Catalogs presented here are used to characterize seismicity in the Basin and Range. To
characterize the historical seismicity, this study compiles the most complete possible
seismic event catalog for the Basin and Range. Comparisons between the temporal and
spatial distribution of seismicity are compared to that of geodesy in a study by Pancha et
al. (2005).
The catalog was compiled from 15 preexisting catalogs, supplemented by the review of
44 journal articles. We estimated seismic moment rates from a new catalog of
earthquakes from 1850 to the end of 1999, intended to be complete for magnitude M > 5.
Earthquakes within the study region with M  4.8 in any of 15 preexisting catalogs were
selected.
Two catalogs are presented here:
Catalog_all.xls
Catalog_preferred.xls
Catalog_all.xls contains multiple entries for each earthquake.
For most earthquakes, we estimated the seismic moment M o from magnitude M W , so
careful attention was paid to the magnitudes of each event in the catalog, as small biases
in magnitudes can result in large bias in the strain rate (e.g., Wang et al., 1982). Moment
magnitude estimates were selected when available. For the largest events, for which
many M W estimates are available, we established criteria to select the favored M W
value. The selection criteria are described below. For events without M W estimates,
care was taken to avoid inflated magnitude estimates, usually by using the smallest
magnitude from any catalog. This yields a lower-bound estimate for the occurrence rate
of moderate-sized earthquakes. Exceptions were made in cases where the primary
catalog source was preferred. In addition, M S estimates were preferred over mb as they
are more representative of M W for large magnitude events (Kanamori, 1983).
See text and Appendix 1 for further explanation of the selection criteria for the ten largest
events.
Catalog_preferred.xls contains the preferred values for each earthquake within the study
region discussed in the paper.
Explanation of column headings:
CATALOG Source catalog or journal article of earthquake listing
YEAR year
MO month
DA
day
HR
hour
MN minute
SEC second
LONG Longitude
LAT Latitude
DEP depth
CAT Source catalog or journal article of earthquake listing
Type Magnitude type
Mag magnitude value given by catalog/article
Magnitude code: Code
1=
preferred value
2=
seconded preferences
3=
least preferred value
Maximum:
Upper-bound estimates of the magnitudes of the moderate sized events are selected
instead of lower bound estimates
Catalog Source catalog or journal article of earthquake origin
B&W 1986
Barker &Doser
Barrientos et al 1985
Beanland and Clark
BK
Boatwright and Choy
Bolt
Caskey et al
CDMG
CNSS BK
CNSS BRK
CNSS CI
CNSS MB
CNSS NC
CNSS NEI
CNSS NN
CNSS PAS
CNSS SLC
CNSS USG
CNSS UU
CNSS UW
CNSS WY
D& K 1987
D&S 1982
D&S 1985
Barker and Wallace, 1986
Barker and Doser, 1988
Barrientos et al., 1985
Beanland and Clarke, 1993
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/ncedc/catalog-search.html
Bolt and Miller, 1975
Caskey et al., 1996
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
http://quake.geo.berkeley.edu/cnss-catalog.html
Doser and Kanamori, 1987
Doser and Smith, 1982
Doser and Smith, 1985
D&S 1989
dePolo H
dianedeP
Doser 1985
Doser 1986
Doser 1987
Doser 1988
Doser 1989
Doser 1989b
Ekstrom &Dz 85
EPB
Gene
Hanks et al
Harvard
Ji et al. 2002
Kanamori et al. 1992
L&B 1976
Mason 1996
Nabelek et al 1985
NOAA
P&N 1988
Pasadena
Patton 85
Patton and Doser
PDE
PDE-Q
rogers et al
savage and hastie
savage and hastie (D&K)
Sipkin
Slemmons
Smith&A 1991
SRA
Stein & Barrientos 85
Stein and B
T&A 1966
Top 1981
UNR1852
UNR2000
USHIS
UTAH Richins
UTHist
Utregion
W&C
W&S 1989
Doser and Smith, 1989
DePolo et al., 2001
DePolo & DePolo, 1999
Doser, 1985
Doser, 1986
Doser, 1987
Doser, 1988
Doser, 1989a
Doser, 1989b
Ekstrom and Dziewonski, 1985
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic.html
Ichinose et al., 2003
Hanks et al., 1975
http://www.seismology.harvard.edu/CMTsearch.html
Ji et al., 2002
Kanamori et al., 1992
Langston and Butler, 1976
Mason, 1996
Nabelek et al., 1985
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic.html
Pacheco and Nábĕlek, 1988
www.scecdc.scec.org/catalogs.html
Patton, 1985
Patton and Doser, 1988
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic.html
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic.html
Rogers et al., 1991
Savage and Hastie, 1966; Savage and Hastie, 1969
Savage and Hastie, 1966; Savage and Hastie, 1969 as
quoted by Doser and Kanamori (1987)
Sipkin, 1986
Slemmons, 1957
Smith and Arabaz, 1991
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic.html
Stein and Barrientos, 1985
Stein and Barrientos, 1985
Tsai and Aki, 1966
Toppozada et al., 1981
www.seismo.unr.edu/Catalog/catalog-search.html
www.seismo.unr.edu/Catalog/catalog-search.html
http://wwwneic.cr.usgs.gov/neis/epic/epic.html
www.quake.utah.edu/catalog/catalog.shtml
www.quake.utah.edu/catalog/catalog.shtml
www.quake.utah.edu/catalog/catalog.shtml
Wells and Coppersmith, 1994
Westaway and Smith, 1989
Ward & b
Ward and Barreintos, 1986
Yellowstone http://www.quake.utah.edu/catalog/ynp.shtml