Description
Digitized seismograms and event catalogues from a small observatory that recorded 17 thousand earthquakes, most of them too faint to feel.
Provenance
Deposited by Highland Retro Computing Society, which had held it unread for years. The disc was scratched but readable after cleaning. Every sector was recovered on the first or second read.
Preservation
- Fixity (SHA-256)
253aca24f95ba7ef4841aff8356fa8e8922f9255ff9be443802181187839b0b7- Last verified
- Oct 23, 2026, by Vigil
- Migrated to
- CSV with a data dictionary, with the original files kept
- Copies
- Three, on two kinds of storage, in two cities
- Original carriers
- Kept in cold storage in Vancouver
Access
Free, in the Lazarus reading room in Vancouver and in partner reading rooms. Copies may be taken away.
Reading-room copies are migrated to CSV with a data dictionary, with the original files kept. The recovered files are kept exactly as they were found.
Cite as: Wellsby Observatory, Seismograms, Wellsby Observatory, 1997–2005 (1997–2005). Lazarus Archive, LZ-09338.