The Seismic Research Centre (TRN)
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| Contact: |
Rodrigo Contreras-Arratia ; rodrigo.ca@sta.uwi.edu |
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| Phone: | +868 662-4659 |
| Fax: | +868 663-9293 |
| Address: | The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad, Trinidad and Tobago |
| Status: | active |
| Last data: | 2024-10-31 |
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| Description: | The Seismic Research Centre of the University of the West Indies is responsible for monitoring earthquakes and volcanic activity in the Commonwealth Eastern Caribbean countries. It is funded by the governments of Trinidad and Tobago, Grenada, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Barbados, St. Lucia, Dominica, Montserrat, St. Kitts-Nevis, Antigua-Barbuda, and the British Virgin Islands. The centre maintains a volcanic surveillance and warning system in these countries, conducts research on the distribution and frequency of earthquakes in the Eastern Caribbean and provides advice on earthquake and volcano related issues to governments of the contributing countries. Additional volcanic monitoring is carried out on contract in the Netherlands Antilles islands of Saba and Sint Eustatius (Statia). External funding is currently provided by several external agencies and private companies including The United States Agency for International Development (USAID/OFDA), the British Department for International Development (DFID), the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) the Atlantic Natural Gas Company and British Gas. Close links are maintained with other similar organisations in the region such as the Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP) which is responsible for volcanic and earthquake monitoring in the islands of Martinique and Guadeloupe, the Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas (FUNVISIS) and the Universidad de Oriente (UDO) which monitor earthquakes in Venezuela. The seismometers currently operated by the centre are mostly broadband with a few short-period sensors. Continuous data are transmitted in real-time to our headquarters in St. Augustine, Trinidad, where the signals are analysed using SEISAN and WURSTMACHINE. Recent developments in hardware have allowed us to start testing Seiscomp for standardised process and products, together with an automatic detection of events. |
| Magnitude Practice Document: | TRN-mags.pdf |
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