FDSN Station Page - MBAR

Information for MBAR as of October 2019

Station: Mbarara, Uganda

Director:Dr. Fred Tugume

Network Affiliation: IRIS/IDA - GSN

Address:Geological Survey and Mines Department Ministry of Natural Resources of Uganda PO Box 9 Entebbe, Uganda

Telephone:

Fax:

Telex:

Coordinates:

• Latitude: 0.6019 S
• Longitude: 30.7382 E
• Depth to Sensor: 217'

Geology: Granitic gneiss derived from rocks of Toro and Karagwe-Ankolean ages.

Network Contact:IDA Seismographic Network Institute of Geophysics & Planetary Physics University of California, San Diego La Jolla, CA 92093-0225

Open Station: Yes

Parent Organization:Geological Survey and Mines Department Ministry of Natural Resources of Uganda

Vault Conditions: The station is located in an isolated scientific complex. The STS-6 is emplaced in a cased borehole drilled into granite and gneiss at a depth of 217 feet. The Trillium120PH is set in a shallow borehole adjacent to the STS-6 borehole.

Site Description: Forestry Service complex about 5 km from the town of Mbarara. It is a borehole deployment.

Address from which to obtain data:

IRIS Data Management Center; 1408 NE 45th St.; Seattle, WA 98105; USA

Phone 206-547-0393

Station Instrumentation

1. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 22 Sept. 2019 to Present
2. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 18 Apr 2012 to 21 Sept. 2019  
3. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 09 Mar 2007 to 17 Apr 2012
4. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 02 Oct 1999 to 09 Mar 2007