Table 2 - Nominal GEOS parameters

Channel 1,2,3 = Up,North,East acceleration
Channel 4,5,6 = Up,North,East velocity
Digitizing constant = 3276.8 count/V
Sample rate = 200 sample/second/channel
(100 s/s/c for some tapes at NAR)
(400 s/s/c for some tapes at BNE,BNW,RNE,RSE,RWC)
Trigger channel = 4
Short-term average = 0.2 second
Long-term average = 4, 6, or 10 second
Trigger ratio = 4:1 or 8:1
Pre-event memory ~ 2.0 second
Duration > 10 second
Anti-alias corner frequency = 50 Hz
Anti-alias rolloff = 42 dB/octave
SensorSensitivityNatural Freq.Damping
FBA-130.0051 V/cm/s/s50 Hz0.7
L220.5 V/cm/s2 Hz0.7

U.S. Geological Survey

Open-File Report 88-688

Digital Recordings of Aftershocks of the
1 October 1987 Whittier Narrows, California, Earthquake