U.S. Geological Survey General Earthquake Observation System National Strong Motion Program

1984 and 1986 McGee Creek GEOS Data

This site contains earthquake and aftershock data collected by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) General Earthquake Observation System (GEOS) project in Menlo Park, California.

The binary data are available via anonymous FTP from the National Strong Ground Motion FTP-server: https://ca.water.usgs.gov/nsmp/ in directory GEOS/MCGEE.

For further information on these recordings refer to:

Archuleta, R. (1986). Downhole recordings of seismic radiation, Earthquake Source Mechanics, Geophys. Monograph 37 (Maurice Ewing 6), S. Das, J. Boatwright, and C. Scholz (Editors), AGU, Washington, D.C., pp. 319-329.

Seale, S. and Archuleta, R. (1988). Site effects at McGee Creek, California, Earthquake Engineering and Soil Dynamics II -- Recent Advances in Ground-Motion Evaluation, Proc. of the A.S.C.E. Specialty Conferenece, 27-30 June, Park City, Utah, pp. 173-187.

Seale, S. and Archuleta, R. (1989). Site amplification and attenuation of strong ground motion, BSSA, Vol. 79, No. 6, pp. 1673-1696.

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The URL of this page is /GEOS/MCGEE/mcgee.html
e-mail: glassmoyer@usgs.gov
or address:
Gary Glassmoyer
345 Middlefield Road M/S 977
Menlo Park, California 94025