Geophysics Institutions Throughout the World

Africa

• Council for Geoscience, Republic of South Africa
• European Mediterranean Seismological Centre
• Organisation of African Geological Surveys
• See also entries for Algeria, Djibouti, Egypt, Morocco, Namibia, South Africa and Tunisia.

Albania

• European Mediterranean Seismological Centre
• Institute of Geosciences, Energy, Water and Environment

Algeria

• European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre
• Mediterranean Very Broadband Seismographic Network - MEDNET

Argentina

• Instituto Nacional de Prevención Sísmica (INPRES)

Australia

• Geoscience Australia
• Geological Society of Australia
• University of Queensland ESSCC Seismological Observatory
• Seismology Research Centre
• Australian Earthquake News
• Seismology & Geomagnetism Group, Australian National University
• The Australian Earthquake Engineering Society
• South Australia Earthquakes

Austria

• Austrian Association for Earthquake Engineering and Structural Dynamics
• GeoSphere Austria

Azerbaijan

• Republican Seismic Survey Center of Azerbaijan Academy of Sciences
• European Mediterranean Seismological Centre

Azores

• Observatório Vulcanológico e Sismológico da Univ. dos Açores
• See also entries for Portugal.

Belgium

• Royal Observatory of Belgium - Seismology

Boliva

• Learning from Earthquakes: Bolivia
• Observatorio San Calixto, La Paz

Brazil

• Observatório Sismológico, Universidade de Brasília
• Instituto de Astronomia, Geofisica e Ciências Atmosféricas

Bulgaria

• Geophysical Institute - Bulgarian Academy of Scoence

Canada

• Natural Resources Canada - Earthquakes
• Southern Ontario Seismic Network

Caribbean

• Seismic Research Centre, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago
• See also entries for Cuba, Jamaica and Puerto Rico.

Central America

• See entries for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Nicaragua and Panama

Chile

• Departamento de Geofisica, Universidad de Chile
• Seismological ServiceDepartamento de Geofisica, Universidad de Chile
• Centro Sismológico de la Universidad de Tarapacá
• Servicio Nacional de Geología y Minería (SERNAGEOMIN)

China

• China Earthquake Data Center
• Seismological Society of China
• Hong Kong Observatory

Colombia

• SGC - Servicio Geológico Colombiano

Costa Rica

• Laboratorio de Ingenieria Sismica, Universidad de Costa Rica
• OVSICORI-UNA: Observatorio Vulcanologico y Sismologico de Costa Rica
• Red Sismologica Nacional (RSN)

Cuba

• Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Sismológicas (CENAIS)

Czech Republic

• Geophysical Institute, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic
• Charles University - Department of Geophysics
• Masaryk University Brno - Institute of Physics of the Earth

Denmark

• Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS)

Djibouti

• Observatoire Géophysique d'Arta
• European Mediterranean Seismological Centre

Ecuador

• Instituto Geofísico, Escuela Politécnica Nacional

Egypt

• National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics (NRIAG)
• European Mediterranean Seismological Centre

El Salvador

• Servicio Nacionales de Estudios Territoriales - SNET

Europe

• European Geosciences Union
• Observatories and Research Facilities for EUropean Seismology - ORFEUS
• Centre Sismologique Euro-Mediterraneen - CSEM
• European Seismological Commission
• See also entries for individual countries.

Finland

• Institute of Seismology, University of Helsinki

France

• Le Bureau Central Sismologique Français
• Centre Sismologique Euro-Mediterraneen - CSEM
• GEOSCOPE
• SISMALP - French Alps Seismic Network
• Reseau National de Surveillance Sismique, France - ReNaSS

Germany

• GEOFON Program, Potsdam
• Seismic Data Analysis Center - SDAC
• Department of Geophysics, Ruhr University Bochum
• Seismological Central Observatory (SZGRF) Graefenberg

Greece

• Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
• National Observatory of Athens, Institue of Geodynamics
• National Observatory of Athens
• University of Athens, Department of Geophysics-Geothermal
• I.T.S.A.K.
• Laboratory of Seismology, University of Patras

Guatemala

• INSIVUMEH - Instituto Nacional de Sismologia, Vulcanología, Meteorología e Hidrologia

Hungary

• GeoRisk Earthquake Research Institute

Iceland

• Icelandic Meteorological Office, Physics Department

India

• India Meteorological Department
• India Meteorological Department - Seismology
• Geological Survey of India
• Regional Meteorological Centre, Mumbai: Earthquakes
• National Geophysical Research Institute

Indonesia

• Badan Meteorologi, Klimatologi, dan Geofisika
• ASEAN Earthquake Information Center
• Volcanological Survey of Indonesia

Iran

• Geological Survey of Iran
• International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology, Iran
• Earthquake Research Center - EQRC
• Building & Housing Research Center

Ireland

• Irish National Seismic Network
• Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies - Geophysics

Israel

• The Geophysical Institute of Israel
• The Geophysical Institute of Israel: Seismology Division

Italy

• Friuli Experimental Seismic Network, Venezia Giulia, Italy
• Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV)
• Dipartimento di Geoscienze, Universita degli Studi di Trieste
• Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e Geofisica Sperimentale (OGS)(Italian)
• Gruppo Nazionale per la Difesa dai Terremoti (National Group for the Defense against Earthquakes)

Jamaica

• Earthquake Unit, The University of the West Indies, Mona

Japan

• Earthquake Research Institute, University of Tokyo
• Geological Survey of Japan - GSJ
• Japan Meteorological Agency - JMA
• Meteorological Research Institute - Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA)
• National Research Institute for Earth Science and Disaster Prevention (NIED), Japan
• Kyoshin Network (K-NET) - strong motion
• F-Net - broadband
• Hi-Net - short period
• Earthquake Prediction Research Center
• Geospatial Information Authority of Japan (GSI)
• Japan Marine Science and Technology Center
• International Institute of Seismology and Earthquake Engineering - IISEE
• Coordinating Committee for Earthquake Prediction, Japan - no website?
• Disaster Prevention Research Institute, Kyoto University
• Research Center for Earthquake Prediction
• Sakurajima Volcano Research Center

Kazakhstan

• Kazakhstan National Data Center (KazNDC)

Malaysia

• Malaysian Meteorological Service

Mexico

• Servicio Seismologico Nacional - UNAM, Mexico
• Instituto de Geofisica, UNAM
• CICESE - Departmento de Sismologia

Montenegro

• Montenegro Seismological Observatory, Podgorica

Morocco

• Institut National de Géophysique du Maroc
• European Mediterranean Seismological Centre

Namibia

• Geological Survey of Namibia

Nepal

• National Seismological Center, Nepal
• National Society for Earthquake Technology
• Government of Nepal Ministry of Industry-Department of Mines and Geology

Netherlands

• ORFEUS Data Center
• Network of Autonomously Recording Seismographs - NARS
• Royal Netherlands Meteorological Institute

New Zealand

• Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences
• Victoria University, School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences
• GeoNet
• Geological Society of New Zealand
• New Zealand Earthquake Commission

Nicaragua

• Instituto Nicaraguense de Estudios Territoriales - INETER

Norway

• Norwegian Seismic Array (NORSAR)
• University of Bergen, Geodynamics

Oman

• Sultan Qaboos University, Earthquake Monitoring Center

Pakistan

• Geological Survey of Pakistan
• National Seismic Monitoring Centre, Islamabad

Panama

• Instituto de Geociencias de la Universidad de Panama

Papua New Guinea

• Mineral resources Authority of Papua New Guinea

Peru

• Instituto Geofisico del Perú

Philippines

• Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology: PHIVOLCS

Poland

• Instytut Geofizyki, Polskiej Akademii Nauk

Portugal

• Instituto Portugues do Mar e da Atmosfera
• Instituto Geofisico Infante D Luiz
• Observatório Vulcanológico e Sismológico da Univ. dos Açores

Puerto Rico (including Virgin Islands)

• Red Sísmica de Puerto Rico (RSPR)

Romania

• National Institute for Earth Physics, Bucharest

Russia

• Russian Academy of Sciences, Geophysical Survey (Russian)
• Russian Academy of Sciences, Geophysical Survey (English)
• Baikal Branch Geophysical Survey, Siberian Branch Russian Academy of Sciences, Irkutsk (Russian)
• Kola Branch, Geophysical Survey, Russian Academy of Sciences, Apatity

Saudi Arabia

• Saudi Geological Survey, Jeddah

Serbia

• Seismological Survey of Serbia, Belgrade

Slovakia

• Department of Seismology, Geophysical Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences

South Africa

• Geological Survey of South Africa

South America

• See entries for Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela.

Spain

• National Geographical Institute, Madrid, Spain
• Institut Cartografic de Catalunya
• Instituto Andaluz de Geofísica, Universidad de Granada

Sweden

• Swedish National Seismological Network

Switzerland

• Swiss Seismological Service

Taiwan

• Central Weather Bureau
• National Center for Research on Earthquake Engineering
• Institute of Earth Sciences, Academia Sinica
• Broadband Array in Taiwan for Seismology - BATS
• Central Weather Bureau - Earthquakes

Trinidad and Tobago

• Seismic Research Centre, The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine

Tunisia

• Institut National de la Métérologie

Turkey

• Kandilli Observatory and Earthquake Research Institute, Bosporus University, Istanbul
• AFAD, Earthquake Research Department, Ankara
• AFAD, Strong Ground Motion Network, Ankara
• Tubitak MRC Earth Sciences Research Institute

United Kingdom

• British Geological Survey - BGS
• British Geological Survey Earthquake Home Page
• Earthquake Engineering Research Centre, University of Bristol
• International Seismological Centre - ISC
• Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford

Uzbekistan

• Institute of Seismology of the Academy of Sciences, Tashkent

Venezuela

• Laboratorio de Geofmsica de la Universidad de Los Andes, Venezuela
• Fundacion Venezolana de Investigaciones Sismologicas - Funvisis