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Seismic Monitor allows you to monitor global earthquakes in near real-time, visit seismic stations around the world, and search the web for earthquake or region-related information. You can also view seismograms and make dataset requests via its WILBER interface.

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Cutting Edge Science Presented at IRIS Workshop
The 19th IRIS Workshop was held June 4-6, 2008, at Skamania Lodge in Stevenson, Washington. More than 275 people from the US and numerous countries around the world attended the 3-day meeting to learn about innovative research being conducted in seismology and to exchange ideas with colleagues.
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07/03/2008
USGS Deploys Its First Next Generation GSN Field System
The USGS Albuquerque Seismological Laboratory installed its first next generation system (NGS) at the Global Seismographic Network (GSN) station ANMO in Albuquerque, New Mexico, on June 30, 2008.
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06/27/2008
IRIS Highlights Research and Education Activities on Capitol Hill
IRIS participated in the annual Coalition for National Science Funding Exhibition and Reception on Capitol Hill this week.
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06/27/2008
Teachers Learn Geophysics and Seismology Principles
Staff from IRIS, UNAVCO and the EarthScope National Office conducted a professional development workshop for teachers at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln in early June.
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06/19/2008
IRIS Undergraduate Summer Internship Program Kicks Off with Orientation at New Mexico Tech
The 2008 IRIS undergraduate internship class kicked off their summer experiences by participating in a week-long orientation, May 25-31, 2008.
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05/12/2008
New Mexico Student Receives IRIS Science Award
The Second Annual IRIS Science Award at Socorro High School was given to Kristen Royal on May 7, 2008.
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05/09/2008
GSN Installs First Station With Next-Generation System Design
The first fully-integrated Next-Generation Global Seismographic Network System (NGS) was installed on April 29 by Project IDA at the Piñon Flats Observatory (PFO) in Southern California.
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05/08/2008
EarthScope MT Backbone Station Begins Operation
The EarthScope Magnetotelluric Backbone station at Blacksburg, Virginia, began operating on April 6, 2008.
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