Helping the world manage seismic risk
Canterbury Seismic provides advanced earthquake monitoring solutions including Sentinel™ that help protect buildings, infrastructure, and the people who depend on them.
Make better decisions with trusted data.
Accurate data. Swift decisions. Lasting resilience.
when seismic events strike, you need trusted data to make confident decisions
that protect both people and assets.
SEISMIC & VIBRATION MONITORING
Strong Motion MEMS Accelerographs
Our EQResponder range offers professional and industrial grade accelerographs for real-time ground motion and structural health monitoring.
Trusted hardware
With over twenty years of committed R&D, our products are in use by some of the world's leading seismic research institutions
Optimal value
Our EQResponder range contains different options to provide the right-sized sensor system for your application
Flexible deployment
Our accelerographs have been engineered to deploy as either a standalone station or within a synchronised structural array
Integration options
Our EQResponder range supports integrating weather station, LVDT, and more instruments data into your structural array
Superior performance
EARTHQUAKE RESPONSE
& RESILIENCE AS A SERVICE
Building occupancy post-earthquake
Our Sentinel™ service provides instant alerts comparing shaking measured at your building against your building's design tolerance, enabling timely, data-driven, stay-or-evacuate decisions.
Earthquake Response Plan
Minimise downtime and give first responders confidence to manage the situation themselves or escalate
Location-specific data
The exact shaking measured at your building compared to the building code
Immediate alerts
Know immediately if your building can be occupied or inspection should be escalated to experts
Making good decisions easy
We translate the impacts into a simple to understand traffic light system, that can be actioned by anyone
Our sensors have been developed and thoroughly tested in Aotearoa New Zealand's natural earthquake laboratory for 20+ years
Global leaders inSensor solutions & data services
View our range of sensors and services
Strong motion accelerographs
Are you offering advanced data processing services, for structural health monitoring (SHM) or earthquake response? Check our sensors with targeted design to meet your needs...
Client Story

Christchurch Civic Offices
Maintaining operational up-time and staff confidence in a high-stress environment with Canterbury Seismic sensors... read more here...
Post-earthquake decision support
Sentinel, your best investment in protection for your building and occupants. An earthquake response plan (ERP) based on measured data, comparing your building tolerance with shaking measured at the building...
Client Story

PMG Buildings
Recognising that protecting people and supporting business continuity matters in the shaky isles of Aotearoa New Zealand... read more here...
Common operating picture (COP)
Instant wide-area visibility to immediately direct response across your distributed portfolio, asset, or response jurisdiction. Compare shaking, location-by-location and respond where you're needed first...
Client Story

Wellington City Council
Sentinel chosen by Wellington City Council to drive real-time, location-specific earthquake response solutions... read more here...
Engineered in New Zealand, our Internet native integrated MEMS sensing and cloud analytics provide continuous, event-driven structural health intelligence for critical assets

Trusted
Equipment supplier to New Zealand and international science and engineering projects. We're well known in the industry.
Experienced
More than two decades pioneering with sensors and sustaining business through the devastating & deadly Canterbury 2011+ earthquakes sequence.

Independent
New Zealand owned and operated by a team dedicated to the integrity of your data. Accept no risk of compromise to sensitive elements of your project.
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Flexible
Tailoring delivery of sensors and services to your budget requirements and technology needs are all part of the Canterbury Seismic experience.
Our sensors are installed in a range of projects throughout the world
DWELLINGS | MULTI-STOREY BUILDINGS | DAMS | BRIDGES | AIRPORTS | CONSTRUCTION SITES | PORTS | MINES | STADIUMS | CAMPUSES | HOSPITALS
Our sensors can and have been installed everywhere.
Sectors we serve globally
Local & central government
Infrastructure
Engineers
Building owners & managers
Tenants
First responders
Worldwide customers and partners
Sensors deployed
Buildings monitored
People protected



