Enter the name of the Athena Web site. This name will be displayed in the Web browser title bar.
Permitted values: Any character combination to a maximum of 255 characters.
Default value: Athena
Click the Generate button to create a unique API key. The API key is used by
other applications to post bulletins to Athena or to query Athena for Binder information. The API key must be
communicated to the administrator of the other application. Consult the user guide for that application to
determine where the Athena API key should be entered in its configuration.
Enter the external URL address that can be used to reach this Athena. This URL is required to provide links to Athena and Google Maps features in notification emails.
Permitted values: The URL address of this Athena, starting with either http:// or
https://
Example: https://my.athena.domain.name.com:8080
Default value: None
Enter the magnitude types in order of preference from most to least preferred. When a bulletin is posted with
multiple magnitudes, this list specifies which one will be marked as the "preferred magnitude".
Permitted values: Comma-separated, non-case-sensitive list of magnitude names in a descending order of
importance.
Example: Ml, Md, Ms, Mb, Mwp, Mblg, Mwc, Mwb
Default value: Mwc, Mwb, Mwp, Ms, Mb, Ml, Md
Select this option to use the official magnitude from an event bulletin. Selecting this option overrides the
configured magnitude preferences. If the bulletin does not contain an official magnitude, the configured
Magnitude preferences will be used.
Default value: true
Select this check box to include the distance from the event of the nearest populated place in the event
information. The nearest place information is automatically retrieved from the GeoNames geographical
database (geonames.org) Web service.
Example: 25.0370°N, 143.0736°E; 177 km from Higashi, Tokyo, Japan, indicates the latitude, longitude and
nearest populated place to the event.
Default value: true
Select the preferred locale from the options list. This locale will be used for all place name fetched from
GeoNames for the origin “nearest place” field. It will also be used for all ocean names in the origin
“ocean” field. It will not affect the ocean names displayed in the Google Map.
To change the map locale, please see the “Google maps language” setting on the
Map tab.
Default value: en
Enter the initial number of events to display on the Event Map page.
Permitted values: Any integer from 1 to 1000, must be less
than events list limit.
Default value: 100
Enter the maximum number of events to list on the Event Map page.
Permitted values: Any number from 1 to 50000.
Default value: 10000
Enter the maximum number of events to display on the B-Value Analysis page.
Permitted values: Any number from 1 to 40000.
Default value: 6000
Enter a distance in metres to specify how close a latitude/longitude position must be to an existing station's
position in order to be considered a match. The distance specified is used as a radius around the station. The
value can be overridden by specifying a value in the client program making the request.
Permitted values: A number from 1 to 100000.
Example: A value of 1000 means that a matching position must be within 1000 metres of a station.
Default value: 1000
Select the preferred timezone from the options list.
This timezone will be used in all email notifications to all users.
Administrator users will see all times in Athena in UTC.
For non-administrator users, the timezone will be used on the following pages:
- Events Map (except the histogram)
- Event Summary
- Temporal Seismicity Shift
- FMD Plot (except the histogram)
Default value: (GMT+00:00) UTC
Enter, in seconds, the refresh rate for the Event Map page.
Permitted values: A number from 5 to 86400.
Example: A value of 300 means that the page will be refreshed every 5 minutes.
Default value: 300
Select this check box to enable the "Locations" check box in the gear menu on the Event Map. The "Locations"
check box allows users to toggle between showing standard locations and high precision locations in their search results.
Default value: false
Select this check box to show the "Apply search criteria to:" field in the search form on the Event Map. This field
allows users to apply the search criteria to standard locations or to high precision locations.
Default value: false
Select this checkbox to show the locale toggle on the right side of the menu bar. The locale toggle allows users
to change the language of some pages.
Default value: false
Select this checkbox to show the 3D viewer tab for events on the main map page.
Default value: true
Select this checkbox to show the source parameter tab on the summary page of an event
Default value: false
Enter the height, in pixels, to display the histograms on the Event Map page.
Permitted values: Any number from 150 to 1000.
Default value: 150
To provide access to Waveform data, enter a valid ftp site address to display the Waveforms link on the
Event Map page.
Permitted values: An FTP URL string that starts with ftp://
Enter the text to be displayed on the log-on page.
Permitted values: Any character combination. HTML can be used.
Default value: None
Select an event criteria option from the list to specify the default event query for users who do not
have query capabilities.
Go to Event Criterias to view or edit the criteria.
Default value: NoneReset
Select an event criteria from the list to specify the default event query.
Go to Event Criterias to view and edit the criteria.
Default value: NoneReset
Select an event criteria option from the list to specify which posted events will be added to Athena.
You can specify two Accept event criteria options. Only events that match either Accept criteria 1, Accept
criteria 2, or both will be added to Athena.
Events will be rejected and archived if new origins of type manual
do not meet Accept 1 and Accept 2 criteria (regardless of reject criteria).
Go to Event Criteria to view or edit the criteria.
Default value: NoneReset
Select an event criteria option from the list to specify which posted events will be added to Athena.
You can specify two Accept event criteria options. Only events that match either Accept criteria 1, Accept
criteria 2, or both will be added to Athena.
Events will be rejected and archived if new origins of type manual
do not meet Accept 1 and Accept 2 criteria (regardless of Reject criteria).
Go to Event Criteria to view or edit the criteria.
Default value: NoneReset
Select the event criteria that will determine which posted events are rejected from Athena.
Events that match the Reject criteria will be omitted from Athena, and events that do not match will be
added.
- If no Accept criteria are defined, events that do not match the Reject criteria will be accepted.
- If Accept criteria 1 is defined, events that match Accept criteria 1 will be accepted. The Reject criteria
will be ignored.
- If Accept criteria 2 is defined, events that match Accept criteria 2 AND do not match the Reject criteria
will be accepted.
- If all criteria are defined, events that match Accept criteria 1 will be accepted. Events that do not match
Accept criteria 1 will be compared to Accept criteria 2 and the Reject criteria. Events that match Accept
criteria 2 and do not match the Reject criteria will be accepted.
- Events will be rejected and archived if new origins of type manual do not meet Accept 1 and Accept 2 criteria or match the Reject criteria.
Go to Event Criteria to view or edit the criteria.
Default value: NoneReset
Enter the text used to describe the author for an event. This text will replace the author specified in IMS or ARC bulletins.
Permitted values: Any character combination to a maximum of 255 characters.
Default value: None
Select this check box to highlight manually located events on the Event Map page.
Default value: true
Specify the radius in metres of the impacted region around the epicenter of an event. If the specified event
radius intersects the region of interest defined by polygon or rectangle notification criteria, then the event is
considered a match to that criteria. A notification is sent if a match occurs. You can define multiple radii using
the Format.
Format: minimum : maximum = radius, minimum : maximum =
radius
Example: 0 : 2 = 1000, 2 : 4 = 2000
The example defines a radius of 1000 m for events with magnitudes from 0 to 2 (0 <= magnitude < 2),
and a radius of 2000 m for events with a magnitude between 2 and 4.
Default value: None
Use this option to specify the number of decimal places that are displayed for any reference to a focal mechanism
depth. Values that do not meet the specified precision are padded with zeros.
Example: With a value of 2 specified
- 1.0 is displayed as 1.00
- 1.005 is displayed as 1.01
Permitted values: Any number from 0 to 4.
Default value: 2
Use this option to specify the number of decimal places that are displayed for any reference to a peak ground
motion. Values that do not meet the specified precision are padded with zeros.
Example: With a value of 2 specified
- 1.0 is displayed as 1.00
- 1.005 is displayed as 1.01
Permitted values: Any number from 0 to 8.
Default value: 4
Select the units to be used for all distances in Athena.
- Imperial means distances will be displayed in miles and feet
- Metric means distances will be displayed in kilometres and metres
Default value: Metric
When configured, this EPSG code will be used to calculated projected coordinates for each
event in the Event Details CSV download. Two new columns will be added to the CSV: Northing and Easting.
These columns are not present when the EPSG code is empty.
Default value: None
Select this check box to display MT/CMT beachball diagrams on the Event Map and in the events list. Note
that users with custom query permissions can override this setting from the Event Map page using the
Show beachballs check box in the Search Criteria pane.
Default value: true
Select this check box to display station markers on multiple events maps (For example, the Event Map page or the
b-value map) and on single event event maps. Note that single event maps can be accessed by clicking on an
event in the event list on the Event Map page. Stations are always shown on the Stations Map and the Ground Motion
Map.
Default value: true
Select the default icon type for displaying events on the map.
- Automatic - Date is used for the list of recent events, Magnitude is used for all other
lists
- Date - marker colour indicates relative time of event; marker size is relative to magnitude
- Depth - marker colour indicates depth of event; marker size is relative to magnitude
- Magnitude - marker colour indicates magnitude of event; marker size is fixed
- Date fixed - marker colour indicates relative time of event; marker size is fixed
Default value: Automatic
Use this option to define the event circle colours. Colours are defined using a comma-separated list of
hexadecimal colour codes (e.g. The hex code #FF0000 displays red). Each item in the list corresponds to the range
of event radii specified by Event radius.
Format: #RRGGBB, #RRGGBB where RR, GG and BB are hexadecimal colour values of red, green and blue.
Example: #FFFF00, #FF0000
This example defines yellow as the colour of the first radius, and red as the colour of the second radius.
Default value: #FF0000
Use this option to specify the link to an external page. When a URL is entered in this field, the Help
label will display on the Events Map page.
Default value: None
Select this check box to enable email notifications for new events based on the routes you have configured.
To configure an email route, navigate to Configuration | Email | Routes
Default value: true
Enter the email address that will populate the "From" field of email notification messages. This email address is
used to collect bounced email messages, feedback from users, SPAM, etc.
Permitted values: A valid email address.
Default value: events@nanometrics.net
Enter the text and variables to be included in the subject line of email notifications sent from Athena.
Permitted values: Text combined with any of the following variables:
| Variable |
Description |
Example of text in subject line |
| %date% |
Date of origin |
2009-04-17 |
| %time% |
Time of origin |
16:08:30.9 |
| %location% |
Latitude and longitude of origin |
69.8342 N, 131.0546 E |
| %id% |
Event ID |
20090417-3 |
| %depth% |
Depth of origin in kilometres |
89.7 km |
| %magnitude% |
Magnitude of origin and type of preferred magnitude |
4.1 Mb |
| %updated-magnitude% |
Magnitude along with magnitude type of the updated origin |
4.1 Mb |
| %place% |
Distance from and name of the closest place in the places list |
239 km from Ottawa, Canada |
| %nearby% |
Distance from and name of the nearest populated place
(from Geonames.org)
|
39 km from Club Salinitas, Sonsonate, El Salvador |
| %analysis-type% |
Analysis type of origin |
Automatic |
| %url% |
Url of the summary page for the event |
https://athena.nanometrics.ca/en/events/359997/summary |
| %event-tags% |
Tags of the Event |
Tag-1, Tag-2 |
The variables are replaced with the relevant event data when the email notification message is
sent.
Default value: Event %location% @ %date% %time% %magnitude%
Example: Event 69.8 N, 131.0 E @ 2009-04-17 04:54:30.9 4.1 Mb
If your network requires a proxy server to connect to the geonames.org server, enter the name of the host server.
If you have entered a name in this field, you must also provide the port number in the Port field.
Permitted values: A local host name, fully qualified domain name (FQDN) or the IP address of an HTTP proxy
server.
Example: proxy.example.com
Default value: None
Enter the port number of the proxy server for the specified Host name.
Permitted values: A valid TCP/IP port number.
Example: 8080
Default value: 80