Import events and create incidents in TOAST

There are various ways for creating or loading an incident or event in TOAST:

• SeisComP events are received via an active messaging connection and new incidents are created automatically, see: Receive events automatically via messaging.

• Events are imported manually by user interaction, see: Import event from a SeisComP database manually.

• The user creates an incident manually, see: Create artificial incident.

• The user creates an event manually, see: Create artificial events.

• Incidents are loaded from the TOAST database, see: Load incidents from TOAST database.

See also: Simulations on how to add simulations to an incident.

Receive events automatically via messaging

If a connection to a SeisComP system is configured, new events (and event updates) are received via messaging and incidents can be created automatically. This is the case if the magnitude of the event is larger than incidentMinimumMagnitude and if the depth is shallower than incidentMaximumDepth. See also: Automatic simulation profiles and configuration.

Import event from a SeisComP database manually

To import an event from a SeisComP database and create an incident, use Menu ‣ File ‣ Import ‣ From SeisComP or press F4. Load events by choosing appropriate time span settings and clicking the refresh button. Filter the list using the funnel icon. Double click an event to create an incident which then is displayed in TOAST.

Import an event from a SeisComP database

To trigger simulations for the new incident, press CTRL+N. See also Start simulation profiles manually.

Create artificial incident

An incident can also be created manually, for example for testing or in case a specific earthquake isn’t available in the connected SeisComP database. In case of manual incident creation, there is no event associated with the incident.

Click the middle mouse button or use the context menu (right button) in the Map perspective and then Create artificial incident. Adapt the properties of the incident in the dialog and click Ok. Note that some properties have an explaining tooltip when hovering over the input field. The new incident appears on the map and in the Database panel.

Artificial incident dialog

Incident properties like latitude or magnitude can be modified after incident creation. To do so, select an incident and then: Menu ‣ Extras ‣ Edit incident source… or use the context menu (mouse right-click) in the database panel in incident mode.

For more information on Severity, see: Severity concept.

Create artificial events

For some use cases it is useful to be able to create not just a TOAST incident, but also a SeisComP event. One example would be testing the whole bulletin creation and dissemination toolchain, including the bulletins which are triggered by the event.

This feature can be activated by configuring in the TOAST client eventCreation.enable = True.

Click the right mouse button in the Map perspective and then ‣ Create artificial SC event.

Artificial event dialog

The event is sent to the SeisComP messaging queue which is configured at the TOAST server at ...toastd.source. If the event matches the incident creation criteria, an incident is also created automatically.

Load incidents from TOAST database

In order to load incidents from the TOAST database, click the settings-icon in the Database panel, specify a time span either by dates or by Last days and hit the corresponding refresh button.

Using: scconfig ‣ Modules ‣ gempa ‣ toast ‣ toast ‣ tsunami ‣ database you can set tsunami.database.loadLastDays to automatically load incidents after starting TOAST.