BGS EIDA Node

Available services

The following services are available:

FDSNWS data select: https://eida.bgs.ac.uk/fdsnws/dataselect/1
FDSNWS station: https://eida.bgs.ac.uk/fdsnws/station/1
FDSNWS availability: https://eida.bgs.ac.uk/fdsnws/availability/1
EIDAWS WFCatalog: https://eida.bgs.ac.uk/eidaws/wfcatalog/1
Routing file (JSON format): https://eida.bgs.ac.uk/routing.json
Routing file (XML format): https://eida.bgs.ac.uk/routing.xml

Basic “URL Builder” pages

Basic "URL Builder" pages allow manual download of data and metadata from the FDSN web service. Filling in the forms builds a URL with access to the data.

Accessing data via ObsPy

FDSN web services can be accessed via Python-based ObsPy software. The following code snippets query the station and dataselect APIs.

from obspy.clients.fdsn import Client
from obspy import UTCDateTime

client = Client('http://eida.bgs.ac.uk')

# Download station list
inventory = client.get_stations(network="GB")
print(inventory)

# Save and plot data
t = UTCDateTime("2019-08-08T16:52:05.2")
st = client.get_waveforms("GB", "CCA1", "00", "HHE", t - 2, t + 45, attach_response=True)
st.write("Helston-Cornwall.mseed")
st.plot()

Terms of use

These data are delivered under the terms of the Open Government Licence, subject to the following acknowledgement accompanying the reproduced BGS materials: “Contains British Geological Survey materials © UKRI [year]”.

Enquiries should be directed to: ukeqs@bgs.ac.uk