Migration of NSF’s NGF Seismology Data Products to the Cloud
EarthScope Data Services is migrating NSF’s NGF Seismology data products to the AWS cloud as part of our strategic initiative to modernize the data and metadata access capabilities of NSF’s National Geophysical Facility (NSF NGF) in the cloud.
Introduction to Generic Mapping Tools (GMT) for Geophysics self-paced course now open
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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-syngine, irisws-fedcatalog, and irisws-nrl web services are moving
These web services are moving from service.iris.edu to service.earthscope.org as part of our cloud transition.
GeoLab hosts CRESCENT short course on strain accumulation from GNSS
Less than a month after we opened GeoLab to all users, the platform supported 98 participants in a three-day virtual technical short course hosted by the Cascadia Region Earthquake Science Center.
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.