Abbreviations ...
BB - Broad band Stations

CMT - Centroid Moment Tensor

DCW - Digital Chart of the World

GPS - Global Positioning System

IDC - International Data Center

IMS - International Monitoring System

IPE - Institute for the Physics of the Earth (former Soviet Union Inst.)

ISC - International Seismological Centre

ME - Middle East

MENA - Middle East and North Africa

NA - North Africa

TM - Thematic Mapper Landsat Imagery

US - United States

USBM - United States Bureau of Mines

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