USGS Professonal Paper 1096 - IRIS

CALIFORNIA
Ukiah
CA
GENERAL INFORMATI ON
Operated by:
Address:
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
for the U.S. Geological Survey
Latitude Observatory
432 Observatory AVenue
Ukiah, CA 95428
Telephone: 707-462-2208
Records through 1974:
National Geophysical and Solar-Terreslrial
Data Center
NOAA/EDS, D62
Boulder, CO 80302
Records since 1974:
National Earthquake InformatIon Servlce
Stop 967, Box 25046, Denver Federal Center
Denver, CO 80225
SITE INFORMATION
Code
Stat;on
Dame
Latitude Longitude Elev
(deg N. ) (deg W. ) (metets)
Date
opened
Date
clOSed
Foundation; geologic ,ge
JIG l:lkiah 39. 1372 123. 2Hlil 199
9'JI
0pen __
INS'fRUlIENTA'fI tlN
Seismometer
Code Type Component TO(sec)
Type
recording
Magnification
"T o
Remarks
UKI MeGeme Remee£g NS,EI) 11 1 6S2
Wilson-Lamison------- z
photo paper
--do-------
Timing system:
Quartz crystal chronometer checked with WWV daily.
System response C!lr"es·
Not avai] ah] e
SHORT HISTORY
Latitude Observatory was originally equipped with Bosch-Omori instruments installed by the USC&GS. In 1953, the McComb­
Romb@rg jnstnments \lere installed' they "ere follo"ed hy ;pstallation Of the Wilson-Jamison in 1956. The University of California
at Berkeley assisted in these installations and, in 1965, installed a Benioff vertical instrument; it was removed in 1973.
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