Swiss Seismological Service (SED) (ZUR)
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| Contact: |
Dr. John Clinton |
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| Phone: | +41-44-633-4436 |
| Fax: | +41 1 633-1065 |
| Address: | ETH Zürich, Sonneggstr. 5, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland |
| Status: | active |
| Last data: | 2025-05-11 |
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| Description: | The main tasks of the Swiss Seismological Service are monitoring of the seismicity of Switzerland and its adjacent areas, rapid notification of the authorities and the public, and providing reliable data for earthqauke research. In the early 1970's, a telemetered seismic network was installed and the data were recorded on microfilm until 1983, when the data started to be digitized on a central computer system and to be processed automatically. In the 1990's, the Swiss national strong motion network was installed with 60 free-field stations and 34 dam related stations. Both networks make up the Swiss national earthquake monitoring system. In early 1997 it was decided to replace the outdated short-period FM telemetry system by a new digital network. The new network should be homogeneous with high dynamic range, fully digital with automatic detection and processing of local and teleseismic events with at least the performance of the analog network, and supply the research community with state of the art seismic data. By the end of the year 2000 this network will be fully operational. |
| Magnitude Practice Document: | ZUR-mags.pdf |
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