About Earthquake Monitor


The PARI Earthquake Monitor uses three seismometers.

Channel 1 is a Mark Products L4 Geophone and detects vertical motion (Z Axis)
Channel 2 is a Lehman Transducer and detects East - West motion (Y Axis)
Channel 3 is a Lehman Transducer and detects North - South motion (X Axis)

The station is located near the Brevard Fault Line.

  • Located at Pisgah Astronomical Research Institute
  • Latitude +35 deg 11.8 min N
  • Longitude  82 deg 52.3 min W
  • Surface Altitude: 933 m or 3060 feet

  • Links:

    University of Alabama: Brevard Fault Zone Near Rosman, North Carolina
    Seismicity of the United States, 1977 - 1997
    University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee: The Brevard Zone
    Brevard Fault Zone


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