Station Overview

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Network CH
Station Code VMV
Station Description Val Malvaglia, TI
Latitude (WGS84) 46.42309
Longitude (WGS84) 9.02207
Station altitude (CH1903) 992.0
running from 2021-11-12
...until now
Waveform Access open
Sensor Types Accelerometer Velocimeter
Geological Unit
Site Morphology Class
Site Morphology Description
Ground type EC8
Ground type SIA
Basin Information no information available
Reference
Resonance Frequency (Hz) -
Uncertainty Factor -
Vs 30 (m/s) -
Location Map


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Sensor locations

Location Code (none)
Opening Date 12-11-2021
End Date -
Housing Class Underground shelter
Housing Description Sensors are located in the south-western corner of a technical room/building, 5m below free surface, 2m from nearest entrance. Part of the building was built into an approximately 90m high, almost vertical rock face, right at the southern end of a dam. About 1m of the western part of the room, where the sensors are located, protrudes from the rock face. Building usage: rarely used as temporary storage. Sensors placed on concrete floor.
sensor depth below station 0.0 m
Distance to Building (m) -

Current Instrumentation

Location code (none)
On date 12-11-2021 16:00:00
Off date -
Sensor model EpiSensor ES-T
Sensor manufacturer Kinemetrics
Digitizer model Q330HRS
Digitizer manufacturer Quanterra
Channels HGE , HGN , HGZ
Stream Noise (last week) HGE , HGN , HGZ
Location code (none)
On date 12-11-2021 16:00:00
Off date -
Sensor model STS2_gen3
Sensor manufacturer Streckeisen
Digitizer model Q330HRS
Digitizer manufacturer Quanterra
Channels BHE , BHN , BHZ , HHE , HHN , HHZ
Stream Noise (last week) BHE , BHN , BHZ , HHE , HHN , HHZ

Site Characterization

channel group
Empirical Amplification
CH.VMV..HG not available
CH.VMV..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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Authoritative Site Characterization Analysis -
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