USGS Professonal Paper 1096 - IRIS

CALIFORNIA
Ferndale. CA
GENERAL INORMATION
Operated by:
Address:
Telephone:
City of Ferndale
Ferndale Seismograph Station
c/o Smith and Scalvini
425 Main Street
Ferndale, CA 95536
707-786-4575
Address to obtain records:
Records since 1965:
As above.
Records hefore 1962:
SeIsmograph StatIon
University of California
475 Earth ScieDc~s Bldg.
Hprk~lpy, CA 94720
SlIE IN}ORMAIlON
Code
Station name
Latitude
(set; ".)
Longitude
(aq; '.J
--------------------
FER Ferndale---------------- 40 C)767 124.26\7
EI~v
(mete) s)
Dat~
8JleHf_a
15 1133
Date
E'lasea
Open--
Foundation; geologic agp
-----_._---
Sandstone· Quaternary.
INSTRllMENTATION
Seismometer
Code Type Component
Galvo
T (sec)
g
Typp
recording
Magnification
"t r o
Rema rks
FER Bosch-Omori---------- NS EW 10-1,)
Smokpd paper
Timing system:
Weight-powered timepiece.
System response curves:
Not availahle.
SHQRT HISTORY
FER was established by the University of California, Berkeley, in 1933. It was given to the City of Ferndale in 1962
and is now used as an educational museum piece.
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