NSF NGF data and product download quotas
As part of our ongoing transition to modern, cloud-native infrastructure, we will be implementing limits on the volume of data and products that can be downloaded per hour and per day starting October 26.
Updates and repairs to PH5 experiment archive
Older PH5 experiments have been updated to resolve data inconsistencies, improve quality, and better align datasets with current PH5 standards.
User authentication for NSF NGF data and product downloads
As part of our ongoing transition to modern, cloud-native infrastructure that provides exceptional scalability and performance, we will require user authentication for all data and product downloads beginning December 15, 2026.
Announcing Open Source SAC Community Edition v103.0
Our community’s access to the Seismic Analysis Code (SAC) is now being released as open source software as the SAC Community Edition.
Migration of MUSTANG Databrowser and MUSTANGular to the cloud
Please update your links and bookmarks to reflect the new URLs for these tools.
The irisws-virtualnetwork and irisws-evalresp web services are moving
A number of web services are moving from service.iris.edu to service.earthscope.org as part of our cloud transition.
Migration of ds.iris.edu website content to the NSF NGF cloud
EarthScope is undertaking a platform shift to the cloud for the ds.iris.edu website content and applications, which may temporarily affect access to certain applications or web pages.
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.
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.
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.