QCN Alpha Test

About QCN Alpha Test

The Quake Catcher Network (QCN) is a research project that uses Internet-connected computers to do research, education, and outreach in seismology. You can participate by downloading and running a free program on your computer. Currently only certain Mac (OS X) PPC and Intel laptops are supported -- recent ones which have a built-in accelerometer.

QCN is a joint project between Stanford University and University of California at Riverside.

Join QCN Alpha Test

Read our rules and policies
This project uses BOINC. If you're already running BOINC, select Attach to Project. If not, download BOINC.
When prompted, enter
http://qcn.stanford.edu/qcnalpha/
If you're running a command-line or pre-5.0 version of BOINC, create an account first.
If you have any problems, get help here.
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News

May 14, 2008 QCN Records Reno Nevada Earthquake of April 26, 2008
We are happy to report that two QCN alpha test participants who live in and near Reno Nevada detected vibrations from the recent Magnitude 5.1 earthquake in Reno using QCN software. We're very excited and are currently preparing a paper to show these preliminary results, i.e. that the QCN software seems to detect real seismic events and report to our servers within seconds. Hopefully this is the start of a real system that can be used for advanced warning someday! We're also happy to report that both participants and their laptops are fine! :-)

March 27, 2008 Nature News article on QCN
There's a short article about QCN in Nature News Online

February 28, 2008 Updated Versions to 2.46
Thanks to all those taking part in the alpha test! New versions have been uploaded (version number 2.46) for the Intel and PowerPC Macs, and Windows. Note the Windows version is still 'graphics only' as the accelerometer work has not begun. Next stage will be server side analysis to see if triggers match any known seismic events.

February 3, 2008 Start of Alpha Test (Intel and PPC Mac OS X). Please note that global prefs will be set to 1 CPU active, run after idle for 3 minutes - please only attach if you do not mind these default global preferences!
We are now in alpha testing mode -- currently support Intel and PPC Macs running OS X. Development under way for Windows (HP laptop accelerometers).

December 15, 2007 QCN Demo and Poster at AGU Conference
QCN personnel (Jesse, Elizabeth, and Carl) attended the American Geophysical Society conference this week, and had a poster and demo session showing the current state of the QCN software which will run under BOINC

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About QCN Alpha Test The Quake Catcher Network (QCN) is a research project that uses Internet-connected computers to do research, education, and outreach in seismology. You can participate by downloading and running a free program on your computer. Currently only certain Mac (OS X) PPC and Intel laptops are supported -- recent ones which have a built-in accelerometer. QCN is a joint project between Stanford University and University of California at Riverside. Quake Catcher Network Home Page Project Personnel Join QCN Alpha Test Read our rules and policies This project uses BOINC. If you're already running BOINC, select Attach to Project. If not, download BOINC. When prompted, enter http://qcn.stanford.edu/qcnalpha/ If you're running a command-line or pre-5.0 version of BOINC, create an account first. If you have any problems, get help here. Server Status Page. Returning participants Your account - view stats, modify preferences Teams - create or join a team Certificate Applications Community Profiles User search Message boards Statistics	User of the day [AF>Futura Sciences>Linux] Thrr-Gilag Un extra-terrestre d'un autre genre : L'Alliance Francophone vous passe le bonjour : http://www.boinc-af.org/
	News May 14, 2008 QCN Records Reno Nevada Earthquake of April 26, 2008 We are happy to report that two QCN alpha test participants who live in and near Reno Nevada detected vibrations from the recent Magnitude 5.1 earthquake in Reno using QCN software. We're very excited and are currently preparing a paper to show these preliminary results, i.e. that the QCN software seems to detect real seismic events and report to our servers within seconds. Hopefully this is the start of a real system that can be used for advanced warning someday! We're also happy to report that both participants and their laptops are fine! :-) March 27, 2008 Nature News article on QCN There's a short article about QCN in Nature News Online February 28, 2008 Updated Versions to 2.46 Thanks to all those taking part in the alpha test! New versions have been uploaded (version number 2.46) for the Intel and PowerPC Macs, and Windows. Note the Windows version is still 'graphics only' as the accelerometer work has not begun. Next stage will be server side analysis to see if triggers match any known seismic events. February 3, 2008 Start of Alpha Test (Intel and PPC Mac OS X). Please note that global prefs will be set to 1 CPU active, run after idle for 3 minutes - please only attach if you do not mind these default global preferences! We are now in alpha testing mode -- currently support Intel and PPC Macs running OS X. Development under way for Windows (HP laptop accelerometers). December 15, 2007 QCN Demo and Poster at AGU Conference QCN personnel (Jesse, Elizabeth, and Carl) attended the American Geophysical Society conference this week, and had a poster and demo session showing the current state of the QCN software which will run under BOINC ...more News is available as an RSS feed .
Click on an image below for a full screen picture!