Revised on 25 October 2001 to include "I" and "L" keywords.
Revised on 29 November 2001 to include "Q" keyword.

The format of the transcribed reading sheet files is:

E	mmddyy	hhmmss.s	lat	lon	depth	ML

   Where:

	E	Event keyword
	mmddyy	Date
	hhmmss	Origin time	(may be given to tenths of a second, ie ss.s)
	lat	latitude 	(can be in decimal degrees or degrees and 
				minutes separated by a hyphen and the minutes
				may be given to a tenth, ie dd-mm or dd-mm.m)
	long	longitude	(same format as latitude.  note that the  
				longitude is west)
	depth	depth		(in decimal km, ie kk or kk.k)
	ML	local magnitude	(in decimal, ie m or m.m)

C	free form comment field

   Where:

	C	Comment keyword
	Comment	free form alphanumeric comment

F	Felt data field

   Where:

	F	Felt keyword
	Comment	free form alphanumeric felt information

L	dist	dir	place1	place2

   Where:

	L	Location keyword
	dist	Distance in miles
	dir	Direction in compass points or in degrees CW from North
	place1	Location reference (if place name is more than one word,
		  use an underline "_" as a space filler between the words)
	place2	Second location reference, used only if the location is 
		  given as midway between place1 and place2.

I	scale	int	place

   Where:

	I	Intensity keyword
	scale	Intensity scale (RF of MM) (all prior to ~1932 are RF) 
	int	Intensity (give in arabic numbers, use "-" if intensity 
		  not specified)  If Intensity is given as IV-V, for
		  example, use 4.5 for int.
	place	Location reference (if place name is more than one word,
		  use an underline "_" as a space filler between the words)

P	stn	inst	comp	onset	phase	fm	hhmmss.s

   Where:

	P	Phase keyword
	stn	Station
	inst	Instrument
	comp	Component
	onset	Onset
	phase	Phase identifier
	fm	First motion
	hhmmss	Phase onset time	(may be given to tenths of a second,
					ie ss.s)

Q	stn	inst	comp	phase	dt

   Where:

	Q	Differential time keyword
	stn	Station
	inst	Instrument
	comp	Component
	phase	Differential phase "S-P"
	dt	Differential time in seconds

A	stn	inst	z-amp	e-amp	n-amp

   Where:

	A	Amplitude keyword
	stn	Station
	inst	Instrument
	z-amp	z-component amplitude
	n-amp	n-component amplitude
	e-amp	e-component amplitude

B	stn	inst	freq	z-amp	e-amp	n-amp

   Where:

	B	Amplitude keyword
	stn	Station
	inst	Instrument
	freq	Frequency (Hz)
	z-amp	z-component amplitude
	n-amp	n-component amplitude
	e-amp	e-component amplitude

D	stn	inst	z-per	z-amp	n-per	n-amp	e-per	e-amp

   Where:
	D	Period-Amplitude keyword
	stn	Station
	inst	Instrument
	z-per	z-component period
	z-amp	z-component amplitude
	n-per	n-component period
	n-amp	n-component amplitude
	e-per	e-component period
	e-amp	e-component amplitude

S	stn	inst	z-amp	e-amp	n-amp

   Where:

	S	Strong motion amplitude keyword
	stn	Station
	inst	Instrument
	z-amp	z-component amplitude
	n-amp	n-component amplitude
	e-amp	e-component amplitude

X

   Where:

	X	end of data delimeter

Notes:

- Use tab key and not spacebar to space bewteen columns.

- A "-" is used in the absence of data for a given field.

- The amplitudes are in mm.

- File must start with an "E" and end with an "X".

An example reading sheet file:

E	121168	213737.4	37-09.7	121-33.6	8.1	3.9
C	On Hayward Fault, 5 miles NE of Morgan Hill.
L	5	NE	Morgan_Hill
F	Max MMI IV at Milpitas, Morgan Hill, and New Almaden.
I	MM	4.0	Milpitas	Morgan_Hill	New_Almaden
P	BKS	Ben	Z	i	P	d	213754.7
P	BKS	Ben	-	i	P	nw	213754.5
P	BKS	Ben	-	i	S	ne	213806.5
A	BKS	WA	E	13.5
A	BKS	WA	N	11.5
P	MIN	Ben	Z	i	P	(c)	213830.1
P	MIN	WA	E	i	S	e	213924.6
A	MIN	WA	E	1.0
A	MIN	WA	N	0.6
P	FRE	Ben	Z	i	P	d	213803.1
P	FRE	Ben	E	i	S	e	213821.7
A	FRE	Ben	Z	4.5
A	FRE	Ben	E	5.0
A	FRE	Ben	N	7.5
P	EUR	Ben	Z	i	P	-	213911.2
P	MIN	Ben	Z	e	P	-	213830.7
P	PCC	Ben	Z	i	P	c	213751.1
P	SAO	Ben	Z	i	P	d	213745.8
P	PRI	Ben	Z	e	P	(c)	213800.2
P	JAS	Ben	Z	i	P	d	213758.7
P	BRK	Ben	Z	e	P	d	213754.3
A	BRK	Ben	Z	14
P	MHC	Ben	Z	i	P	d	213741.5
A	MHC	WA	E	45.0
A	MHC	WA	N	55.0
P	GCC	Ben	-	e	P	(sw)	213744.8
P	PRS	Ben	Z	e	P	-	213753.7
P	LLA	Ben	Z	e	P	c	213751.1
X