SED Stations

Station Overview

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legend	Overview at SVIK

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

Network	CH
Station Code	SVIK
Station Description	Visp Valgrid, Wallis, VS
Latitude (WGS84)	46.29897
Longitude (WGS84)	7.879105
Station altitude (CH1903)	645.0
running from	2023-06-23
...until	now
Waveform Access	open

Field	Value
Sensor Types

Sensor Types	Accelerometer

Field	Value
Geological Unit
Site Morphology Class
Site Morphology Description
Ground type EC8
Ground type SIA
Basin Information
Reference

Geological Unit	Alluvium (unconsolidated debris)
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	Fluvial geomorphology: alluvial slope, plain, cone
Ground type EC8	C
Ground type SIA	D
Basin Information	In a sedimentary basin with 1D resonance and significant lateral propagation basin
Reference	Bergamo Paolo, Imtiaz A., Panzera F., Janusz P., Imperatori W. & Fäh D., "SITE CHARACTERIZATION REPORT SVISP (SVIS1), SVIK: Visp (VS), borehole stations", Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich, 2022

Field	Value
Resonance Frequency (Hz)
Uncertainty Factor

Resonance Frequency (Hz)	1.07
Uncertainty Factor	-

Field	Value
Vs 30 (m/s)

Vs 30 (m/s)	236

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	06
Opening Date	23-06-2023
End Date	-
Housing Class	free field
Housing Description	buried in the earth
sensor depth below station	6.0 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	08
Opening Date	23-06-2023
End Date	-
Housing Class	free field
Housing Description	buried in the earth
sensor depth below station	8.0 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	11
Opening Date	23-06-2023
End Date	-
Housing Class	free field
Housing Description	buried in the earth
sensor depth below station	11.0 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	14
Opening Date	23-06-2023
End Date	-
Housing Class	free field
Housing Description	buried in the earth
sensor depth below station	14.0 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	17
Opening Date	23-06-2023
End Date	-
Housing Class	free field
Housing Description	buried in the earth
sensor depth below station	17.0 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	20
Opening Date	23-06-2023
End Date	-
Housing Class	free field
Housing Description	buried in the earth
sensor depth below station	20.0 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	BT
Opening Date	23-06-2023
End Date	-
Housing Class	Borehole
Housing Description	casing: plastic; casing length: 26m; inner diameter: 99mm; locking mechanism: glass bead; wet
sensor depth below station	30.0 m
Distance to Building (m)	-

Location Code	SF
Opening Date	23-06-2023
End Date	-
Housing Class	free field
Housing Description	concrete pipe vault, diameter 60cm, closed with manhole cover, Foundation with anchor, sensor bolted to the Foundation
sensor depth below station	0.5 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)

Location code	06
On date	23-06-2023 00:00:00
Off date	-
Sensor model	Keller Pressure Sensor
Sensor manufacturer	Keller
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HDH
Stream Noise (last week)	HDH

Location code	08
On date	23-06-2023 00:00:00
Off date	-
Sensor model	Keller Pressure Sensor
Sensor manufacturer	Keller
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HDH
Stream Noise (last week)	HDH

Location code	11
On date	23-06-2023 00:00:00
Off date	-
Sensor model	Keller Pressure Sensor
Sensor manufacturer	Keller
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HDH
Stream Noise (last week)	HDH

Location code	14
On date	23-06-2023 00:00:00
Off date	-
Sensor model	Keller Pressure Sensor
Sensor manufacturer	Keller
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HDH
Stream Noise (last week)	HDH

Location code	17
On date	23-06-2023 00:00:00
Off date	-
Sensor model	Keller Pressure Sensor
Sensor manufacturer	Keller
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HDH
Stream Noise (last week)	HDH

Location code	20
On date	23-06-2023 00:00:00
Off date	-
Sensor model	Keller Pressure Sensor
Sensor manufacturer	Keller
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HDH
Stream Noise (last week)	HDH

Location code	BT
On date	23-06-2023 00:00:00
Off date	-
Sensor model	HypoSensor ES-DH
Sensor manufacturer	Kinemetrics
Digitizer model	Centaur
Digitizer manufacturer	Nanometrics
Channels	HG1 , HG2 , HGZ
Stream Noise (last week)	HG1 , HG2 , HGZ

Location code	SF
On date	29-10-2024 18:00:00
Off date	-
Sensor model	blueSeis-3A
Sensor manufacturer	iXblue
Digitizer model
Digitizer manufacturer
Channels	HJ1 , HJ2 , HJ3
Stream Noise (last week)	HJ1 , HJ2 , HJ3

Location code	SF
On date	23-06-2023 00:00:00
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

Instrumentation History

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

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
CH.SVIK.SF.HJ
CH.SVIK.BT.HG
CH.SVIK.SF.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.

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