Seismic activity monitoring

[fyaure]

Is there any publication/article where I can find a detailed methodology and setting of seismic activity monitoring system? If I have to start with a problem to check/monitor the seismic activity of an area, and even make predictions....how do I start with? Is there any articel/book that can guide me?
It will be best of related to RIS.

 

[RWF7437]

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/anss/

 

[cvg]

http://www.seismolab.caltech.edu/

http://www.ncedc.org/

http://peer.berkeley.edu/

http://pasadena.wr.usgs.gov/recenteqs/latest.htm

http://eqinfo.ucsd.edu/index.html