Geoscience Australia maintains a database of nuclear explosions with location, time, and size data since 1945. The dataset also includes records from seismological observatories at Mawson, Macquarie Island, Casey, and former observatories Wilkes and Heard Island. Fields include date, time, magnitude, yield, and coordinates.
Use Cases
- Analyze global nuclear explosion patterns based on date, location, and yield fields.
- Study seismic event magnitudes and impacts based on magnitude, felt radius, and damage radius.
- Correlate explosion events with seismic observatory recordings based on time and location data.
- Map the geographic distribution of nuclear events and seismic observations based on latitude and longitude.
Strengths
- Includes data on nuclear explosions since 1945, providing a long historical record.
- Combines explosion data with seismic observatory records from multiple Antarctic and sub-Antarctic stations.
Limitations
- Row count and file formats are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Last update date is unknown; freshness unverified.
Provenance
- Source
- AU_AADC
- Time Range
- Since 1945
- Geography
- Global for explosions; Antarctic and sub-Antarctic for observatories.