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Seismological station networks in Germany

BGR’s federal seismic survey operates three seismological station networks or arrays in Germany:

  • The German Regional Seismic Network (GRSN, see map below), currently consists of 30 broad band stations located throughout Germany. This national network is operated in collaboration with German universities, the Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - German Research Centre for Geosciences, and the state earthquake surveys.
  • The Gräfenberg array consists of 13 broad band stations in the Fränkische Alb. It extends approximately 100 kilometres north-south and approximately 40 kilometres east-west.

  • The GERES array in the Bavarian Forest consists of 25 short-period stations, and a three-component broad band station positioned in four concentric circles with a maximum diameter of approximately four kilometres.

At a state level, various state earthquake surveys or universities operate additional local station networks for various purposes. These stations primarily consist of short-period seismometers with different data registration systems. Many of these data sets are also transmitted to the data centre of the federal seismic survey and are publicly available.

Seismological stations in Germany

The following map shows the location of seismological stations in Germany.

Glossar

Contact:
Dr. Klaus Stammler
Phone: +49 (0)511-643-2045
Fax: +49 (0)511-643-3663
E-Mail:Klaus.Stammler@bgr.de

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