Nevada Seismological Lab: "Real-Time" K-12 Educational Seismic Network

Seismic Data Display Software Available to Nevada K-12 Classrooms; Contact Seismology Lab 775-784-4975
Planned Network: Installed stations listed in table below
The Nevada K-12 Educational Seismic Network establishes real-time seismographs stations in Nevada schools, integrating the earthquake research mission with Nevada science classrooms. Inexpensive as well has high end broadband and accelerographs are used in the network. Local MS Windows PC's in schools collect data from a local digitizer and are connected via the Internet to the Nevada Seismological Laboratory. The real-time data from the school is fully integrated with regional seismic network operations in Nevada; i.e. used in automatic locations, magnitude estimates, and to measure ground accelerations.
Schools also receive "live" data feeds from seismograph stations in the University of Nevada Network, western US stations, and global seismograph stations (IRIS BUD Server), as well as "live" feeds from other K-12 sites. Waveform data from remote sites is managed on the local PC so educators and students can interact with waveform data from throughout the world. In most cases, existing school computers can be used. Schools can view significant global earthquake activity as it is occurring (Records of the M 9.0 December 2004 Sumatra earthquake and aftershocks)
Installed Stations
Station
Location
City
Data Source
Sensor
CCHS
Carson City High School
Carson City, NV
 U. Nevada Reno
16-bit 4.5 Hz
DCHS
Douglas County High School
Minden, NV
 U. Nevada Reno
16-bit 4.5 Hz
GSCB
USGS Carnelian Bay Station
Lake Tahoe, CA
 U. Nevada Reno
24-bit broadband
RDRK
Red Rock Visitor Center
Las Vegas, NV
 U. Nevada Las Vegas
16-bit 1.0 Hz
STRY
Storey County High School
Viginia City, NV
 U. Nevada Reno
16-bit 4.5 Hz
LVLK
Pershing County High School
Lovelock, NV
 U. Nevada Reno
16-bit 4.5 Hz
LFG1
UNLV GeoScience Building
Las Vegas, NV
 U. Nevada Las Vegas
16-bit 4.5 Hz
MCHS
Mineral County High School
Hawthorne, NV
 U. Nevada Reno
16-bit 4.5 Hz
HYDE
Hyde Park Middle School
Las Vegas, NV
 U. Nevada Las Vegas
16-bit 4.5 Hz
RNO1
Mayberry Drive West Reno
Reno, NV
 U. Nevada Reno
16-bit 4.5 Hz
FRHS
Fernley High School
Fernley, NV
U. Nevada Reno
16-bit 4.5 Hz
POOL
NV Public Agency Insur. Pool
 Carson City, NV U. Nevada Reno
24-bit accelerometer
Schools see local earthquakes on their seismograph stations in the context of the regional Nevada seismic network. This example is a small event (Magnitude 1.5) just north of Lake Tahoe seen on K-12 and Nevada seismic network stations. Students see large earthquakes from around the world (M 6.5 December 22, 2003, southern California event), as they happen. Global station data is received from the IRIS Data Center. This example shows stations from the UC San Diego IDA network received from the IRIS Data Center BUD Server.
Contact: Ken Smith (775-784-4218) or Cathy Snelson (702-895-2916) at UNLV.

Inexpensive 16-bit 3 Channel Seismograph with 4.5 Hz High-Frequency Geophones
Nineteen rural Nevada PSN stations have been funded by the Nevada Public Agency Insurance Pool with support from the Nevada Earthquake Safety Council, and three stations have been funded by the Department of Energy through the University of Nevada Las Vegas Geological Sciences (Cathy Snelson, PI). Division of Homeland Security/Fema has also donated 8 computers for the Nevada K-12 network.
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24-hour record from the IDA Network (UC San Diego) station PALK on Sri Lanka of the M 9.0 December 26, 2004 Indonesian earthquake. Each line on this 24-hour display is one hour.