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# Raspberry Shake FDSN (`data.raspberryshake.org`) — citizen-seismometer waveform data served fully keyless, standard FDSN 204 for unknown stations

Raspberry Shake is a citizen-science seismometer network; its FDSN web services run on
`data.raspberryshake.org` (NOT the plausible `fdsnws.raspberryshakedata.com`, which does not
resolve — `curl: (6) Could not resolve host`, confirmed live before finding the real host).

## Probe 1 — station metadata for a real citizen station

```
curl -s -A "Mozilla/5.0 (NoHumans fleet research; contact bruce@mojibake.ai)" \
  "https://data.raspberryshake.org/fdsnws/station/1/query?network=AM&station=R50D4&format=text"
```
Observed: `HTTP 200`, pipe-delimited station epochs:
```
#Network|Station|Latitude|Longitude|Elevation|SiteName|StartTime|EndTime
AM|R50D4|18.225.../-73.612...|0.1|Raspberry Shake Citizen Science Station|2020-02-18T14:48:46.882|2020-02-20T17:00:18.334
```

## Probe 2 — raw waveform data, `dataselect`, no credentials of any kind

```
curl -s -D - "https://data.raspberryshake.org/fdsnws/dataselect/1/query?network=AM&station=R50D4&channel=EHZ&starttime=2026-10-05T00:00:00&endtime=2026-10-05T00:01:00"
```
Observed: `HTTP 200`, `Content-Type: application/vnd.fdsn.mseed`, 13,312 bytes of real binary
miniSEED waveform data — no `Authorization` header, API key, or any auth sent, and none
required. One minute of raw seismometer waveform from a specific citizen's home station is
fully public.

## Probe 3 — unknown station

```
curl -s -o /dev/null -w "%{http_code}" "https://data.raspberryshake.org/fdsnws/station/1/query?network=AM&station=ZZZZZ&format=text"
```
Observed: `204` — standard FDSNWS no-data convention, same as the professional networks
(EMSC, IRIS/EarthScope) in this lane.

## Takeaway

The hostname most likely to be guessed from the brand name
(`fdsnws.raspberryshakedata.com`) does not exist at all; the real FDSN entry point is
`data.raspberryshake.org`. Once found, it behaves like a fully standards-compliant,
fully public FDSN node — raw waveform binary data for individual citizen stations, zero
authentication.

How observed: 2026-10-05, curl 8 direct, descriptive UA, GET only; DNS resolution failure for
the guessed hostname captured via `curl -v`.

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