USGS Professonal Paper 1096 - IRIS

NEW YORK
Rochester, NY
GENERAL INFORMATION
Operated by:
Address:
McQuaid Jesuit High School
Odenbach Seismic Observatory
McQuaid Jesuit High School
1800 Clinton Avenue, South
Rochester, KY 14618
Telephone: 716-473-1130
Address to obtaill records:
A, above.
SITE INFORMATION
Code
Station name
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I.atitutle I..sngitl;lae EIEl'l Dat e Date
foundatIon, geologtc age
(deg N _) (deg W. ) (meters) opened closed
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ROC Rochester--------------- 43.1245 77 .5923 155 2/13/59 Open-- Lockport Dolomite; Middle Silurian.
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INSTRill1ENTATlON
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Seismsmeter Galvo Type M"g!li (jcation
Code Type Component T (sec)
0
T (sec)
g
recording "t T
0
ROC Wilmore (Hilger------ Z O. 75 0.75 Photo paper --- ---
& Watts 98093) .
Benioff-------------- NS 1 .0 I.S --do------- --- ---
--do----------------- EW 1.0 6.3 --do------- --- ---
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REmatk..,
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Timing system:
60-Hz line clock.
System response etIL,eG.
l:Jflealilllcate,L
SHORT HISTORY
ROC W"' begun in 1959 on the initiative of several students "nd some faculty. It used two long-period Sprengnetlier
seismomel.ers ulltil 1964 when the Benioff's, previously used by Harvard University, were loaned to the schoo1.
The Observatory puts out periodic reports of observed disturbances "nd special reports of local disturbances, which
contain observational data and an intensity map if possible.
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