Thematic websites

Research institutions / Russian geologic maps and publications / Eurasia active and recent tectonics / Web maps / Earthquake catalogs / Satellite imagery providers

Research institutions

ifz.ru – Schmidt Institute of Physics of the Earth of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IPE RAS). Noteworthy: homepage of V.I.Ulomov. (in Russian)

ocean.ru – Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IO RAS).

geoenv.ru – Sergeev Institute of Environmental Geoscience of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEG RAS).

crust.irk.ru – Institute of the Earth’s Crust SB RAS, Irkutsk. Noteworthy (in Russian): Lab of engineering seismology and seismogeology, Lab of tectonophysics.

kscnet.ru/ivs – Institute of Volcanology and Seismology FEB RAS. Noteworthy pages: KVERT Kamchatka Volcanic Eruption Response Team, Geoportal of volcanological and seismological spatial data and services.

ceme.gsras.ru – Geophysical Survey of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GS RAS).

imgg.ru – Institute of Marine Geology and Geophysics FEB RAS. Noteworthy page (in Russian): SVERT Sakhalin Volcanic Eruption Response Team.

idg.chph.ras.ru – Institute of Geosphere Dynamics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IDG RAS).

mitp.ru – Institute of Earthquake Prediction Theory and Mathematical Geophysics of the Russian Academy of Sciences (IEPT RAS). (in Russian)

gdirc.ru – Research Station of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Bishkek (Republic of Kyrgyzstan).

Russian geologic maps and publications

vsegei.ru – Database of the State Geological Maps of the Russian Federation (in Russian), Karpinsky Russian Geological Research Institute (FGUP VSEGEI).

repo.kscnet.ru – IVS FEB RAS Repository, an open access electronic archive of Institute of Volcanology and Seismology topic publications.

geokniga.org – catalog of user-uploaded geological maps, mostly Russian State Geological Maps, which supports spatial queries. (in Russian)

jurassic.ru – Collection of documents about the Jurassic and the entire Mesozoic of Russia and adjacent areas.

Eurasia active and recent tectonics

diss.rm.ingv.it – The European Database of Seismogenic Faults (EDSF). 2007. The EU Project Seismic Hazard Harmonization in Europe (SHARE).

bdfa.irsn.fr – Database of potentially active faults (BDFA) for Metropolitan France. 2017. Institute of Radiological protection and Nuclear Safety (IRSN). France.

info.igme.es – Quaternary Active Faults Database of Iberia (QAFI). Instituto Geológico y Minero de España (IGME). Spain.

gein.noa.gr – Database of active faults in Greece (NOAfaults). Institute of Geodynamics. Institute of Geodynamics. National Observatory of Athens (NOA). Greece.

pubs.usgs.gov – Map and Database of Probable and Possible Quaternary Faults in Afghanistan. Ruleman C.A., Crone A.J., Machette M.N. et al., 2007.

esdynamics.geo.uni-tuebingen.de – The Central Asia Fault Database (CAFD). Mohadjer S., Strube T., Ehlers T.A., Bendick R. 2015. University of Tübingen. Germany.

github.com/HimaTibetMap – Database of active faults and associated features in the Indo-Asian collision zone. M.Taylor, A.Yin, R.Styron, K.Okoronkwo, 2013.

gbank.gsj.jp – Active fault database of Japan. The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST). Japan.

moeacgs.gov.tw – Active fault distribution map of Taiwan. Scale 1:500000. 2012. Central Geological Survey, Ministry of Economic Affairs. Taiwan.

crust.irk.ru – Database of active faults and seismicity of south Eastern Siberia. 2012. Institute of the Earth’s Crust. Siberian Branch of RAS.

neotec.ginras.ru – Active Faults of Eurasia Database (AFEAD), 2021. Geological Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences (GIN RAS).

Web maps

google.com/earth – Google Earth Pro, a 3D representation of Earth based on satellite imagery and digital elevation.

maps-for-free.com – Free worldwide relief renderer with landcover layers.

nakarte.me – Aggregator of spatial data for track planning and data transfer to handheld GPS.

Earthquake catalogs

isc.ac.uk – International Association of Seismology and Physics Earth’s Interior (IASPEI) - International Seismological Centre (ISC).

earthquake.usgs.gov – United States Geological Survey (USGS) - National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC), see Map and KML feed of latest earthquakes.

ncedc.org – Northern California Earthquake Data Center (NCEDC) - Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS).

emsc-csem.org – European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC).

globalcmt.org – Harvard Global Centroid-Moment-Tensor (CMT) Project.

wdcb.ru – World Data Center for Solid Earth Physics (WDC for SEP), Moscow.

Satellite imagery providers

earthexplorer.usgs.gov – United States Geological Survey data portal. (Registration needed for full access)

scihub.copernicus.eu – Data portal of ESA Sentinel project. See also: Copernicus Research and User Support Service portal for thematic data processing.

eos.com/landviewer – Browsing and online processing of satellite imagery.

gebco.net – The General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO), a publicly available bathymetric chart of the world's oceans.

soest.hawaii.edu – Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical, High-resolution Geography Database (GSHHG) of shorelines, rivers and borders provided in five resolutions.

pgc.umn.edu – ArcticDEM, a high-resolution, high quality, digital surface model of the Arctic. See also: ArcticDEM Explorer.

gptl.ru – Roscosmos Geoportal, satellite images service of the Russian State Corporation for Space Activities. See also: a portal of open data pod.gptl.ru.