Southern California Earthquake Data Center
Also known as SCEDC
The Southern California Earthquake Data Center (SCEDC) operates at the Seismological Laboratory at Caltech and is the primary archive of seismological data for southern California. The 1932-to-present Caltech/USGS catalog maintained by the SCEDC is the most complete archive of seismic data for any region in the United States. Our mission is to maintain an easily accessible, well-organized, high-quality, searchable archive for research in seismology and earthquake engineering.
Getting access
Open access Open
- How to apply
- Not yet verified — we don’t publish a route we haven’t checked.
Summarised from a registry — the exact application route is not yet verified.
About this database
| Website | https://scedc.caltech.edu/ |
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| Subjects | Natural Sciences · Geosciences (including Geography) · Atmospheric Science and Oceanography · Geology and Palaeontology |
| Last updated | 2026-09-12 |