Station Overview

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Network CH
Station Code ACB
Station Description Klingnau, Acheberg, AG
Latitude (WGS84) 47.58772
Longitude (WGS84) 8.25474
Station altitude (CH1903) 468.0
running from 1983-07-13
...until now
Waveform Access open
Sensor Types Accelerometer Velocimeter
Geological Unit Limestone of Bajocian age (Passwang-Alloformation - Jurassic)
Site Morphology Class T2
T1: flat; T2: slope; T3: ridge and T4: steep ridge;
following Pessina and Fiorini (2014) A GIS procedure for fast topographic characterization of seismic recording stations, Soil Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering, 63, p248-258
Site Morphology Description Hillside of a limestone plateau (about 150m above Aare river).
Ground type EC8 B
Ground type SIA B
Basin Information not in a sedimentary basin with possible 2D/3D effects
Reference Fäh Donat, Fritsche S., Poggi V. et al., "Determination of Site Information for Seismic Stations in Switzerland. Work Package 4: Pegasos Refinement Project", Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich, 2009
Resonance Frequency (Hz) 1.14
Uncertainty Factor -
Vs 30 (m/s) 658
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

Location Code (none)
Opening Date 13-07-1983
End Date -
Housing Class Tunnel
Housing Description Sensor in tunnel, small concrete structure in hillside, 5-7m directly below free surface, 7m from nearest entrance. Sensor placed directly on concrete floor on sediment.
sensor depth below station 2.6 m
Distance to Building (m) -

Current Instrumentation

Location code (none)
On date 14-07-2020 11:00:00
Off date -
Sensor model EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Stream Noise (last week) HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code (none)
On date 14-07-2020 11:00:00
Off date -
Sensor model Trillium 240s_g2
Sensor manufacturer Nanometrics
Digitizer model Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels BHE , BHN , BHZ , HHE , HHN , HHZ
Stream Noise (last week) BHE , BHN , BHZ , HHE , HHN , HHZ
Location code (none)
On date 17-05-2017 09:54:00
Off date 2020-07-14 11:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code (none)
On date 26-11-2015 11:00:00
Off date 2020-07-14 11:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model Trillium 240s_g2
Sensor manufacturer Nanometrics
Digitizer model Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels BHE , BHN , BHZ , HHE , HHN , HHZ
Location code (none)
On date 06-06-2014 07:00:00
Off date 2015-11-26 11:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model Trillium Compact 120s
Sensor manufacturer Nanometrics
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HHE , HHN , HHZ
Location code (none)
On date 18-10-2007 00:00:00
Off date 2014-06-06 07:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model LE-3D-5s
Sensor manufacturer Lennartz
Digitizer model Trident
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels EHE , EHN , EHZ
Location code (none)
On date 20-02-2004 00:00:00
Off date 2007-10-18 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model LE-3D-5s
Sensor manufacturer Lennartz
Digitizer model Trident
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels EHE , EHN , EHZ
Location code (none)
On date 10-06-2003 00:00:00
Off date 2004-02-20 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model LE-3D-5s
Sensor manufacturer Lennartz
Digitizer model Trident
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels EHE , EHN , EHZ
Location code (none)
On date 14-12-2000 00:00:00
Off date 2003-06-17 12:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model L4-C
Sensor manufacturer Mark Products
Digitizer model HRD
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels SHE , SHN , SHZ
Location code (none)
On date 30-11-1994 16:30:00
Off date 2000-12-14 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model L4-C
Sensor manufacturer Mark Products
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels SHE , SHN , SHZ
Location code (none)
On date 21-11-1994 14:00:00
Off date 1994-11-30 16:29:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model L4-C
Sensor manufacturer Mark Products
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels SHE , SHN , SHZ
Location code (none)
On date 31-08-1994 12:00:00
Off date 1994-11-21 13:59:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model L4-C
Sensor manufacturer Mark Products
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels SHE , SHN , SHZ
Location code (none)
On date 29-04-1992 12:00:00
Off date 1994-08-31 11:59:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model L4-C
Sensor manufacturer Mark Products
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels SHE , SHN , SHZ
Location code (none)
On date 13-07-1983 00:00:00
Off date 1992-04-29 11:59:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model L-4C
Sensor manufacturer Sercel
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels SHE , SHN , SHZ

Site Characterization

channel group
Empirical Amplification
CH.ACB..HH not available
CH.ACB..EH not available
CH.ACB..HG not available

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.

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