I am in Trouble with Seismic Data Analysis Using ObsPy - Need Help!

Hi everyone,

I am relatively new to using ObsPy and I have run into a problem that I can’t seem to figure out on my own. I am trying to analyze some seismic data from a local network…, specifically focusing on filtering and plotting the waveforms.

I have followed the basic tutorials…, but I am getting unexpected results when I apply the filters my waveforms seem distorted and the signal looks almost entirely different after filtering.

Here’s a quick rundown of what I’m doing:

  • Reading the data using read().
  • Applying a bandpass filter with filter('bandpass', freqmin=1.0, freqmax=10.0).
  • Plotting the waveform with plot().

Has anyone encountered similar issues or can point out what I might be doing wrong: ??

Any tips on best practices for filtering seismic data using ObsPy would also be really appreciated…! :grinning:

I have also read this thread https://discourse.obspy.org/t/help-needed-for-continuous-seismic-data-downloads-with-obspy-react-native/1709 but couldn’t get any solution related to my query.

Thanks in advance for your help…! :grinning:

Maybe if you can include images of before and after filtering and being more specific about what is weird, people might be able to help.

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