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Australian National Passive Seismic Data Collection

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Updated 17/10/2025

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This is a collection of continuous seismic records gathered by temporal and semi-permanent seismic deployments where real-time data transmission was not available. Time spans vary from half an hour to more than a year depending on the purpose of the survey. Description of the employed instrumentation and array constellations can be found in the accompanied material. Value: Passive seismic data contains records of soil vibration due to the natural earth movements, ocean, weather, and anthropogenic activities. This data is used in ongoing research to infer national lithospheric structure from depth of a few meters to a hundred kilometres. Derived models are an important source of information for assessment of resource potential and natural hazard. Scope: Over time, surveys have been focused on areas of economic interest, current work of the Australian Passive Seismic Array Project (AusArray) is seeking to create a grid pattern, spaced ~55 km apart, and complemented by semi-permanent higher sensitivity broadband seismic stations. For more information about AusArray click on the following URL: https://www.ga.gov.au/eftf/minerals/nawa/ausarray Data from phase 1 are available on request from clientservices@ga.gov.au - Quote eCat# 135284

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Title Australian National Passive Seismic Data Collection
Language eng
Licence Not Specified
Landing Page https://data.gov.au/data/en/dataset/0d5a47e3-5412-4e5d-80ef-39c95542cbd0
Contact Point
Geoscience Australia Data
clientservices@ga.gov.au
Reference Period 01/01/1976 - 31/12/2017
Geospatial Coverage
Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors
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This dataset was originally found on Geoscience Australia "Australian National Passive Seismic Data Collection". Please visit the source to access the original metadata of the dataset:
https://ecat.ga.gov.au/geonetwork/srv/eng/csw/dataset/australian-national-passive-seismic-data-collection