Table of Contents for this Document File: Name of File Contributing Source File directory/location Information on the region covered Variable Table Format File Sample Data Variable File Additional Documentation ==================================================================== ==================================================================== ==================================== Variable Table The variable table contains a list of parameters contained in the data as well as information on the existence of histograms which can be viewed in GeoVu. File jissig.tab for this catalog follows ==================================== DATA SET TITLE: jissig PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR: Utsu (1995) CONTRIBUTING ORGANIZATION: University of Tokyo, ftp site: ftp.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp DATA FILE: jissig.bin NUMBER OF RECORDS: 9509 ASCII FILE SIZE: 1160098 BINARY FILE SIZE: 1007954 SUMMARY: This is the Global Significant earthquake catalog available from Utsu on the University of Tokyo ftp anonymous site. It was last updated in May of 1995. The catalog contains significant global earthquake and significant regional quakes for Japan for the time 3000 B.C. to 1994 (December). VARIABLE NAME HISTOGRAM NAME 2. ASCII FORMAT BINARY FORMAT NO. & MIN/MAX VALUES Stat End Type Prc Stat End Type Prc Min. Max. #nonzero source SOURCE.CST 1 7 char 0 1 7 char 0 Thr VT 7664 century_and_year CENTURY_.LST 8 12 long 0 8 11 long 0 -3008 1984 9491 month MONTH.LST 14 15 short 0 12 13 short 0 1 19 8341 day DAY.LST 16 17 short 0 14 15 short 0 1 31 7898 hour HOUR.LST 19 20 short 0 16 17 short 0 1 24 5157 minute MINUTE.LST 21 22 short 0 18 19 short 0 -1 59 4310 time_type TIME_TYP.CST 24 24 char 0 20 20 char 0 L n 9481 latitude LATITUDE.LST 26 31 float 2 21 24 long 2 -61 70 7864 longitude LONGITUD.LST 33 39 float 2 25 28 long 2 -180 180 7830 depth DEPTH.CST 41 43 char 0 29 31 char 0 * z3 3125 magn_mw MAGN_MW.LST 45 47 float 1 32 33 short 1 -4 9 5870 flag_tsunami FLAG_TSU.CST 49 49 char 0 34 34 char 0 ? t 1064 deaths DEATHS.LST 50 56 long 0 35 38 long 0 -64 829952 7387 injuries INJURIES.LST 57 63 long 0 39 42 long 0 -16 707000 8625 damage DAMAGE.CST 65 68 char 0 43 46 char 0 D1 somm 7920 comments_location NO HISTOGRAM 69 120 char 0 NOT IN BINARY ==================================== Format File The format file is a listing of the variable names, types and positions within the binary and ASCII files. The file is composed of two parts - the first section is the format of the ASCII file, the second, the format of the binary file. The ASCII format file *.af must be renamed to *.afm to be used with the Freeform utility. Likewise, the binary format file *.bf must be renamed to *.bfm. The structure of this file is: Field 1: Variable name Field 2: First position of variable in line Field 3: Last position of variable in line Field 4: Type of variable Field 5: Precision of variable **Refer to Freeform user's manual for further information See format file jissig.fmt in this directory ==================================== ======================================================== Sample Data A representative sample of data records showing the first 10 lines and the last 10 lines of the ASCII data file(i.e. the .dat file). The first and last 10 records of jissig.dat follow ======================================================== A -3000 0 0 L 35.60 49.90 0.0 -9 -9 Iran:Buyin Zara (III Millennium B.C. C -2300 0 0 L 0.00 0.00 0.0 -9 -9 EM -2200 0 0 L 29.70 31.60 0.0 -9 -9 Egypt:Per-Baste(Tell Basta) GM -2150 0 0 L 31.10 35.50 7.3 -9 -9 seve Jordan:Bab-a-Daraa,Al-Karak( G -2100 0 0 L 35.50 25.50 0.0 -3 -9 Greece:Crete M -2050 0 0 L 0.00 0.00 8.0 -9 -9 Syria KAG -2000 0 0 L 38.00 58.20 18 7.1 -3 -9 Turkmenistan:Ak Tepe(Ashkhabad) MT -2000 0 0 L 36.50 25.50 0.0 T -9 -9 seve Syria coast (II Millennium B.C.) EM -1890 0 0 L 35.50 25.50 0.0 -9 -9 cons Greece:Knossos(Crete) C -1831 0 0 L 36.30 117.10 0.0 -9 -9 . . . . S 1994 916 620 U 22.55 118.74 12 6.7 1 400 limi + S 1994 1004 1322 U 43.71 147.33 33 8.1 T 11 -4 cons J a 1994 1004 2222 L 43.37 147.67 30 8.1 T 0 436 D3 S 1994 1008 2144 U -1.22 127.99 31 6.8 1 52 limi Indonesia(Obi,Halmahera) S 1994 1013 504 U -1.25 127.95 33 6.4 0 19 limi Indonesia:Obi S 1994 1114 1915 U 13.53 121.09 33 7.1 T 78 225 cons Philippines(Mindro):Calapan,Puerto Galera S 1994 1120 1659 U -2.00 135.93 24 6.3 0 28 limi Indonesia(Irian Jaya):Serui,Yapen J d 1994 1218 2007 L 37.30 139.90 4 5.5 0 0 D1 J c 1994 1228 2119 L 40.45 143.72 0 7.5 t 3 784 D3 S 1994 1231 257 U 20.49 109.41 33 5.3 0 360 limi China: ==================================== Variable File This file contains statistical information on each of the variables in the data set. The variable file jissig.var for this catalog follows ==================================== Input file : jissig.bin Input format file: jissig.fmt No requested precision, Approximate number of sorting bins = 100 source: 9509 values read minimum: (J)Thr found at record 712 maximum: ? VMG found at record 5800 Summary file: source.cst Histogram data precision: 0, Number of sorting bins: 113 century_and_year: 9509 values read minimum: -3000 found at record 1 maximum: 1994 found at record 9462 Summary file: century_.lst Histogram data precision: 0, Number of sorting bins: 14 month: 9509 values read minimum: 0 found at record 1 maximum: 19 found at record 6739 Summary file: month.lst Histogram data precision: 0, Number of sorting bins: 32 day: 9509 values read minimum: 0 found at record 1 maximum: 31 found at record 340 Summary file: day.lst Histogram data precision: 0, Number of sorting bins: 25 hour: 9509 values read minimum: 0 found at record 1 maximum: 24 found at record 626 Summary file: hour.lst Histogram data precision: 0, Number of sorting bins: 61 minute: 9509 values read minimum: -1 found at record 1549 maximum: 59 found at record 5605 Summary file: minute.lst time_type: 9509 values read minimum: found at record 7479 maximum: n found at record 712 Summary file: time_typ.cst Histogram data precision: 0, Number of sorting bins: 126 latitude: 9509 values read minimum: -60.80 found at record 8447 maximum: 70.80 found at record 8448 Summary file: latitude.lst Histogram data precision: 0, Number of sorting bins: 90 longitude: 9509 values read minimum: -179.00 found at record 5952 maximum: 180.00 found at record 6327 Summary file: longitud.lst depth: 9509 values read minimum: found at record 1 maximum: z3 found at record 8616 Summary file: depth.cst Histogram data precision: 0, Number of sorting bins: 10 magn_mw: 9509 values read minimum: -4.0 found at record 4089 maximum: 9.7 found at record 3812 Summary file: magn_mw.lst flag_tsunami: 9509 values read minimum: found at record 1 maximum: t found at record 5329 Summary file: flag_tsu.cst Histogram data precision: 0, Number of sorting bins: 144 deaths: 9509 values read minimum: -9 found at record 1 maximum: 830000 found at record 1722 Summary file: deaths.lst Histogram data precision: 0, Number of sorting bins: 148 injuries: 9509 values read minimum: -9 found at record 1 maximum: 707000 found at record 8566 Summary file: injuries.lst damage: 9509 values read minimum: found at record 1 maximum: somm found at record 3536 Summary file: damage.cst Histogram data precision: 0, Number of sorting bins: 113 year_decimal: 9509 values read minimum: -3000.0001160895 found at record 1 maximum: 1994.9975970320 found at record 9509 Summary file: year_dec.lst ======================================================== Additional Documentation Any other files contributed to or generated by NGDC as documentation for the data base follows. ======================================================== ==================================== File jissig.doc follows ==================================== Data Description for Utsu's JIS Significant earthquake catalog: This catalog covers the historical earthquakes through- out the world from 3000 B.C. to 1994 A.D. The events are gathered from scholarly sources, regional, historical and worldwide catalogs. In general only one listing per event is included. The original catalog is available on the University of Tokyo ftp anonymous account: ftp.eri.u-tokyo.ac.jp The catalog covers the world well, with a special emphasis on Japanese historical earthquakes. Some of the flags listed in this catalog are: Date: A "?" preceding the source and date indicates the event is questionable. Time: The time is either Local, unknown, or given in Greenwich (Universal Coordinated time) Flags are: L: local time U: Universal Coordinated time n: no time type is given Epicenter: Negative values are South of the equator or West of Greenwich, Positive values are north of the equator or east of Greenwich. Depth: Depth is given either as a value (km beneath the surface or as a Letter code: S(s) = shallow n = normal (33 km) * = poor or unknown observation Magnitude: Most magnitudes are given as Mw values. Deaths: Where know, the number of deaths are listed. The death toll is the most likely value from a number of sources. The value -9 (or other negative number) represents an unknown number of dead. Injuries: Additional injuries or casualties in the earthquake. The value -9 (or other negative number) represents an unknown number of injuries. Damage: Damage is given by a series of descriptive terms: These terms approximate the amount of damage observed. insi = insignificant - little observed damage limi = limited, slight or minor damage (< $1 million) some = Some damage observed (can be misspelled somm) mode = Moderate damage roughly $1 - $5 million cons (also cond) = considerable damage about $5 - $15 million seve = Severe, major, extensive or heavy damage roughly between $15 and $50 million extr = Extreme, or catastrophic damage (generally more than $50 million ) The value -9 (or other negative number) represents an unknown amount of damage.s. The Japanese also employ a local Damage scale for Japanese historic Earthquakes - This is labeled as follows: D1 = insignificant D2 = limited D3 = some D4 = moderate D5 = considerable D6 = severe D7 = extreme Comments on Location: Description of the location of the earthquake and damage in geographical terms. ==================================== File jissig.ref follows ==================================== ========================================================== Alternative Spelling and names of Cities and Countries in the JISSIG CATALOG ========================================================== Aleppo = Halab Alma-Ata = Vernyi = Verny Antakya = Antioch = Antiochia = Antiochea Athens = Athinai = Athenae Azerbaijan = Azerbaidzhan Baghdad = Bagdad Beirut = Beyrouth Belgrade = Beograd Bucharest = Bucuresti Cephalonia = Kefallinia = Cephallenia Corfu = Korfu = Kerkyra = Kerkira = Corcyra Corinth = Korinthos = Corinthia Cyprus = Kypros Crete = Kriti = Creta = Island of Candia Damascus = Damas = Dimashq Dubrovnik = Ragusa Durres = Durrazzo = Epidamnus = Dyrrhachiuim El Asnam = Orleanville Erzurum = Erzerum Erzincan = Erzinjan = Erzingan Florence = Firenze Georgia = Gruzia Ghir = Qir Gurgan = Gorgan = Asterabad Hawaii = Sandwich Is. Iraklion = Heraklion = Heraclum = Candia Istanbul = Constantinople Izmir = Smyrna Izmit = Kocaeli = Astacus = Nicomedia Iznik = Nicaea = Nice Khios = Chios Khoi = Choi = Khvoy Khorasan = Khurasan = Khorassan = Kourasan Kirovabad = Gandzha = Gandja = Ganza = Yelizavetpol Kos = Cos Kyrgyzstan = Kirghiz(ia) Latakia = Laodicea = Al Ladhiqiyah Leninakan = Alexandropol Lesbos = Lesvos = Mytilene = Mitilini Levkas = Leukas = Leucadia = Santa Maura Naples = Napoli = Neapolis Netherlands = Holland Neyshabur = Nish Palmyra = Tadmor Qeshm = Qishm = Kishm Quchan = Kuchan Ramla = Er Ramle = Ram Raoul Is. = Sunday Is. Rhodes = Rhodos = Rhodhos = Rhodud = Rodos Romania = Rumania = Roumania Rome = Roma Sidon = Saida Tajikistan = Tadzhik Tripoli = Tripolis = Tarabulus =Trablous Tyre = Sour = Sur = Tyrus Ukraine = Ukraina Venice = Venezia = Venetia Vienna = Wien Vlore = Vlona = Valona = Avlona = Aulon Yerevan = Erevan = Erivan Zakinthos = Zacynthus = Zante ========================================================== LIST OF COUNTRIES IDENTIFIED IN THE JISSIG CATALOG ========================================================== Afghanistan Croatia Iceland Myanmar Spain Albania Colombia India Nepal Sudan Algeria Costa Rica Indonesia Netherlands Sweden Antigua Cuba Iran New Zealand Switzerland Argentina Cyprus Iraq Nicaragua Syria Armenia Czech Ireland Norway Tanzania Australia Denmark Israel Oman Tajikistan Austria Dominica Italy Pakistan Thai Azerbaijan Ecuador Ivory Coast Panama Togo Bahamas Egypt Jamaica Papua New Guin Tonga Bahrain El Salvador Japan Paraguay Trinidad Bangladesh Ethiopia Jordan Peru Tunisia Barbados Fiji Kazakhstan Philippines Turkey Belgium France Kenya Poland Turkmenistan Belize Gabon Korea Portugal Uganda Bolivia Georgia Kyrgyzstan Puerto Rico UK Bosnia- Germany Lebanon Romania Ukraine Herzegovina Ghana Libya Russia USA Brazil Greece Macedonia St. Lucia Uzbekistan Bulgaria Grenada Madagascar St. Vincent Venezuela Cameroon Guatemala Malawi Samoa Vanuatu Canada Guineai Malaysia Saudi Arabia Yemen Cape Verde Guyana Malta Slovakia Yugoslavia Central Africa Haiti Mexico Slovenia Zaire Chile Honduras Mongolia Solomon Is. 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