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Network CH
Station Code SVISP
Station Description Visp, Lonza, VS
Latitude (WGS84) 46.3004
Longitude (WGS84) 7.87748
Station altitude (CH1903) 645.0
running from 2015-08-12
...until 2020-09-29
Waveform Access open
Sensor Types Accelerometer
Geological Unit Alluvium
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 Alluvial plain of the Rhone
Ground type EC8 C
Ground type SIA D
Basin Information Rhone basin, interface at fundamental frequency at 250 m depth
Reference Burjanek Jan, Fäh D., "Expected seismic velocity profile for the suggested borehol location in Visp", Swiss Seismological Service, ETH Zürich, 2012
Resonance Frequency (Hz) 1.33
Uncertainty Factor -
Vs 30 (m/s) 236
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Sensor locations

Location Code 06
Opening Date 12-08-2015
End Date 2020-09-29
Housing Class Borehole
Housing Description casing length: 25m; inner diameter: 101.6cm; locking mechanism: open; wet
sensor depth below station 5.3 m
Distance to Building (m) 80
Location Code 09
Opening Date 12-08-2015
End Date 2020-09-29
Housing Class Borehole
Housing Description casing length: 25m; inner diameter: 101.6cm; locking mechanism: open; wet
sensor depth below station 7.2 m
Distance to Building (m) 80
Location Code 12
Opening Date 12-08-2015
End Date 2020-09-29
Housing Class Borehole
Housing Description casing length: 25m; inner diameter: 101.6cm; locking mechanism: open; wet
sensor depth below station 9.3 m
Distance to Building (m) 80
Location Code 15
Opening Date 12-08-2015
End Date 2020-09-29
Housing Class Borehole
Housing Description casing length: 25m; inner diameter: 101.6cm; locking mechanism: open; wet
sensor depth below station 11.2 m
Distance to Building (m) 80
Location Code 18
Opening Date 12-08-2015
End Date 2020-09-29
Housing Class Borehole
Housing Description casing length: 25m; inner diameter: 101.6cm; locking mechanism: open; wet
sensor depth below station 12.7 m
Distance to Building (m) 80
Location Code 21
Opening Date 12-08-2015
End Date 2020-09-29
Housing Class Borehole
Housing Description casing length: 25m; inner diameter: 101.6cm; locking mechanism: open; wet
sensor depth below station 14.6 m
Distance to Building (m) 80
Location Code BT
Opening Date 12-08-2015
End Date 2020-09-29
Housing Class Borehole
Housing Description casing: plastic; casing length: 102m; inner diameter: 101.6cm; locking mechanism: glass bead; wet
sensor depth below station 102.0 m
Distance to Building (m) 80
Location Code M1
Opening Date 12-08-2015
End Date 2020-09-29
Housing Class Borehole
Housing Description casing: plastic; casing length: 15m; inner diameter: 101.6cm; locking mechanism: glass bead; wet
sensor depth below station 15.0 m
Distance to Building (m) 80
Location Code M2
Opening Date 12-08-2015
End Date 2020-09-29
Housing Class Borehole
Housing Description casing: plastic; casing length: 58m; inner diameter: 101.6cm; locking mechanism: glass bead; wet
sensor depth below station 58.0 m
Distance to Building (m) 80
Location Code SF
Opening Date 12-08-2015
End Date 2020-09-29
Housing Class Free field
Housing Description SED small pot concrete vault, sensor placed directly on concrete base on soil
sensor depth below station 0.5 m
Distance to Building (m) 80

Current Instrumentation

No open epochs

Location code 06
On date 12-08-2015 00:00:00
Off date 2020-09-29 10:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model PA-10-5
Sensor manufacturer Gloetzl
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HDH
Location code 09
On date 12-08-2015 00:00:00
Off date 2020-09-29 10:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model PA-10-5
Sensor manufacturer Gloetzl
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HDH
Location code 12
On date 12-08-2015 00:00:00
Off date 2020-09-29 10:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model PA-10-5
Sensor manufacturer Gloetzl
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HDH
Location code 15
On date 12-08-2015 00:00:00
Off date 2020-09-29 10:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model PA-10-5
Sensor manufacturer Gloetzl
Digitizer model Trident
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HDH
Location code 18
On date 12-08-2015 00:00:00
Off date 2020-09-29 10:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model PA-10-5
Sensor manufacturer Gloetzl
Digitizer model Trident
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HDH
Location code 21
On date 12-08-2015 00:00:00
Off date 2020-09-29 10:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model PA-10-5
Sensor manufacturer Gloetzl
Digitizer model Trident
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HDH
Location code BT
On date 12-08-2015 00:00:00
Off date 2020-09-29 10:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model HypoSensor
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Trident
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code M1
On date 12-08-2015 00:00:00
Off date 2020-09-29 10:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model HypoSensor
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Trident
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code M2
On date 01-11-2016 00:00:00
Off date 2020-09-29 10:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model HypoSensor
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code M2
On date 12-08-2015 00:00:00
Off date 2016-11-01 00:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model HypoSensor
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code SF
On date 12-08-2015 00:00:00
Off date 2020-09-29 10:00:00
Waveform Access open
Sensor model EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Taurus
Digitizer manufacturer Nanometrics
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ

Site Characterization

channel group
 Empirical Amplification
CH.SVISP.M1.HG not available
CH.SVISP.BT.HG not available
CH.SVISP.SF.HG not available
CH.SVISP.M2.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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