FDSN Station Page - RAYN

Information for RAYN as of February 2010

Station:Ar Rayn, Saudi Arabia

Director:Dr. Abdullah Al-Amri

Network Affiliation: IRIS/IDA - GSN

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Telephone:

Fax:

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Coordinates:

• Latitude: 23.5225 N
• Longitude: 45.5032 E
• Elevation to Sensor: 779
• Depth to Sensor: 7

Geology: Late pre-Cambrian granodiorite, decomposed at surface.

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

Open Station: Pending

Parent Organization:King Saud University and King Abdulaziz City for Science and Technology

Vault Conditions: The STS-5 is emplaced in a cased borehole at a depth of 7 m. Other sensors are mounted on the floor of a tank vault coupled to the granodiorite and buried in 2 meters of weathered material.

Site Description: Site is in a remote area on the Arabian shield.

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 ] 12 Feb 2010 to Present
2. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 23 Nov 2008 to 11 Feb 2010
3. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 02 Feb 1997 to 22 Nov 2008
4. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 29 May 1996 to 01 Feb 1997
5. Global Seismograph Network - GSN: [ II ] 01 Jan 1996 to 19 May 1996