USGS Professonal Paper 1096 - IRIS

VIRGINIA
Reston, vA
GENERAL INFORMATION
Operated by:
Address:
Telephone:
Telex:
U.S. Geological Survey
U.S. Geological Survey
Office of Earthquake Studies
"aho tal Gettler, Slop 985
12201 Sunrise Valley Drive
R~ston, VA 22092
703-860-6471
89-9153
Address to obtain reconls'
SITE INFORMATION
As above.
Code
Station name
Latitude
(deg N.)
Longitude
(deg W.)
Elev
(meters)
Date
opened
Date
closed
Foundation; geologic age
GSR Reston------------------ 38.9479
77 . 36%
119
6/01/75 Open--
Boulder conglomerate, Newark Group;
Late Triassic and Early Jurassic(?).
INSTRUMENTATION
Code
Type
Seismometer
Component
T (sec)
o
Type
recording
MagnificaLion
et T o
Remarks
GSR
Johnson-Hatheson-----
6480A.
z
.25
Helicorder
54.7 K
Timing system:
Geotech TG-I00.
System response curves:
Available from station.
SH8RT i!IST8RY
GSR was established when the USGS National Center was built in Reston in 1975. The single short-period instrument serves
as a public display and can alert the personnel of the Office of Earthquake Studies to major earthquakes.
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