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BasicEventDescriptionTypes class diagram

SourceTimeFunction [type]

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SourceTimeFunction.decayTime (type float)

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SourceTimeFunction.duration (type float)

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SourceTimeFunction.riseTime (type float)

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SourceTimeFunction.type (type bedt:SourceTimeFunctionType)

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NodalPlanes [type]

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NodalPlanes.nodalPlane1 (type bedt:NodalPlane)

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NodalPlanes.preferredPlane (type int)

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CompositeTime [type]

Focal times differ significantly in their precision. While focal times of instrumentally located earthquakes are estimated precisely down to seconds, historic events have only incomplete time descriptions. Sometimes, even contradictory information about the rupture time exist. The CompositeTime type allows for such complex descriptions. If the specification is given with no greater accuracy than days (i.e., no time components are given), the date refers to local time. However, if time components are given, they have to refer to UTC. As an example, consider a historic earthquake in California, e.g., on 28 February 1730, with no time information given. Expressed in UTC, this day extends from 1730-02-28T08:00:00Z until 1730-03-01T08:00:00Z. Such a specification would be against intuition. Therefore, for date-time specifications without time components, local time is used. In the example, the CompositeTime attributes are simply year 1730, month 2, and day 28. In the corresponding time attribute of the origin, however, UTC has to be used. If the unknown time components are assumed to be zero, the value is 1730-02-28T08:00:00Z.

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CompositeTime.year (type co:IntegerQuantity)

Year or range of years of the event’s focal time.

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CompositeTime.month (type co:IntegerQuantity)

Month or range of months of the event’s focal time.

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CompositeTime.day (type co:IntegerQuantity)

Day or range of days of the event’s focal time.

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CompositeTime.hour (type co:IntegerQuantity)

Hour or range of hours of the event’s focal time.

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CompositeTime.minute (type co:IntegerQuantity)

Minute or range of minutes of the event’s focal time.

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CompositeTime.second (type co:RealQuantity)

Second and fraction of seconds or range of seconds with fraction of the event’s focal time.

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CompositeTime.calendar (type string)

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DataUsed [type]

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DataUsed.componentCount (type int)

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DataUsed.longestPeriod (type float)

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DataUsed.shortestPeriod (type float)

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DataUsed.stationCount (type int)

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DataUsed.waveType (type bedt:DataUsedWaveType)

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Axis [type]

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Axis.azimuth (type co:RealQuantity)

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Axis.plunge (type co:RealQuantity)

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Axis.length (type co:RealQuantity)

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OriginQuality [type]

This type contains various attributes commonly used to describe the quality of an origin, e. g., errors, azimuthal coverage, etc. Origin objects have an optional attribute of the type OriginQuality.

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OriginQuality.associatedPhaseCount (type int)

Number of associated phases, regardless of their use for origin computation.

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OriginQuality.usedPhaseCount (type int)

Number of defining phases, i. e., phase observations that were actually used for computing the origin. Note that there may be more than one defining phase per station.

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OriginQuality.associatedStationCount (type int)

Number of stations at which the event was observed.

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OriginQuality.usedStationCount (type int)

Number of stations from which data was used for origin computation.

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OriginQuality.depthPhaseCount (type int)

Number of depth phases (typically pP, sometimes sP) used in depth computation.

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OriginQuality.standardError (type float)

RMS of the travel time residuals of the arrivals used for the origin computation. Unit: s

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OriginQuality.azimuthalGap (type float)

Largest azimuthal gap in station distribution as seen from epicenter. For an illustration of azimuthal gap and secondary azimuthal gap (see below), see Fig. 5 of Bond´ar et al. (2004). Unit: deg

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OriginQuality.secondaryAzimuthalGap (type float)

Secondary azimuthal gap in station distribution, i. e., the largest azimuthal gap a station closes. Unit: deg

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OriginQuality.groundTruthLevel (type string)

String describing ground-truth level, e. g. GT0, GT5, etc. It has a maximum length of 32 characters.

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OriginQuality.maximumDistance (type float)

Epicentral distance of station farthest from the epicenter. Unit: deg

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OriginQuality.minimumDistance (type float)

Epicentral distance of station closest to the epicenter. Unit: deg

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OriginQuality.medianDistance (type float)

Median epicentral distance of used stations. Unit: deg

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Phase [type]

Generic and extensible phase description that currently contains the phase code only.

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Phase.code (type string)

Phase code as given in the IASPEI Standard Seismic Phase List (Storchak et al. 2003). String with a maximum length of 32 characters.

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Tensor [type]

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Tensor.Mrr (type co:RealQuantity)

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Tensor.Mtt (type co:RealQuantity)

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Tensor.Mpp (type co:RealQuantity)

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Tensor.Mrt (type co:RealQuantity)

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Tensor.Mrp (type co:RealQuantity)

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Tensor.Mtp (type co:RealQuantity)

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PrincipalAxes [type]

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PrincipalAxes.tAxis (type bedt:Axis)

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PrincipalAxes.pAxis (type bedt:Axis)

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PrincipalAxes.nAxis (type bedt:Axis)

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ConfidenceEllipsoid [type]

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ConfidenceEllipsoid.semiMajorAxisLength (type float)

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ConfidenceEllipsoid.semiMinorAxisLength (type float)

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ConfidenceEllipsoid.semiIntermediateAxisLength (type float)

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ConfidenceEllipsoid.majorAxisPlunge (type float)

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ConfidenceEllipsoid.majorAxisAzimuth (type float)

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ConfidenceEllipsoid.majorAxisRotation (type float)

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EventDescription [type]

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EventDescription.text (type string)

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EventDescription.type (type bedt:EventDescriptionType)

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MTInversionType [enumeration]

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• GENERAL: general

• ZERO_TRACE: zero trace

• DOUBLE_COUPLE: double couple

AmplitudeUnit [enumeration]

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• M: m

• S: s

• M/S: m/s

• M/(S*S): m/(s*s)

• M*S: m*s

• DIMENSIONLESS: dimensionless

• OTHER: other

MomentTensorCategory [enumeration]

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• TELESEISMIC: teleseismic

• REGIONAL: regional

AmplitudeCategory [enumeration]

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• POINT: point

• MEAN: mean

• DURATION: duration

• PERIOD: period

• INTEGRAL: integral

• OTHER: other

OriginUncertaintyDescription [enumeration]

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• HORIZONTAL: horizontal uncertainty

• ELLIPSE: uncertainty ellipse

• ELLIPSOID: confidence ellipsoid

DataUsedWaveType [enumeration]

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• P_WAVES: P waves

• BODY_WAVES: body waves

• SURFACE_WAVES: surface waves

• MANTLE_WAVES: mantle waves

• COMBINED: combined

• UNKNOWN: unknown

PickPolarity [enumeration]

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• NEGATIVE: negative

• UNDECIDABLE: undecidable

OriginType [enumeration]

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• HYPOCENTER: hypocenter

• CENTROID: centroid

• AMPLITUDE: amplitude

• MACROSEISMIC: macroseismic

• RUPTURE_START: rupture start

• RUPTURE_END: rupture end

OriginDepthType [enumeration]

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• FROM_LOCATION: from location

• FROM_MOMENT_TENSOR_INVERSION: from moment tensor inversion

• BROAD_BAND_P_WAVEFORMS: from modeling of broad-band P waveforms

• CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_PHASES: constrained by depth phases

• CONSTRAINED_BY_DIRECT_PHASES: constrained by direct phases

• CONSTRAINED_BY_DEPTH_AND_DIRECT_PHASES: constrained by depth and direct phases

• OPERATOR_ASSIGNED: operator assigned

• OTHER_ORIGIN_DEPTH: other

EventTypeCertainty [enumeration]

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• KNOWN: known

• SUSPECTED: suspected

EventType [enumeration]

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• NOT_EXISTING: not existing

• NOT_REPORTED: not reported

• EARTHQUAKE: earthquake

• ANTHROPOGENIC_EVENT: anthropogenic event

• COLLAPSE: collapse

• CAVITY_COLLAPSE: cavity collapse

• MINE_COLLAPSE: mine collapse

• BUILDING_COLLAPSE: building collapse

• EXPLOSION: explosion

• ACCIDENTAL_EXPLOSION: accidental explosion

• CHEMICAL_EXPLOSION: chemical explosion

• CONTROLLED_EXPLOSION: controlled explosion

• EXPERIMENTAL_EXPLOSION: experimental explosion

• INDUSTRIAL_EXPLOSION: industrial explosion

• MINING_EXPLOSION: mining explosion

• QUARRY_BLAST: quarry blast

• ROAD_CUT: road cut

• BLASTING_LEVEE: blasting levee

• NUCLEAR_EXPLOSION: nuclear explosion

• INDUCED_OR_TRIGGERED_EVENT: induced or triggered event

• ROCK_BURST: rock burst

• RESERVOIR_LOADING: reservoir loading

• FLUID_INJECTION: fluid injection

• FLUID_EXTRACTION: fluid extraction

• CRASH: crash

• PLANE_CRASH: plane crash

• TRAIN_CRASH: train crash

• BOAT_CRASH: boat crash

• OTHER_EVENT: other event

• ATMOSPHERIC_EVENT: atmospheric event

• SONIC_BOOM: sonic boom

• SONIC_BLAST: sonic blast

• ACOUSTIC_NOISE: acoustic noise

• THUNDER: thunder

• AVALANCHE: avalanche

• SNOW_AVALANCHE: snow avalanche

• DEBRIS_AVALANCHE: debris avalanche

• HYDROACOUSTIC_EVENT: hydroacoustic event

• ICE_QUAKE: ice quake

• SLIDE: slide

• LANDSLIDE: landslide

• ROCKSLIDE: rockslide

• METEORITE: meteorite

• VOLCANIC_ERUPTION: volcanic eruption

PickOnset [enumeration]

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• EMERGENT: emergent

• IMPULSIVE: impulsive

• QUESTIONABLE: questionable

SourceTimeFunctionType [enumeration]

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• BOX_CAR: box car

• TRIANGLE: triangle

• TRAPEZOID: trapezoid

• UNKNOWN: unknown

EventDescriptionType [enumeration]

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• FELT_REPORT: felt report

• FLINN_ENGDAHL_REGION: Flinn-Engdahl region

• LOCAL_TIME: local time

• TECTONIC_SUMMARY: tectonic summary

• NEAREST_CITIES: nearest cities

• EARTHQUAKE_NAME: earthquake name

• REGION_NAME: region name

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