Station Overview

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Network CH
Station Code MUO
Station Description Muotathal, SZ
Latitude (WGS84) 46.96765
Longitude (WGS84) 8.63706
Station altitude (CH1903) 1907.0
running from 1981-11-24
...until now
Waveform Access open
Sensor Types Accelerometer Velocimeter
Geological Unit Limestone (Lower Cretaceous)
Site Morphology Class T3
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 Top of a mountain ridge
Ground type EC8 A
Ground type SIA A
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) 1.41
Uncertainty Factor -
Vs 30 (m/s) 1086
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 AH
Opening Date 24-11-1981
End Date 2002-01-02
Housing Class Underground shelter
Housing Description Sensor in underground structure 6m directly below free surface, on small concrete pedestal, about 0.2m above concrete base on rock.
sensor depth below station -0.2 m
Distance to Building (m) -
Location Code FH
Opening Date 24-11-1981
End Date 1992-09-30
Housing Class Underground shelter
Housing Description Sensor in underground structure 6m directly below free surface, on small concrete pedestal, about 0.2m above concrete base on rock.
sensor depth below station -0.2 m
Distance to Building (m) -
Location Code (none)
Opening Date 19-01-1999
End Date -
Housing Class Underground shelter
Housing Description Sensor in underground structure 6m directly below free surface, on small concrete pedestal, about 0.2m above concrete base on rock.
sensor depth below station 0.0 m
Distance to Building (m) -

Current Instrumentation

Location code (none)
On date 10-03-2022 14:00:00
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 10-03-2022 14:00:00
Off date -
Sensor model STS2_gen2
Sensor manufacturer Streckeisen
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 AH
On date 30-09-1992 00:00:00
Off date 2002-01-02 14:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model Mk IIIA
Sensor manufacturer Willmore
Digitizer model AHP
Digitizer manufacturer HP
Channels SHZ
Location code AH
On date 24-11-1981 00:00:00
Off date 1992-09-30 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model Mk IIIA
Sensor manufacturer Willmore
Digitizer model AHP
Digitizer manufacturer HP
Channels SHZ
Location code FH
On date 24-11-1981 00:00:00
Off date 1992-09-30 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model Mk IIIA
Sensor manufacturer Willmore
Digitizer model FHP
Digitizer manufacturer HP
Channels SHZ
Location code (none)
On date 08-09-2004 00:00:00
Off date 2022-03-10 14:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model STS2_gen3
Sensor manufacturer Streckeisen
Digitizer model HRD24
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels BHE , BHN , BHZ , HHE , HHN , HHZ
Location code (none)
On date 17-01-2002 00:00:00
Off date 2004-09-08 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model STS2_gen3
Sensor manufacturer Streckeisen
Digitizer model HRD24
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels BHE , BHN , BHZ , HHE , HHN , HHZ
Location code (none)
On date 03-06-1999 00:00:00
Off date 2002-01-17 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model STS2_gen3
Sensor manufacturer Streckeisen
Digitizer model HRD24
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels BHE , BHN , BHZ , HHE , HHN , HHZ
Location code (none)
On date 19-01-1999 00:00:00
Off date 1999-06-03 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model STS2
Sensor manufacturer Streckeisen
Digitizer model HRD24
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HHE , HHN , HHZ

Site Characterization

channel group
Empirical Amplification
CH.MUO..HG not available
CH.MUO..HH 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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