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Network CH
Station Code SBAF
Station Description Basel, Friedhofgasse, BS
Latitude (WGS84) 47.58375
Longitude (WGS84) 7.59202
Station altitude (CH1903) 248.0
running from 2004-06-21
...until now
Waveform Access open
Sensor Types Accelerometer
Geological Unit Alluvium (Holocene)
Site Morphology Class T1
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 Plain (Rhine river)
Ground type EC8 B
Ground type SIA C
Basin Information Rhine basin
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) .88
Uncertainty Factor -
Vs 30 (m/s) 378
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 21-06-2004
End Date -
Housing Class Urban free field
Housing Description Basement of a masonry house (concrete slab)
sensor depth below station 0.0 m
Distance to Building (m) -

Current Instrumentation

Location code (none)
On date 22-07-2020 12:48:00
Off date -
Sensor model EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Stream Noise (last week) HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code (none)
On date 30-08-2007 00:00:00
Off date 2020-07-22 12:48:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code (none)
On date 17-08-2007 00:00:00
Off date 2007-08-30 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code (none)
On date 29-08-2006 00:00:00
Off date 2007-08-17 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code (none)
On date 23-08-2005 00:00:00
Off date 2006-08-29 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code (none)
On date 03-02-2005 08:25:00
Off date 2005-08-23 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code (none)
On date 21-06-2004 00:00:00
Off date 2005-02-03 08:25:00
Waveform Access restricted
Sensor model Unity gain generic accelerometer
Sensor manufacturer Generic
Digitizer model UNITY
Digitizer manufacturer generic
Channels EGE , EGN , EGZ

Site Characterization

channel group
 Empirical Amplification
CH.SBAF..EG not available
CH.SBAF..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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