Field Activity 2000-028-FA

Identifier 2000-028-FA
Alternate names IB I-28-00-PR
Purpose Deploy ocean bottom seismometers to record earthquakes in the vicinity of Puerto Rico.
Location western Puerto Rico, United States, Caribbean Sea, North America, North Atlantic;
Summary Deployed 12 OBSes with external geophone packages west, northwest, and southwest of Puerto Rico to record earthquakes for 45 days. Three land seismometers were also deployed.
Comments Project = Caribbean Earthquake and Tsunami Hazard, Caribbean Earthquake and Tsunami Hazard
URL
Platform
Isla Magueyes
71 feet
Itinerary
Start Mayaguez, Puerto Rico 2000-05-03
End Magueyez, Puerto Rico 2000-05-04
Days in the field 2
Bounds
West -67.72219764
East -66.99281539
North 19.06269482
South 18.18760655

Personnel

Organization
384 Woods Hole Road
Quissett Campus
Woods Hole, MA02543-1598
(508) 548-8700
Principal investigators Uri Ten Brink
Crew members
Gregory K Miller
Scientist, Staff
Roth, Erich
Scientist, Staff
Phillipp Molzer
Scientist, Staff
Information specialist(s)
Gregory K Miller
Specialist, Information
Roth, Erich
Specialist, Information
Affiliate principal Christa von Hillebrandt, University of Puerto Rico and P.R. Seismic network
Affiliate staff Robert Iuliucci - Contractor

Data types and categories

Data category: Seismics, Location-Elevation
Data type: Ocean Bottom Seismometer, Navigation

Equipment used

Equipment Usage description Data types Datasets
Ocean Bottom Seismometer Ocean Bottom Seismometer (no data reported)
GPS (wh) Navigation (no data reported)

Publications

Samples collected during this field activity