BRV Data Archive

Data Archive & Access

Underground Nuclear Tests
Seismic waveform data recorded at the Borovoye Geophysical Observatory (BRV) since 1966 are available in CSS3.0 relational database format. Waveform data from 711 explosions are available.

Borovoye Archive for Underground Nuclear Explosions, 1966-1996
Test site & CountryTime window Number
Lop Nor, China 1970 Sept 22 - 1995 May 15 11
Tuamotu Archipelago, French 1977 Mar 19 - 1996 Jan 27 68
Novaya Zemlya, FSU 1967 Oct 21 - 1990 Oct 24 31
Peaceful Nuclear Explosion, FSU 1967 Oct 06 - 1988 Sept 06 80
Semipalatinsk Test Site, FSU 1966 Dec 18 - 1989 Oct 19 228
Nevada Test Site, United Kingdom 1978 Apr 11 - 1989 Dec 08 15
Nevada Test Site, US 1967 May 23 - 1992 Mar 26 278
Total number of explosions 1966-1996 711

BRV Archive Nuclear Explosion, Articles
BRV Archive Nuclear Explosion Database (download individual event)
BRV Archive Nuclear Explosion Database (download from master archive)
UNE Maps and detailed GT database
UNE ASCII Tables for Editing

World Nuclear Explosions, 1945-1999
Country Number Source
United States 1032 NV209
Soviet Union 715 RFAE
France 198 -
China 45 -
United Kingdom 45 21+24
India 3 -
Pakistan 2 -
Unknown 1 -
   2041 -
Note: ACA lists a total of 2050, France=210, while Unknown is not listed. Two bombs dropped in Japan in 1945 may have not been counted in ACA list.

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