A set of MATLAB functions for downloading and handling earthquake data from the International Seismological Centre (ISC). The toolbox contains a number of MATLAB Live Scripts to get you started. It requires MATLAB and Mapping Toolbox.
A brief overview of the functionality is given in the MATLAB Live Script 'Introduction_ISCToolboxForMATLAB.mlx'.
More detailed examples are then given in 3 further Live Scripts detailed below.
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The first (ISCtoolbox_WB1_Download_ISC_Data.mlx) is a MATLAB Live Script that allows you to interactively search the ISC database, and build a data set based on the area, time span and magnitude range you are interested in.
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The second (ISCtoolbox_WB2_Exploring_Earthquake_Locations.mlx) gives an overview of the data that can be downloaded (either by you in the previous workbook, or one of the distributed example datasets) with a focus on plotting earthquake locations.
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The third (ISCtoolbox_WB3_Exploring_Earthquake_Magnitudes.mlx) introduces and compares different earthquake magnitude types, and enables a simple interactive Mc and b-value calulations.
For more information on the ISC Toolbox for MATLAB please visit www.isc.ac.uk/projects/matlab
Or email earthquake-toolbox@isc.ac.uk with questions or to be added to the mailing list.