All about SEED format

SEED:  Standard for the Exchange of Earthquake Data

The Standard for the Exchange of Earthquake Data (SEED) is an international standard format for the exchange of digital seismological data.  SEED was designed for use by the earthquake research community, primarily for the exchange between institutions of unprocessed earth motion data.  It is a format for digital data measured at one point in space and at equal intervals of time.

The SEED reference manual (version 2.4) is published by the Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology (IRIS). SEED was jointly developed by members of the Federation of Digital Seismographic Networks (FDSN).

Download the entire SEED reference manual (pdf), browse Chapter 1 as html, or learn about SEED channel naming conventions in Appendix A.

Page last updated 10 Dec 2010.