About the SCEDC

Citation Policy

To cite the SCEDC and use of this website:

Please use the following citation to cite data downloaded from SCEDC:

SCEDC (2013): Southern California Earthquake Center.
Caltech.Dataset. doi:10.7909/C3WD3xH1

To cite the Southern California Seismic Network (SCSN):

California Institute of Technology (Caltech) (1926): Southern California Seismic Network. International Federation of Digital Seismograph Networks. Other/Seismic Network. doi:10.7914/SN/CI

The SCEDC and SCSN are funded through U.S. Geological Survey Grant G20AP00037, and the Southern California Earthquake Center, which is funded by NSF Cooperative Agreement EAR-0529922 and USGS Cooperative Agreement 07HQAG0008.

To cite use of special data sets created by researchers: Please use the citation above and any references specified on the appropriate page.

Please also note our policy for use of photographs.