NP: United States National Strong-Motion Network
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FDSN Network Information
| FDSN code | NP | Network name | United States National Strong-Motion Network (NSMP) |
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| Start year | 1931 | Operated by | |
| End year | - | Deployment region |
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| Description |
The NSMP operates and maintains strong-motion instruments at more than 660 ground, free-field and reference sites, and more than 3200 channels of data from about 180 structural arrays. |
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| Website | http://earthquake.usgs.gov/monitoring/nsmp/ | ||
Citation Information
| Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | 10.7914/SN/NP |
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Data Access
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| Additional Notes | Data from the NP network are archived in several locations. Data in miniSEED are available from IRIS, the NCEDC, and SCEDC. Recordings of strong motions are available from the Center for Engineering Strong Motion Data (http://www.strongmotioncenter.org/) in COSMOS format. |