The irisws-metadatachange web service is moving
Our irisws-metadatachange web service, the primary source of historical changes made to SEED metadata records, is moving as part of our cloud transition.
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PH5 web services and Seattle systems retirement
The PH5 web service tools and the Seattle-based PH5 archiving systems will be decommissioned on September 1, 2026, while the PH5 datasets are being transformed and migrated to the NSF NGF SEED archive.
Retirement of the irisws-resp and sacpz web services
Both irisws-resp and irisws-sacpz are now integrated into the new FDSN station service. As a result, we are retiring these features as independent services.
Retirement of the irisws-traveltime and distaz web services
Legacy web services irisws-traveltime and irisws-distaz that offer seismic travel-time and distance-azimuth calculations will soon be retired.
New stationXML metadata submission
Network operators will have a new way to submit StationXML metadata to the EarthScope-operated NSF National Geophysical Facility. This approach uses a new Dropoff System now currently in use for miniSEED submission.
Seismic service downtime for scheduled maintenance
A necessary scheduled maintenance window to upgrade capabilities of deployed seismic services in the NSF NGF cloud system will result in a short service disruption on Tuesday, August 25.
The irisws-mars-event web service is moving
Our mars-event web service, a primary source of computed seismic event solutions recorded on Mars (courtesy of ETH, Zurich), is moving as part of our cloud transition.
fdsnws-availability web service outage and changes
Our fdsnws-availability web service will be out of service for an undetermined period of time starting on July 27. We are working on a replacement system and will make it available as soon as possible.
ph5ws data set migration and web service retirement
Our PH5 web services will be migrating and retiring. The data and metadata previously served by these web services will be migrated to our FDSN web services.