ANNUAL TECHNICAL REPORT

USGS Joint Operating Agreement 01HQAG0011
PACIFIC NORTHWEST SEISMOGRAPH NETWORK (PNSN) OPERATIONS

SUMMARY
This is the 2002 annual technical report for USGS Joint Operating Agreement 01HQAG0011 for the Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network (PNSN) Operations. This agreement covered network operations in western Washington and northern Oregon, routine data processing, and preparation of bulletins and reports. PNSN stations in southern and central Oregon are maintained by the University of Oregon under Cooperative Agreement 01HQAG0012 and this report also covers the work undertaken under that agreement. The objective of our work under this operating agreement was to gather seismic data, and to analyze and interpret them for use in evaluation of seismic and volcanic hazards in Washington and Oregon. This report includes an update on recent changes in our data acquisition and processing system, a review of station operations during 2002, an overview of our public information program, and a summary of 2002 seismicity.

Since 1984, we have issued quarterly bulletins for all of Washington and Oregon. These include catalogs of earthquakes and blasts located in Washington and Oregon, providing up-to-date coverage of seismic and volcanic activity. Appendix 1 contains quarterly bulletins covering 2002.

CURRENT INITIATIVES

Introduction

The PNSN is continuing the long process of upgrading operations. Upgrades include enhancement of the emergency information distribution system, installation of seismic sensors that can accurately capture the full range of earthquake amplitudes and frequencies, implementation of a data recording system that fully supports multi-component data, and near-real-time data exchange with neighboring networks.

CREST Stations

The USGS/NOAA CREST (Consolidated Reporting of EarthquakeS and Tsunamis) project is designed to improve NOAA's ability to assess the likelihood of a tsunami and issue timely warnings in the event of a west coast subduction earthquake. CREST calls for upgrades to regional networks to enable them to provide very rapid and reliable information to the Alaska and Pacific Tsunami Warning Centers. Installation of CREST stations began in 1998. In 2002 telemetry links to stations at Megler, Washington, and Mt. Hebo, Oregon were completed and a new station was installed east of Portland.

PNSN Strong Motion Program

Since 1996, the PNSN has installed digital strong-motion instruments. Most of these are in the Puget Sound Area, but stations are also being sited in other urban areas. In 2002, 10 new permanent instruments were installed, bringing the total number of PNSN real-time strong-motion instruments to 80.
Continuous data from these stations are sent to the PNSN via Internet or leased-line modem. Most of the strong-motion instruments (except CREST stations) also have internal memory and are configured to record internally if ground motions exceed a specified threshold. If continuous data transmission fails, the internally recorded data are still available via dial-up retrieval or site visit. Three additional dial-up stations in the Portland area are operated by the USGS.

PNSN RACE (Rapid Alerts for Cascadia Earthquakes) System

RAC is an earthquake notification system for emergency managers and others who need very rapid pager-based notification of earthquake activity. The RACE system is based on the CUBE system developed at Caltech for the Southern California Seismic Network. The RACE system is operating in approximately 10 emergency management and state agencies in Washington and Oregon.

EARTHWORM Progress Report

Data acquisition is divided among three computers, which subsequently exchange and share the acquired data. In 2002, installation of pigia, an Intel-based earthworm digitizer running under MS-Windows, was completed. Pigian is the digitizer for analog data acquired by verme, while our old SUN-based SUNWORM system digitizes the same data for acquisition by the scossa and milli computers. A remote digitizing computer has been installed in Klamath Falls to eliminate our expensive long-distance leased phone-lines.

OPERATIONS

Seismometer Locations and Network Maintenance

Figure 1 shows seismograph stations operated by the PNSN at the end of 2002, when the PNSN EARTHWORM SYSTEM was digitally recording 460 channels of real-time or near-real-time seismic data. Stations available include a total of 151 short-period stations, 35 broad-band, and 84 strong-motion stations.

The Pacific Northwest Seismograph Network (PNSN) operates 175 short-period, broad-band, or strong-motion seismic stations west of 120 degrees west longitude under this agreement. The supported stations cover much of western Washington and Oregon, including the volcanos of the central Cascades. Some stations include up to 7 components. PNSN stations in southern and central Oregon are maintained by the University of Oregon under Cooperative Agreement 01HQAG0012.

Forty additional stations are operated under other support, and stations funded by other contracts or telemetered in real or near-real time from adjacent networks are also used in event locations. Station Tables 1A-1C list the locations of various types of stations. Quarterly reports provide additional details of station operation. Quarterly reports from January 1, 2002 through December, 2002 are included as Appendix 1.

Aside from station outages, normal maintenance includes a visit to each site at least once every two years to replace batteries and do preventive maintenance. In addition seismometers must be replaced every 4-6 years. More than 30 radio telemetry relay sites are also maintained independently of the seismograph stations.

Table 1A lists short-period, mostly vertical-component stations used in locating seismic events in Washington and Oregon. The first column in the table gives the 3-letter station designator, followed by a symbol designating the funding agency; stations marked by a percent sign (%) were supported by USGS joint operating agreement 01-HQ-AG-0011. A plus (+) indicates support under Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Battelle contract 259116-A-B3. Stations designated "#" are USGS-maintained stations recorded at the PNSN. Stations designated by letters are operated by other networks, and telemetered to the PNSN. "M" stations are received from the Montana Bureau of Mines and Geology, "C" stations from the Canadian Pacific Geoscience Center, "U" stations from the US Geological Survey (usually USNSN stations), "N" stations from the USGS Northern California Network, and "H" stations from the Hanford Reservation via the Pacific Northwest National Labs. Other designations indicate support from other sources. Additional columns give station north latitude and west longitude (in degrees, minutes and seconds), station elevation in km, and comments indicating landmarks for which stations were named.




TABLE 1A - Short-period Stations operated by the PNSN during the fourth quarter 2002 STA F LAT LONG EL NAME ASR % 46 09 09.9 121 36 01.6 1.357 Mt. Adams - Stagman Ridge AUG % 45 44 10.0 121 40 50.0 0.865 Augspurger Mtn BBO % 42 53 12.6 122 40 46.6 1.671 Butler Butte, Oregon BEN H 46 31 12.0 119 43 18.0 0.335 PNNL station BEND % 44 04 00.8 121 19 36.0 - UO Bend Office, DOGAMI SMO BHW % 47 50 12.6 122 01 55.8 0.198 Bald Hill BLN % 48 00 26.5 122 58 18.6 0.585 Blyn Mt. BOW % 46 28 30.0 123 13 41.0 0.870 Boistfort Mt. BPO % 44 39 06.9 121 41 19.2 1.957 Bald Peter, Oregon BRO % 44 16 02.5 122 27 07.1 0.135 Big Rock Lookout, Oregon BRV + 46 29 07.2 119 59 28.2 0.920 Black Rock Valley BSMT M 47 51 04.8 114 47 13.2 1.950 Bassoo Peak, MT BUO % 42 16 42.5 122 14 43.1 1.797 Burton Butte, Oregon BVW + 46 48 39.5 119 52 56.4 0.670 Beverly CBS + 47 48 17.4 120 02 30.0 1.067 Chelan Butte, South CDF % 46 07 01.4 122 02 42.1 0.756 Cedar Flats CHMT M 46 54 51.0 113 15 07.0 - Chamberlain Mtn, MT CMM % 46 26 07.0 122 30 21.0 0.620 Crazy Man Mt. CMW % 48 25 25.3 122 07 08.4 1.190 Cultus Mtns. CPW % 46 58 25.8 123 08 10.8 0.792 Capitol Peak CRF + 46 49 30.0 119 23 13.2 0.189 Corfu DPW + 47 52 14.3 118 12 10.2 0.892 Davenport DY2 + 47 59 06.6 119 46 16.8 0.890 Dyer Hill 2 EDM % 46 11 50.4 122 09 00.0 1.609 East Dome, Mt. St. Helens ELK % 46 18 20.0 122 20 27.0 1.270 Elk Rock ELL + 46 54 34.8 120 33 58.8 0.789 Ellensburg EPH + 47 21 22.8 119 35 45.6 0.661 Ephrata ET3 + 46 34 38.4 118 56 15.0 0.286 Eltopia (replaces ET2) ETW + 47 36 15.6 120 19 56.4 1.477 Entiat FHE + 46 57 06.9 119 29 49.0 0.455 Frenchman Hills East FL2 % 46 11 47.0 122 21 01.0 1.378 Flat Top 2 FMW % 46 56 29.6 121 40 11.3 1.859 Mt. Fremont FRIS % 44 12 44.0 122 16 01.8 1.642 Frissel Point, OR GBB H 46 36 31.8 119 37 40.2 0.185 PNNL Station GBL + 46 35 54.0 119 27 35.4 0.330 Gable Mountain GHW % 47 02 30.0 122 16 21.0 0.268 Garrison Hill GL2 + 45 57 35.0 120 49 22.5 1.000 New Goldendale GLK % 46 33 27.6 121 36 34.3 1.305 Glacier Lake GMO % 44 26 20.8 120 57 22.3 1.689 Grizzly Mountain, Oregon GMW % 47 32 52.5 122 47 10.8 0.506 Gold Mt. GPW % 48 07 05.0 121 08 12.0 2.354 Glacier Peak GSM % 47 12 11.4 121 47 40.2 1.305 Grass Mt. GUL % 45 55 27.0 121 35 44.0 1.189 Guler Mt. H2O H 46 23 44.5 119 25 22.7 0.175 Water PNNL Station HAM % 42 04 08.3 121 58 16.0 1.999 Hamaker Mt., Oregon HBO % 43 50 39.5 122 19 11.9 1.615 Huckleberry Mt., Oregon HDW % 47 38 54.6 123 03 15.2 1.006 Hoodsport HOG % 42 14 32.7 121 42 20.5 1.887 Hogback Mtn., Oregon HSO % 43 31 33.0 123 05 24.0 1.020 Harness Mountain, Oregon HSR % 46 10 28.0 122 10 46.0 1.720 South Ridge, Mt. St. Helens HTW % 47 48 14.2 121 46 03.5 0.833 Haystack Lookout HUO % 44 07 10.9 121 50 53.5 2.037 Husband OR (UO) IRO % 44 00 19.0 122 15 15.4 1.642 Indian Ridge, OR JBO + 45 27 41.7 119 50 13.3 0.645 Jordan Butte, Oregon JCW % 48 11 42.7 121 55 31.1 0.792 Jim Creek JUN % 46 08 50.0 122 09 04.4 1.049 June Lake KMO % 45 38 07.8 123 29 22.2 0.975 Kings Mt., Oregon KOS % 46 27 46.7 122 11 41.3 0.610 Kosmos KTR N 41 54 31.2 123 22 35.4 1.378 CAL-NET LAB % 42 16 03.3 122 03 48.7 1.774 Little Aspen Butte, Oregon LAM N 41 36 35.2 122 37 32.1 1.769 CAL-NET LCCM M 45 50 16.8 111 52 40.8 1.669 Lewis and Clark Caverns, MT LCW % 46 40 14.4 122 42 02.8 0.396 Lucas Creek LMW % 46 40 04.8 122 17 28.8 1.195 Ladd Mt. LNO + 45 52 18.6 118 17 06.6 0.771 Lincton Mt., Oregon LO2 % 46 45 00.0 121 48 36.0 0.853 Longmire LOC + 46 43 01.2 119 25 51.0 0.210 Locke Island LVP % 46 03 59.4 122 24 10.2 1.134 Lakeview Peak MBW % 48 47 02.4 121 53 58.8 1.676 Mt. Baker MCMT M 44 49 39.6 112 50 55.8 2.323 McKenzie Canyon, MT MCW % 48 40 46.8 122 49 56.4 0.693 Mt. Constitution MDW + 46 36 47.4 119 45 39.6 0.330 Midway MEW % 47 12 07.0 122 38 45.0 0.097 McNeil Island MJ2 + 46 33 27.0 119 21 32.4 0.146 May Junction 2 MOON % 44 03 05.5 121 40 05.5 2.270 Moon Mt, OR MOX + 46 34 38.4 120 17 53.4 0.501 Moxie City MPO % 44 30 17.4 123 33 00.6 1.249 Mary's Peak, Oregon MTM % 46 01 31.8 122 12 42.0 1.121 Mt. Mitchell NAC + 46 43 59.4 120 49 25.2 0.728 Naches NCO % 43 42 14.4 121 08 18.0 1.908 Newberry Crater, Oregon NEL + 48 04 12.6 120 20 24.6 1.500 Nelson Butte NLO % 46 05 21.9 123 27 01.8 0.826 Nicolai Mt., Oregon OBC % 48 02 07.1 124 04 39.0 0.938 Olympics - Bonidu Creek OBH % 47 19 34.5 123 51 57.0 0.383 Olympics - Burnt Hill OCP % 48 17 53.5 124 37 30.0 0.487 Olympics - Cheeka Peak OD2 + 47 23 15.6 118 42 34.8 0.553 Odessa site 2 ON2 % 46 52 50.8 123 46 51.8 0.257 Olympics - North River OOW % 47 44 03.6 124 11 10.2 0.561 Octopus West OSD % 47 48 59.2 123 42 13.7 2.008 Olympics - Snow Dome OSR % 47 30 20.3 123 57 42.0 0.815 Olympics Salmon Ridge OT3 + 46 40 08.4 119 13 58.8 0.322 New Othello (replaces OT2 8/26) OTR % 48 05 00.0 124 20 39.0 0.712 Olympics - Tyee Ridge PAT + 45 52 55.2 119 45 08.4 0.262 Paterson PCMD % 46 53 20.9 122 18 00.9 0.239 PC Mountain Detachment ANSS-SM PGO % 45 27 42.6 122 27 11.5 0.253 Gresham, Oregon PGW % 47 49 18.8 122 35 57.7 0.122 Port Gamble PRO + 46 12 45.6 119 41 08.4 0.553 Prosser RCM % 46 50 08.9 121 43 54.4 3.085 Mt. Rainier, Camp Muir RCS % 46 52 15.6 121 43 52.0 2.877 Mt. Rainier, Camp Schurman RED H 46 17 51.0 119 26 15.6 0.330 Red Mountain PNNL Station RER % 46 49 09.2 121 50 27.3 1.756 Mt. Rainier, Emerald Ridge RMW % 47 27 35.0 121 48 19.2 1.024 Rattlesnake Mt. (West) RNO % 43 54 58.9 123 43 25.5 0.850 Roman Nose, Oregon RPW % 48 26 54.0 121 30 49.0 0.850 Rockport RRHS % 46 47 58.6 123 02 25.4 0.047 Rochester HS ANSS-SMO RSW + 46 23 40.2 119 35 28.8 1.045 Rattlesnake Mt. (East) RVC % 46 56 34.5 121 58 17.3 1.000 Mt. Rainier - Voight Creek RVW % 46 08 53.2 122 44 32.1 0.460 Rose Valley SAW + 47 42 06.0 119 24 01.8 0.701 St. Andrews SBES % 48 46 05.9 122 24 54.2 0.119 Silver Beach ES SMO SEA % 47 39 15.8 122 18 29.3 0.030 UW, Seattle (Wood Anderson BB SEP # 46 12 00.7 122 11 28.1 2.116 September lobe, Mt. St. Helens SFER % 47 37 10.4 117 21 55.7 0.715 Spokane, Ferris High School SHW % 46 11 37.1 122 14 06.5 1.425 Mt. St. Helens SLF % 47 45 32.0 120 31 40.0 1.750 Sugar Loaf SMW % 47 19 10.7 123 20 35.4 0.877 South Mtn. SNI H 46 27 50.4 119 39 35.1 0.323 Snively PNNL station SOS % 46 14 38.5 122 08 12.0 1.270 Source of Smith Creek SSO % 44 51 21.6 122 27 37.8 1.242 Sweet Springs, Oregon STD % 46 14 16.0 122 13 21.9 1.268 Studebaker Ridge STW % 48 09 03.1 123 40 11.1 0.308 Striped Peak SVOH % 48 17 21.8 122 37 54.8 0.022 Skagit Valley CC ANSS-SMO TBM + 47 10 12.0 120 35 52.8 1.006 Table Mt. TDH % 45 17 23.4 121 47 25.2 1.541 Tom,Dick,Harry Mt., Oregon TDL % 46 21 03.0 122 12 57.0 1.400 Tradedollar Lake TRW + 46 17 32.0 120 32 31.0 0.723 Toppenish Ridge TWW + 47 08 17.4 120 52 06.0 1.027 Teanaway UWFH % 48 32 46.0 123 00 43.0 0.010 UW Friday Harbor ANSS-SMO VBE % 45 03 37.2 121 35 12.6 1.544 Beaver Butte, Oregon VCR % 44 58 58.2 120 59 17.4 1.015 Criterion Ridge, Oregon VDB C 49 01 34.0 122 06 10.1 0.404 Canada VFP % 45 19 05.0 121 27 54.3 1.716 Flag Point, Oregon VG2 % 45 09 20.0 122 16 15.0 0.823 Goat Mt., Oregon VGB + 45 30 56.4 120 46 39.0 0.729 Gordon Butte, Oregon VGZ C 48 24 50.0 123 19 27.8 0.067 Canada VIP % 44 30 29.4 120 37 07.8 1.731 Ingram Pt., Oregon VLL % 45 27 48.0 121 40 45.0 1.195 Laurance Lk., Oregon VLM % 45 32 18.6 122 02 21.0 1.150 Little Larch, Oregon VSP % 42 20 30.0 121 57 00.0 1.539 Spence Mtn, Oregon VT2 + 46 58 02.4 119 59 57.0 1.270 Vantage2 VTH % 45 10 52.2 120 33 40.8 0.773 The Trough, Oregon WA2 + 46 45 19.2 119 33 56.4 0.244 Wahluke Slope WAT + 47 41 55.2 119 57 14.4 0.821 Waterville WIB % 46 20 34.8 123 52 30.6 0.503 Willapa Bay WIW + 46 25 45.6 119 17 15.6 0.128 Wooded Island WPO % 45 34 24.0 122 47 22.4 0.334 West Portland, Oregon WPW % 46 41 55.7 121 32 10.1 1.280 White Pass WRD + 46 58 12.0 119 08 41.4 0.375 Warden WRW % 47 51 26.0 120 52 52.0 1.189 Wenatchee Ridge YA2 + 46 31 36.0 120 31 48.0 0.652 Yakima YEL # 46 12 35.0 122 11 16.0 1.750 Yellow Rock, Mt. St. Helens YPT + 46 02 55.8 118 57 44.0 0.325 Yellepit _

Table 1B lists broad-band stations used in locating seismic events in Washington and Oregon, and Table 1C lists strong-motion stations.
TABLE 1B
Broad-band three-component stations operating at the end of the
fourth quarter 2002. Symbols are as in Table 1A.
STA  F  LAT  LONG  EL  NAME
BRKS  %  47 45 19.1  122 17 17.9  0.020  Brookside  ANSS-SMO
COR   U  44 35 08.5  123 18 11.5  0.121  Corvallis, Oregon (OSU BB)
DBO   %  43 07 09.0  123 14 34.0  0.984  Dodson Butte, Oregon (UO CREST)
ELW   %  47 29 39.4  121 52 17.2  0.267  EchoLakeBPA BB-SMO-IDS20
ERW   %  48 27 14.4  122 37 30.2  0.389  Mt. Erie SMO-IDS24 BB
EUO   %  44 01 45.7  123 04 08.2  0.160  Eugene,OR U0 CREST BB SMO
GNW   %  47 33 51.8  122 49 31.0  0.165  Green Mt CREST BB SMO
HAWA  U  46 23 32.3  119 31 57.2  0.367  Hanford Nike USNSN BB
HEBO  %  45 12 49.2  123 45 15.0  0.875  Mt. Hebo, OR CREST BB SMO
HLID  U  43 33 45.0  114 24 49.3  1.772  Hailey, ID USNSN BB
HOOD  %  45 19 17.8  121 39 07.8  1.520  Mt Hood Mdws, OR CREST BB SMO
HUMO     42 36 25.6  122 57 24.1  0.555  Hull Mountain,OR BB from UCB
KBO   N  42 12 45.0  124 13 33.3  1.008  Bosley Butte, OR CREST BB
KEB   N  42 52 20.0  124 20 03.0  0.818  Edson Butte, OR CREST BB
KRMB  N  41 31 23.0  123 54 29.0  1.265  Red Mtn, OR CREST BB
KSXB  N  41 49 51.0  123 52 33.0  -  Camp Six, OR CREST BB
LON   %  46 45 00.0  121 48 36.0  0.853  Longmire CREST BB LONLZ SMO
LTY   %  47 15 21.2  120 39 53.3  0.970  Liberty (BB)
MEGW  %  46 15 57.4  123 52 38.2  0.332  Megler, WA CREST BB SMO
MOD      41 54 08.9  120 18 10.6  1.555  Modoc Plateau, CA from UCB
NEW   U  48 15 50.0  117 07 13.0  0.760  Newport Observatory USNSN BB
OCWA  U  47 44 56.0  124 10 41.2  0.671  Octopus Mtn. USNSN BB
OFR   %  47 56 00.0  124 23 41.0  0.152  Olympics, Forest Resource Center
OPC   %  48 06 01.0  123 24 41.8  0.090  Olympic Penn College CREST BB
OZB   C  48 57 37.1  125 29 34.1  0.671  Canada
PFB   C  48 34 30.0  124 26 39.8  0.465  P.Renfrew, Canada
PIN   %  43 48 40.0  120 52 19.0  1.865  Pine Mt., Oregon (U0 CREST, BB)
PNT   C  49 18 57.6  119 36 57.6  0.550  Canada, BB
SEA   %  47 39 15.8  122 18 29.3  0.030  UW, Seattle (Wood Anderson BB)
SNB   C  48 46 33.6  123 10 16.3  0.408  Canada BB
SP2   %  47 33 23.3  122 14 52.8  0.030  Seward Park, Seattle SMO-IDS24
SQM   %  48 04 39.0  123 02 44.0  0.030  Sequim, WA (CREST BB SMO)
TAKO  %  43 44 36.6  124 04 52.5  0.046  Tahkenitch, OR CREST BB SMO
TOLO  %  44 37 19.3  123 55 16.6  0.021  Toledo BPA, OR CREST BB SMO
TTW   %  47 41 40.7  121 41 20.0  0.542  Tolt Res, WA CREST BB SMO
WVOR  U  42 26 02.0  118 38 13.0  1.344  Wildhorse Valley, Oregon (USNS)
YBH      41 43 55.3  122 42 37.4  1.060  Yreka, CA from UCB

Table 1C n.Rn lists strong-motion, three-component stations operating in Washington and Oregon that provide data in real or near-real time to the PNSN. Several of these stations also have broad-band instruments, as noted. The "SENSOR" field designates what type of seismic sensor is used;

  • A = Terra-Tech SSA-320 SLN triaxial accelerometer/Terra-Tech IDS24
  • A20 = Terra-Tech SSA-320 triaxial accelerometer/Terra-Tech IDS20 recording system,
  • FBA23 = Kinemetrics FBA23 accelerometers and Reftek recording system,
  • EPI = Kinemetrics Episensor accelerometers and Reftek recording system.
  • BB = Guralp CMG-40T 3-D broadband velocity sensor.
  • BB3 = Guralp CMG3T 3-D broadband velocity sensor.
  • BBZ = Broad Band sensor, PMD 2024, vertical component only.
  • K2 = Kinemetrics Episensor accelerometers and K2 Recording System
    The "TELEMETRY" field indicates the type of telemetry used to recover the data.
  • D = dial-up,
  • E = continuously telemetered via Internet from a remote EARTHWORM system
  • I = continuously telemetered via Internet,
  • L = continuously telemetered via dedicated lease-line telephone lines,
  • L-PPP = continuously telemetered via dedicated lease-line telephone lines using PPP protocol
  • M = continuously telemetered via BPA microwave
  • R = continuously telemetered via spread-spectrum radio
    TABLE 1C
    
    Strong-motion three-component stations operating at the end of the fourth quarter 2002. Symbols are as in Table 1A. STA F LAT LONG EL NAME SENSORS TELEMETRY ALCT % 47 38 48.8 122 2 15.7 0.055 Alcott Elementary K2 I ALST % 46 6 32.3 123 1 58.5 0.198 Alston A20 E,M ALVY % 43 59 53.2 123 0 57.0 0.155 Alvey K2 E,M ATES % 48 14 10.9 122 3 33.0 0.062 Trafton Elementary K2 I BABE % 47 36 21.0 122 32 7.0 0.083 Blakely Elementary K2 I BEND % 44 4 0.8 121 19 36.0 0.000 U of O Bend Field Office K2 I BEVT % 47 55 12.0 122 16 12.0 0.170 Boeing Plant Everett K2 I BRKS % 47 45 19.1 122 17 17.9 0.020 Brookside Elementary K2,BBZ I COLT % 45 10 13.1 122 26 12.8 0.213 Colton High School CMG5T I CSO # 45 31 1.0 122 41 22.5 0.036 Canyon FBA23 D DBO % 43 7 9.0 123 14 34.0 0.984 Dodson Butte (CREST) EPI,BB3 E,L-PPP EARN % 47 44 27.2 122 2 37.7 0.159 East Ridge Elementary K2 I EGRN % 47 4 24.0 122 58 41.0 0.057 Evergreen State College K2 I ELW % 47 29 39.4 121 52 17.2 0.267 Echo Lake A,BB D,M,L ERW % 48 27 14.4 122 37 30.2 0.389 Mount Erie A,BB D,L,M EUO % 44 1 45.7 123 4 8.2 0.160 Eugene Golf Course (CREST) EPI,BB E,L-PPP EVCC % 48 0 27.0 122 12 15.3 0.030 Everett Community College K2 I EVGW % 47 51 15.8 122 9 12.2 0.122 Gateway Middle School K2 I EYES % 45 19 46.5 123 3 23.5 0.061 Ewing Young Elementary CMG5T I FINN % 47 43 10.2 122 13 55.9 0.121 Finn Hill Junior High K2 I GNW % 47 33 51.8 122 49 31.0 0.165 Green Mountain (CREST) EPI,BB3 L-PPP HAO # 45 30 33.1 122 39 24.0 0.018 Harrison FBA23 D HEBO % 45 12 49.2 123 45 15.0 0.875 Mt. Hebo (CREST) EPI,BB M,E HICC % 47 23 24.4 122 17 52.4 0.115 Highline Community College K2 I HOLY % 47 33 55.4 122 23 1.0 0.106 Holy Rosary School K2 I HOOD % 45 19 17.8 121 39 7.8 1.520 Hood Meadows (CREST) EPI,BB L-PPP,I HUBA % 45 37 51.0 122 39 4.9 0.023 Hudson's Bay High School CMG5T I KDK % 47 35 42.7 122 19 56.0 0.004 King Dome K2 I KEEL % 45 33 0.8 122 53 42.4 0.067 Keeler A20 D,E,M KICC % 47 34 37.9 122 37 52.4 0.017 Kitsap County Central Communications K2 I KIMB % 47 34 29.3 122 18 10.1 0.069 Kimball Elementary K2 I KIMR % 47 30 11.0 122 46 2.0 0.123 Mod. Risk Waste Collection Facility K2 I KINR % 47 45 6.0 122 38 35.0 0.008 North Road Shed K2 I KITP % 47 40 30.0 122 37 47.0 0.076 Wastewater Treatment Plant K2 I KNJH % 47 23 5.0 122 13 42.0 0.014 Kent Junior High K2 I LANE % 44 3 6.5 123 13 54.8 0.120 Lane K2 E,M LAWT % 47 39 23.4 122 23 21.9 0.050 Lawton Elementary A20 I LEOT % 47 46 4.4 122 6 56.2 0.115 Leota Junior High K2 I LON % 46 45 0.0 121 48 36.0 0.853 Longmire Sprgs (CREST) EPI,BB3 L-PPP LTY % 47 15 21.2 120 39 53.4 0.970 Liberty Hghts Mine (CREST) BB3 I MARY % 47 39 45.7 122 7 11.6 0.011 Marymoor Park K2 I MBKE % 48 55 2.0 122 8 29.0 1.010 Kendall Elementary K2 I MBPA % 47 53 54.7 121 53 20.2 0.186 Monroe A20 D,M,L MEAN % 47 37 21.7 122 18 18.7 0.037 Meany Middle School K2 I MEGW % 46 15 57.4 123 52 38.2 0.332 Megler (CREST) EPI,BB M,E MPL % 47 28 7.0 122 11 4.5 0.122 Maple Valley A D,M,L MRIN % 44 48 1.4 122 41 53.8 0.187 Marion K2 M,E NIHS % 47 44 29.2 122 13 17.1 0.137 Inglemoore High School K2 I NOWS % 47 41 12.0 122 15 21.2 0.002 NOAA Sand Point A20 I OFR % 47 56 0.0 124 23 41.0 0.152 Olympic Nat. Res. Cntr (CREST) EPI,BB I,E OHC % 47 20 2.0 123 9 29.0 0.006 Hood Canal Junior High K2 I OPC % 48 6 1.0 123 24 41.8 0.090 Peninsula College (CREST) EPI,BB I PAYL % 47 11 34.0 122 18 46.0 0.009 Aylen Junior High K2 I PCEP % 47 6 41.8 122 17 24.0 0.160 Puyallup East Sheriff Precinct K2 I PCFR % 46 59 23.3 122 26 27.4 0.137 Roy Training Center K2 I PCMD % 46 53 20.9 122 18 0.9 0.239 Mountain Detachment K2 I PERL % 45 19 42.0 122 46 40.2 0.068 Pearl K2 M,E PIN % 43 48 40.0 120 52 19.0 1.865 Pine Mtn. (CREST) EPI,BB3 E,L-PPP PNLK % 47 34 54.5 122 2 1.0 0.128 Pine Lake Middle School K2 I QAW % 47 37 54.3 122 21 15.5 0.140 Queen Anne A20 L RAW % 47 20 14.0 121 55 53.2 0.208 Raver A20 M,L RBEN % 47 26 6.7 122 11 10.0 0.152 Benson Hill Elementary K2 I RBO # 45 32 27.0 122 33 51.5 0.158 Rocky Butte FBA23 D RHAZ % 47 32 24.7 122 11 1.3 0.108 Hazelwood Elementary A20 I ROSS % 45 39 43.0 122 39 25.0 0.061 Ross A20 E RRHS % 46 47 58.6 123 2 25.4 0.047 Rochester High School K2 I RWW % 46 57 53.7 123 32 31.7 0.015 Ranney Well (CREST) EPI,BB3 L-PPP SBES % 48 46 5.9 122 24 54.2 0.119 Silver Beach Elem. School K2 I SEA % 47 39 15.8 122 18 29.3 0.030 Univ. of Washington A20,PMD2023 L SFER % 47 37 10.4 117 21 55.7 0.715 Ferris High School K2 I SGAR % 47 40 37.8 117 24 50.3 0.579 Garfield Elementary K2 I SHIP % 47 39 19.0 122 19 14.4 0.005 WashDOT Lake Union Shop CMG5T I,R SHLY $ 47 42 30.4 117 24 57.7 0.626 Spokane Temp K2 None SMNR % 47 12 16.6 122 13 53.4 0.022 Sumner High School K2 I SNIO $ 47 40 46.0 117 24 18.0 0.584 Spokane NIOSH K2 None SOPS $ 47 43 40.8 117 18 46.5 0.707 Orchard Prairie Elementary K2 I SP2 % 47 33 23.3 122 14 52.8 0.030 Seward Park A,BB L SQM % 48 4 39.0 123 2 44.0 0.030 Sequim Battelle Prop. (CREST) EPI,BB I,R SVOH % 48 17 21.8 122 37 54.8 0.022 Skagit Valley College Oak Harbor K2 I SVTR % 47 29 45.4 121 46 49.3 0.146 Two Rivers School CMG5T I SWES % 47 42 51.0 117 27 53.2 0.623 Westview Elementary K2 I SWID % 48 0 31.0 122 24 42.0 0.062 South Whidbey Primary School K2 I TAKO % 43 44 36.6 124 4 52.5 0.046 Tahkenitch (CREST) EPI,BB M,E TBPA % 47 15 29.0 122 22 1.0 0.002 Tacoma A20 M,L,D TKCO % 47 32 12.7 122 18 1.5 0.005 King County Airport A20 I TOLO % 44 37 19.3 123 55 16.6 0.021 Toledo (CREST) EPI,BB M,E TTW % 47 41 40.7 121 41 20.0 0.542 Tolt Reservoir (CREST) EPI,BB I UPS % 47 15 50.2 122 29 1.1 0.113 University of Puget Sound K2 I UWFH % 48 32 46.0 123 0 43.0 0.010 Friday Harbor Laboratories K2 I VVHS % 47 25 25.1 122 27 13.1 0.095 Vashon High School K2 I WISC % 47 36 32.0 122 10 27.8 0.056 Wilburton Instruct. Svcs. Cntr. K2 I

    Data Processing

    The PNSN seismic recording system uses real-time telemetry, and records earthquake using an `event trigger'. Analog and strong-motion digital data are recorded at 100 samples per sec., while broad-band digital data are usually digitized at 50 samples per sec. Arrival times, first motion polarities, signal durations, signal amplitudes, locations and focal mechanisms (when possible) are determined in post-processing. Digital data are processed for all locatable teleseisms, regional events, and local events. Each trace data file has an associated `pickfile' which includes arrival times, polarities, coda lengths, and other data.

    EARTHWORM is our main PNSN data-acquisition system. Analog stations, and most digital stations, are continuously telemetered in real time. Only one broadband station (LTY) and three USGS strong-motion stations in Portland record only on-site. Their data are retrieved via dial-up modem, if needed. All of the real-time data are continuously recorded into temporary disk storage areas called "wave tanks" which can accommodate about 24 hours of continuous data for the entire network. Triggering algorithms create individual event files.

    Continuous seismic data are archived for about 40 stations, many on volcanoes. We continue to use the UW2 pickfile and data formats, and analysis tools which have been in place for the past decade.

    Unedited network-trigger trace data are stored on ongoing "network-archive" backup tapes. Edited "Master Event" trace data files are kept for all seismic events. These "Master Event" files are also translated to IRIS-SEED format and submitted to the IRIS Data Management Center for archive and distribution.

    Through EARTHWORM, we exchange real-time data with the University of Oregon, The Battelle Pacific Northwest National Labs, the Pacific Geoscience Centre, the Montana Bureau of Mines, and CALNET. In addition, we send real-time data to the Alaska Tsunami Warning Center, the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, the Cascade Volcano Observatory, and the National Earthquake Information Center,

    The entire PNSN catalog has been contributed to the CNSS composite catalog located at the Northern California Earthquake Data Center. The PNSN section of the CNSS catalog is updated daily.

    Starting in the fall of 2001, we started shipping a large portion of our waveform data to the IRIS DMC in near real time. This was done by running the n.Inew2seedn.Rn program at IRIS which connects to our EARTHWORM waveservers and extracts 1/2 hour of data at a time. Sevral months of testing proved successful. In the spring of 2002, we started sending all PNSN traces from all wave servers so that IRIS has a complete copy of all our continuous data in the BUD (Buffer of Uniform Data) system.

    Publications

    Publications wholly or partly supported under this operating agreement are listed in Appendix 2.

    SEISMICITY, EMERGENCY NOTIFICATION, AND OUTREACH

    Seismicity

    Figure 2 shows earthquakes of magnitude 2.0 or larger located in Washington and Oregon during this reporting period. Table 2 lists earthquakes recorded by the PNSN during 2002 which were reported felt. Table 3 gives information on seismic activity recorded at the PNSN annually since 1980. During this reporting period there were 24 earthquakes reported felt west of the Cascades in Washington, ranging in magnitude from 1.7 to 4.1. Four Oregon earthquakes were reported felt this year; ranging in magnitude from 3.2 to 4.5

    East of the Cascades in Washington, 12 earthquakes were felt during 2002. These ranged from magnitude -0.9 to 3.4 and included 6 extremely tiny (M -0.9 to 0.6)events in the Spokane urban area, where a vigorous sequence of earthquakes occurred in 2001.


    TABLE 2 - Felt Earthquakes during 2002
    DATE-(UTC)-TIME  LAT(N)  LON(W)  DEPTH  MAG  COMMENTS
    yy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss    deg.    deg.     km      
    02/01/04 07:16:12  47.67  117.41   0.6  -0.7     0.7 km WNW of Spokane, WA (Mission & N Division)
    02/01/09 03:26:54  48.11  123.12  21.8   2.9    23.4 km   E of Port Angeles, WA
    02/01/26 14:01:46  47.13  122.13   8.5   2.4    13.7 km  SW of Enumclaw, WA
    02/02/12 19:16:41  48.41  122.28  18.6   3.0     4.0 km   E of Mount Vernon, WA
    02/03/11 00:43:51  47.50  122.73  22.7   1.7    10.6 km  SW of Bremerton, WA
    02/04/13 07:18:55  47.67  117.43   1.3  -0.2     1.6 km WNW of Spokane, WA (Mission & N Division)
    02/04/14 15:20:46  47.69  117.39   2.5  -0.9     3.1 km NNE of Spokane, WA (Mission & N Division)
    02/04/21 06:21:18  47.68  117.42   0.3  -0.4     1.8 km  NW of Spokane, WA (Mission & N Division)
    02/04/22 10:38:51  47.29  122.29  20.6   2.2    12.1 km ENE of Tacoma, WA
    02/05/01 09:09:45  48.45  119.54   3.7   2.9    10.6 km NNE of Okanogan, WA
    02/05/15 17:54:48  42.23  121.90   8.1   4.3    10.0 km   W of Klamath Falls, OR
    02/05/30 01:40:16  48.87  122.20  13.8   1.6     5.9 km NNE of Deming, WA
    02/06/06 14:42:46  47.72  120.28   7.2   3.4     8.1 km  NW of Entiat, WA
    02/06/16 17:11:10  47.47  122.82  16.1   3.7    18.2 km  SW of Bremerton, WA
    02/06/29 14:36:04  45.33  121.68   6.2   4.5     4.5 km   S of Mt Hood, OR
    02/06/29 14:41:21  45.32  121.68   2.7   3.2     5.4 km SSE of Mt Hood, OR
    02/06/29 18:49:58  45.34  121.67   6.1   3.8     3.9 km SSE of Mt Hood, OR
    02/07/03 12:22:45  48.93  123.04  14.5   3.0    21.9 km   S of Vancouver,BC
    02/07/22 07:27:34  47.40  121.78  28.0   3.1     9.8 km   S of North Bend, WA
    02/07/30 21:20:47  48.03  122.73  58.6   2.6    33.6 km NNW of Poulsbo, WA
    02/07/31 09:01:58  47.40  122.17  49.3   2.9    10.3 km   W of Maple Valley, WA
    02/08/10 20:23:04  47.68  117.41   0.0  -0.2     1.6 km NNW of Spokane, WA (Mission & N Division)
    02/08/24 03:36:16  47.65  120.29   4.3   2.7     5.1 km   W of Entiat, WA
    02/09/18 04:37:28  47.57  121.77  11.2   2.0     8.5 km   E of Fall City, WA
    02/09/21 00:55:20  48.48  123.12  23.4   4.1    10.6 km WSW of Friday Harbor, WA
    02/09/21 08:07:14  48.52  122.05   0.0   2.5    13.4 km ENE of Sedro Woolley, WA
    02/09/25 05:30:54  48.60  121.96   0.0   2.4    17.7 km WNW of Concrete, WA
    02/09/25 05:35:49  48.61  121.95   0.0   2.6    17.2 km WNW of Concrete, WA
    02/09/25 07:30:55  47.79  121.82   7.2   2.4    13.3 km ENE of Duvall, WA
    02/09/26 07:00:04  48.48  123.13  23.1   2.9    11.2 km WSW of Friday Harbor, WA
    02/10/04 17:31:32  47.65  120.25   3.0   2.5     2.3 km WSW of Entiat, WA
    02/10/08 10:40:23  47.58  121.84  17.5   2.9     4.2 km ENE of Fall City, WA
    02/10/18 10:13:57  47.00  121.99  15.7   2.0    21.7 km   S of Enumclaw, WA
    02/10/31 10:50:46  48.49  122.88   0.1   2.4    10.1 km ESE of Friday Harbor, WA
    02/11/04 05:02:03  48.16  122.56  26.7   3.1    33.3 km SSW of Mount Vernon, WA
    02/11/23 09:41:17  47.69  117.40   0.0   0.6     2.3 km   N of Spokane, WA (Mission & N Division)
    02/11/29 11:52:35  48.93  123.04  13.3   3.8    22.0 km   S of Vancouver,BC
    02/12/07 04:26:40  48.10  123.34   8.8   2.2     7.8 km   E of Port Angeles, WA
    02/12/27 06:38:06  48.08  123.35   8.9   2.4     7.5 km ESE of Port Angeles, WA
    

    Annual counts of events recorded by the PNSN, 1980-2002 Year Total # Out of Net Inside Net Unlocated Located Total EQs(#felt) Blasts 80 4576 253 1075 3246 2874(18) 372 81 5155 291 1474 3385 2672(29) 713 82 4452 329 1824 2297 1948(20) 349 83 4489 405 2338 1745 1356(15) 389 84 3144 267 1095 1780 1409(16) 371 85 3560 266 1168 2122 1890(16) 232 86 2554 318 452 1776 1594(21) 182 87 1981 537 127 1304 966(22) 338 88 2249 507 114 1624 1263(19) 361 89 2781 501 137 2136 1835(38) 301 90 3433 717 204 2505 2096(26) 409 91 3083 675 315 2085 1687(26) 398 92 3522 891 235 2381 1993(22) 388 93 5594 731 626 4224 3877(35) 347 94 6243 900 1518 3816 3424(28) 392 95 5354 959 1462 2915 2539(16) 376 96 4741 911 1192 2628 2214(39) 414 97 3881 728 904 2239 1992(35) 247 98 7463 831 2174 4430 4176(11) 254 99 4505 803 1483 2187 1965(30) 222 00 5625 1121 1686 2818 2482(18) 341 01 5945 1090 2106 2730 2258(95) 472 02 5495 951 1751 2752 2299(39) 453

    Emergency Notification

    The RACE system, discussed earlier, is a pager-based alarm system that updates earthquake locations on a map displayed on a PC screen. When a "significant" event (magnitude 2.9 or larger) is located by the PNSN automatic systems, a preliminary location and magnitude is sent within minutes to seismologists and the RACE system via pager. The same information is forwarded via fax and e-mail to others with critical need. A set of web-pages on earthquakes magnitude 3.3 and larger are automatically generated and linked to the PNSN web-site. These preliminary messages are rapidly followed by final processing and update of the RACE systems, faxes, e-mail, and web-site, within 20 minutes to an hour.

    Public Information and Outreach

    Summary lists for all earthquakes located by the PNSN since 1969 are available via anonymous ftp on n.Bnftp.geophys.washington.edun.Rn in the n.Inpub/seis_netn.Rn subdirectory. This information is also available via the PNSN World-Wide-Web(WWW) site.

    http://www.geophys.washington.edu/SEIS/PNSN/
    Our web-server contains text about earthquakes in the Pacific Northwest, maps of stations, catalogs and maps of recent earthquake activity, and maps and text about recent interesting sequences. It also contains links into other sources of earthquake information around the country and world.

    The PNSN has an educational outreach program to better inform the public, policy makers, and emergency managers about seismicity and natural hazards. We provide information sheets, lab tours, workshops, and media interviews, and have an audio library with several tapes. We organize and participate in special events in addition to our normal background of informational work; including several thousand calls per quarter to our audio library; tours of the PNSN lab by hundreds of students, teachers, and parents; and outreach talks to numerous groups of all types.

    Interest from the press and public continued at a very high level during 2002. Highlights of the PNSN's outreach activities include the first anniversary of the magnitude 6.8 Nisqually Earthquake which attracted major newspaper and television coverage. The Seattle Post Intelligencer produced a weeklong series of in-depth articles about the earthquake, its impacts, and preparedness and mitigation efforts underway. Also on the Nisqually anniversary, the University of Washington's Burke Museum opened a major earthquake exhibit entitled "The Big One" on February 28th 2002. A related traveling exhibit traveled to 6 communities in Washington and Oregon and is still on the road.

    The PNSN also organized a "Seattle Fault Trench" press conference for the USGS. On August 25th Brian Sherrod reviewed preliminary findings at a trench in Bellevue to large groups of print and TV media, Bellevue City Officials, and Puget Sound Area engineers.

    Other outreach activities included:

  • PNSN staff met with numerous state and county officials, representatives of utility and private companies, and engineering and emergency management groups regarding rapid earthquake notification and long-term network and strong-motion development plans.
  • The PNSN provided over 70 Seismology Lab tours and lectures for visiting class groups serving \(ap1,500 students primarily from grades 3-12. The PNSN also has developed new educational resources Web pages and responded to over 1,200 e-mail questions.
  • Presentations were given to multiple professional and policy groups including the Oregon Seismic Safety Policy Advisory Committee, the Washington Seismic Safety Committee, and Tribal leaders from Washington and Oregon. Numerous presentations were also made to general audiences.
  • The PNSN hosted several ANSS and CREW committee or subcommittee meetings
  • PNSN representatives participated in national level ANSS committees and activities throughout the year, and attended a wide variety of other meetings related to earthquake hazards, preparedness, and related information and outreach.
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

    Seismic stations, telemetry links, and data acquisition equipment were maintained by Jim Ramey and Allen Strelow at the UW, Patrick McChesney (stationed at CVO in Vancouver, Washington), Pat Ryan (of the University of Oregon in Eugene, Oregon), and Don Hartshorn (of Pacific Northwest National Labs in Richland, WA). Bill Steele provided information to the public, while Amy Wright handled routine data analysis and archiving of digital trace data in UW2 format. George Thomas, Amy Lindemuth, and Lynn Hultgrien worked on strong motion instrumentation and software. Ruth Ludwin wrote reports and maintained the PNSN web-pages. The University of Oregon (UO) installed and maintained stations and telemetry links in central Oregon, and operated an earthworm node to transmit data to the University of Washington.


    APPENDIX 1
    PNSN Quarterly Reports

    02-A, 02-B, 02-C, and 02-D