Earthquake Monitoring

Centers, Projects & Initiatives

Real-Time Double-Difference Earthquake Locations for Northern California

PI(s):

Felix Waldhauser

This project develops and implements real-time, high-precision earthquake location algorithms for use in operational seismic monitoring procedures.

Website:

http://ddrt.ldeo.columbia.edu

Nuclear Test Ban Monitoring Research Site

PI(s):

Paul G. Richards

Lamont-Doherty Nuclear Test Ban Monitoring Research.

Website:

Nuclear Test Ban Monitoring Research site (LCSN)

Researchers

	Name	Title	Fields of interest
	Won-Young Kim	Lamont Research Professor	Earthquakes in stable continental regions, regional seismic wave propagation, monitoring underground nuclear explosions, observational seismology

News items

Latest Korean Blast Outdid 2006 Nuke Test

May 27, 2009

Seismologists, Pinpointing Location, See Little Doubt It Was Bomb

Seismologists who have intensively studied North Korea’s nuclear testing efforts say Monday’s blast was certainly a nuclear bomb, roughly five times larger than the country’s first test in 2006.

Videos

Monitoring and Verifying the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty and Prospects for its Ratification by U.S.

Earth Science Colloquium