/01/10 20:47.57  5.3   Galapagos Islands, Ecuador Region
 29/01/10 17:52.23  4.9   Colombia
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These data files are derived from stations operated by schools around the UK. If you intend to use the data in future publications, please attribute the original data source. Please see the Stations page for data sources.

The .sac binary data format is a standard seismic data exchange format that can be read only with a seismic data reading program. For example, the AMASEIS program described in Using Amaseis datalogging and interpretation software (PDF).

Use of these data files is at the user's own risk. NERC/BGS accepts no liability whatever in respect of loss, damage, injury or other occurrence however caused.