MLOC Distribution

(October 18, 2023) Warning! I recently discovered that the distribution of mloc listed on this page will crash as soon as it is launched on a Macintosh computer running an Apple chip (M1 or M2) due to violation of a limit of 2 GB on the memory available for an executable. The errors will mention a problem find dynamic libraries, but the cause is the executable writing into memory space reserved for shared dynamic libraries. As delivered below, mloc requires 2.4 GB, but modest reductions in some array declarations bring it under 2 GB. This does not seem to be a problem on any machine other than Macs running Apple silicon. I will soon upload a version of mloc that is configured to meet this requirement, or you can contact me for instructions on reducing the memory footprint enough to run on new Apple hardware.

This page contains the latest distribution of the complete mloc package, except for the documentation, discussed below. The archive unpacks into a directory structure containing all necessary source codes, compiler directions and data files. The distribution is served in a zipped archive. Detailed instructions for building mloc are included in the User’s Manual.

A recent (but perhaps not the latest) distribution of mloc can also be downloaded from the U.S. Geological Survey’s ScienceBase website for the Global Catalog of Calibrated Earthquake Locations (GCCEL) Project.

The /mloc_distribution/ directory structure contained in the archive may be installed anywhere in the user’s file system, but it is strongly recommended that none of the directory or file names be changed until and unless the user has a thorough understanding of the mloc ecosystem.

All distributions feature significant changes to the code of mloc that are documented in the file mloc_version_history in the mloc_src directory, but they also may include changes to data files (the master station file, for example) and the utility programs. When you upgrade mloc it is advisable to check the “last modified” dates of these secondary files to be sure you are using the latest versions of these too.

Documentation is distributed separately in a stand-alone HTML package.

Current Version

v10.6.1, release date July 17, 2023
~27 MB

Previous Versions

v10.5.3, release date May 20, 2021
~26 MB

v10.5.2, release date October 7, 2020
~26 MB

v10.5.1, release date August 6, 2020
~26 MB

Change Log

The full version history of development of mloc is contained in the text file mloc_version_history.txt in the directory mloc_directory/mloc_src/.