Seismic data from nuclear tests, chemical explosions and earthquakes recorded at
analog seismographic stations in former Soviet Union (FSU) are available in
CSS3.0 relational database with raw digitized waveforms in SAC format.
Notice, 20 February 2015 - New information is acquired for instruments used in FSU.
Hence, we are updating the instrument responses used in the digitized analog
archive. CSS3.0 relational database files, .instrument, .sensor, and .sitechan
are being updated. We will remove this notice when updated archive data
are uploaded here.
Source types and regions | Time window | No of events |
Lop Nor Test Site, China | 1965 May 14 - 1996 July 29 | 35 (125 MB) |
Novaya Zemlya Test Site, USSR | 1961 Sept 10 - 1990 Oct 24 | 60 (279 MB) |
Pokharan Test Site, India | 1974 May 18 - 1998 May 11 | 2 |
Chagay Test Site, Pakistan | 1998 May 28 | 1 |
In Ekker Test Site, Algeria, by France | 1962 May 1 - 1966 Feb 16 | 5 |
Amchitka Test Site, USA | 1965 Oct 29 - 1971 Nov 6 | 3 |
Mururoa Test Site, South Pacfic, by France | 1968 Aug 24 - 1996 Jan 27 | 61 |
Nevada Test Site, USA | 1963 Sept 13 - 1992 Mar 26 | 196 (56 MB) |
Balapan region, Semipalatinsk Test Site, USSR | 1965 Jan 15 - 1989 Oct 19 | 100 (282 MB) |
Degelen region, Semipalatinsk Test Site, USSR | 1961 Sept 1 - 1989 Oct 4 | 224 (374 MB) |
Total number of nuclear explosions | 1961 - 1999 | 687 |
Other Types of Nuclear Explosions and Earthquakes
Source types and regions | Time window | No of events |
Peaceful Nuclear Explosions, USSR | 1965 Mar 30 - 1988 Sept 06 | 102 (210 MB) |
Large Chemical Explosions in Central Asia | 1961 Jun 05 - 1989 Jun 11 | 39 (82 MB) |
Earthquakes, Lop Nor Test Site region, China | 1967 Mar 24 - 1999 Jan 25 | 26 |
Earthquakes, Semipalatinsk Test Site Region, USSR | 1966 Dec 26 - 1996 Mar 26 | 7 |
Total number of explosions and earthquakes | 1961 - 1999 | 174 |
Note on the instrument responses for digitized analog seismic records
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