European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC)
Centre sismologique euro-méditerranéen (CSEM)
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Contact Details
URL: http://www.emsc-csem.org/
Founded
1975
History
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Establish and operate a system for rapid determination of the European and Mediterranean earthquake epicentres, and transmit the results immediately to the appropriate international authorities and to members; determine the principal parameters (epicentre, depth, magnitude, focal mechanisms, etc) of major seismic events located within the European-Mediterranean region and dispatch widely the corresponding results; collect the data necessary for operations of the Centre and make them available to other international, regional or national data centres; encourage scientific cooperation among European and Mediterranean countries in the field of earthquake research, and develop studies of general interest; promote the exchange of seismological data between laboratories in the European-Mediterranean area; satisfy any request related to detailed studies of specific events; assure the functioning of an European seismological data bank; promote improvement of observational systems in the European-Mediterranean region.
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Links with: D-XD0435 - Council of Europe (CE); E-XE1884 - European Centre on Geomorphological Hazards; E-XE2442 - European Commission (EC). Participates in the work of: E-XE4176 - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE).
Relations with Non-Governmental Organizations
Links with: B-XB1344 - International Association of Seismology and Physics of the Earth's Interior (IASPEI).
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UIA Org ID
XE4846
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