SED Stations

Station Overview

Field	Value
image
legend

Field	Value
Overview Location
Picture Gallery

Overview Location	not available
Picture Gallery	details...

Field	Value
Network
Station Code
Station Description
Latitude (WGS84)
Longitude (WGS84)
Station altitude (CH1903)
running from
...until
Waveform Access

Network	9E
Station Code	ZPT
Station Description	Prime Tower, Zürich, ZH
Latitude (WGS84)	47.38611
Longitude (WGS84)	8.517167
Station altitude (CH1903)	404.0
running from	2021-04-01
...until	2022-09-16
Waveform Access	open

Field	Value
Sensor Types

Sensor Types	Accelerometer

Geological Unit
Site Morphology Class
Site Morphology Description
Ground type EC8
Ground type SIA
Basin Information	no information available
Reference

Field	Value
Resonance Frequency (Hz)
Uncertainty Factor

Resonance Frequency (Hz)	-
Uncertainty Factor	-

Field	Value
Vs 30 (m/s)

Vs 30 (m/s)	-

Field	Value
Location Map
Topography Map
Geology Map

Location Map

Federal Office of Topograpy: National Map 1:25‘000

Topography Map

Federal Office of Topograpy: DHM25: Digital Height Model 1:25000

Geology Map

Federal Office of Topograpy: Geological map of Switzerland 1:500‘000

Sensor locations

Field	Value
Location Code
Opening Date
End Date
Housing Class
Housing Description
sensor depth below station
Distance to Building (m)

Location Code	0E
Opening Date	22-09-2021
End Date	2021-10-04
Housing Class	Building
Housing Description	Sensor on 0. Floor (groundfloor) in E-corner of 36 story high rise building with non-standard building footprint (see pdf: primetower). Building type: concrete/steel. Building density: dense urban. Building usage: office building. The sensor is placed on cemented Terrazo. It is not screwed down as is usually the case with EPI’s. The sensor is not covered.
sensor depth below station	0.0 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	23
Opening Date	22-09-2021
End Date	2021-10-04
Housing Class	Building
Housing Description	Sensor on 23. Floor in E-corner of 36 story high rise building with non-standard building footprint (see pdf: primetower) Building type: concrete/steel. Building density: dense urban. Building usage: office building. The sensor is placed within hollow floor on concrete. It is not screwed down as is usually the case with EPI’s. The sensor is not covered.
sensor depth below station	-78.6 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	6E
Opening Date	22-09-2021
End Date	2021-10-04
Housing Class	Building
Housing Description	Sensor on 6. Floor in E-corner of 36 story high rise building with non-standard building footprint (see pdf: primetower) Building type: concrete/steel. Building density: dense urban. Building usage: office building. The sensor is placed within hollow floor on concrete. It is not screwed down as is usually the case with EPI’s. The sensor is not covered.
sensor depth below station	-21.3 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	R1
Opening Date	18-05-2021
End Date	2022-09-16
Housing Class	Building
Housing Description	Sensors located at different positions, both in elevation and footprint, in the Prime Tower in Zurich, a 36 story high rise building with non-standard building footprint. Sensors are not screwed down, and are covered with an insulated metal pot. Building type: concrete/steel. Building density: dense urban. Building usage: office building.
sensor depth below station	-122.4 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	RE
Opening Date	05-08-2021
End Date	2021-10-04
Housing Class	Building
Housing Description	Sensor on top of the roof, in E-corner of 36 story high rise building with non-standard building footprint. The sensor is placed on top of the roof (concrete). It is not screwed down. The sensor is covered with an insulated metal pot.
sensor depth below station	-122.4 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	RN
Opening Date	05-08-2021
End Date	2021-09-05
Housing Class	Building
Housing Description	Sensor on top of the roof, in N-corner of 36 story building with building footprint (see pdf: primetowerroof) Building type: concrete/steel. Building density: dense urban town . Building usage: office building. The sensor is placed on top of the roof (concrete). It is not screwed down as is usually the case with EPI’s. The sensor is covered with an insulated metal pot.
sensor depth below station	-122.4 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	RN
Opening Date	01-04-2021
End Date	2021-05-18
Housing Class	Building
Housing Description	Sensors located at different positions, both in elevation and footprint, in the Prime Tower in Zurich, a 36 story high rise building with non-standard building footprint. Sensors are not screwed down, and are covered with an insulated metal pot. Building type: concrete/steel. Building density: dense urban. Building usage: office building.
sensor depth below station	-122.4 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	RN
Opening Date	01-04-2021
End Date	2021-05-18
Housing Class	-
Housing Description	-
sensor depth below station	-122.4 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	RS
Opening Date	05-08-2021
End Date	2021-09-03
Housing Class	Building
Housing Description	Sensor on top of the roof, in S-corner of 36 story high rise building with non-standard building footprint. The sensor is placed on top of the roof (concrete). It is not screwed down. The sensor is covered with an insulated metal pot.
sensor depth below station	-122.4 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	RW
Opening Date	05-08-2021
End Date	2021-09-03
Housing Class	Building
Housing Description	Sensor on top of the roof, in W-corner of 36 story high rise building with non-standard building footprint. The sensor is placed on top of the roof (concrete). It is not screwed down. The sensor is covered with an insulated metal pot.
sensor depth below station	-122.4 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Current Instrumentation

Field	Value
Location code
On date
Off date
Sensor model
Sensor manufacturer
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels
Stream Noise (last week)

No open epochs

Instrumentation History

Field	Value
Location code
On date
Off date
Waveform Access
Sensor model
Sensor manufacturer
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels

Location code	0E
On date	22-09-2021 00:00:00
Off date	2021-10-04 23:00:00
Waveform Access	open
Sensor model	EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer	Kinemetrics
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HG2 , HG3 , HGZ

Location code	0E
On date	22-09-2021 00:00:00
Off date	2021-09-27 05:49:27
Waveform Access	open
Sensor model	blueSeis-3A
Sensor manufacturer	iXblue
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels	HJ1 , HJ2 , HJ3

Location code	23
On date	22-09-2021 00:00:00
Off date	2021-10-04 23:00:00
Waveform Access	open
Sensor model	EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer	Kinemetrics
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HG2 , HG3 , HGZ

Location code	6E
On date	22-09-2021 00:00:00
Off date	2021-10-04 23:00:00
Waveform Access	open
Sensor model	EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer	Kinemetrics
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HG2 , HG3 , HGZ

Location code	R1
On date	23-08-2021 00:00:00
Off date	2022-09-16 09:54:00
Waveform Access	open
Sensor model	blueSeis-3A
Sensor manufacturer	iXblue
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels	HJ1 , HJ2 , HJ3

Location code	R1
On date	18-05-2021 09:15:00
Off date	2022-09-16 09:54:00
Waveform Access	open
Sensor model	EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer	Kinemetrics
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HG2 , HG3 , HGZ

Location code	RE
On date	05-08-2021 09:30:00
Off date	2021-10-04 23:00:00
Waveform Access	restricted
Sensor model	EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer	Kinemetrics
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HG2 , HG3 , HGZ

Location code	RN
On date	05-08-2021 08:30:00
Off date	2021-09-11 00:00:00
Waveform Access	open
Sensor model	EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer	Kinemetrics
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HG2 , HG3 , HGZ

Location code	RN
On date	01-04-2021 10:30:00
Off date	2021-05-18 09:15:00
Waveform Access	open
Sensor model	EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer	Kinemetrics
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HG2 , HG3 , HGZ

Location code	RS
On date	05-08-2021 10:15:00
Off date	2021-09-03 00:00:00
Waveform Access	open
Sensor model	EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer	Kinemetrics
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HG2 , HG3 , HGZ

Location code	RW
On date	05-08-2021 13:00:00
Off date	2021-09-03 00:00:00
Waveform Access	open
Sensor model	EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer	Kinemetrics
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HG2 , HG3 , HGZ

Site Characterization

channel group Filter dialog for field: channel group and Options for empty fields: only empty fields no empty fields include empty fields	Empirical Amplification Filter dialog for field: Empirical Amplification and Options for empty fields: only empty fields no empty fields include empty fields
9E.ZPT.RN.HG
9E.ZPT.RE.HG
9E.ZPT.RW.HG
9E.ZPT.RS.HG
9E.ZPT.R1.HG
9E.ZPT.R1.HJ
9E.ZPT.0E.HJ
9E.ZPT.23.HG
9E.ZPT.0E.HG
9E.ZPT.6E.HG

Obtained from spectral modeling of small earthquakes with constant update.

Top: Fourier amplification with elastic (dashed line) and anelastic (solid line) amplification functions;
Centre: 5% damped response spectra amplification (anelastic);
Bottom: Number of recordings used.

See Edwards et al. (2013), Determination of Site Amplification from Regional Seismicity: Application to the Swiss National Seismic Networks. Seismological Research Letters, 84(4), 611–621.

Field	Value
H/V pick image:
Authoritative Site Characterization Analysis

H/V pick image:	not available
Authoritative Site Characterization Analysis	-

Field	Value
measurements nearby

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