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Date: Thu, 23 Sep 1999 21:59:28 -0500 (CDT)
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From: William Lee 
Subject: RE: Taiwan earthquake reports and data available on the Web

Dear WEHZ colleagues:

I am very pleased to inform you that all seismological data 
recorded by the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) for the Chi-Chi 
(Taiwan) earthquake will be made available as soon as practical.

Dr. Tony T. C. Shin, Deputy Director of the Central Weather Bureau 
(and formerly the Director of its Seismology Center) told me that
these valuable data belong to the world [for scientific and 
engineering use].

As a step towards making these data available, a temporary Web site 
has been established through the courtesy of the United States
Geological Survey.  Report #1 and Report #2 (containing early
aftershock data and two near-source accelerograms) are now posted
at:  http://caldera.wr.usgs.gov

These two near-source accelerograms were retrieved by the CWB staff 
under great difficulties as roads and communication to the epicentral
area had been disrupted by the earthquake.  The digital data files 
for these two near-source accelerograms will be available for 
download in the next few days.

There are over 700 digital accelerographs in the free-field
sites (see Figure 2 in Report #2), and about 50 accelerometer
arrays in buildings and structures.  Please be patience as the
CWB staff have been stretched to their limits, and I also need
some sleep.

Best regards, 

Willie Lee
c.c.: Dr. Tony Shin; Dr. K. W. Kuo; 




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