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Earthquake: Grande Dixence

Flinn Engdahl Region: Switzerland Country: Switzerland

Date and Time: 07.05.1998 17:16:43 UTC

Epicenter: 46.126° N 7.393° E WGS84

Focal Depth: 6km

Mb: - ML: 3.3

Ms: - Mw: -

Mo: - Intensity:

Fault Mechanism: -

Earthquake Reference: Smit P. (1998): Swiss national strong-motion network. Strong-motion bulletin October

1996-May 1998. Publication Series of the Swiss Seismological Service, no. 111, ETH Zurich,

Switzerland

Last Revision: 15.06.2000

Acceleration Time Histories:

total: 6 records Dist. [km] PGA [m/s*s]

Station Name Coordinates Geology D Fault. Horizontal Vertical

Grande Dixence-SDIF 46.085 N 7.403 E rock 5 - 0.071 0.052

Salins-Turin 46.219 N 7.365 E rock 11 - 0.043 0.047

Sion-Environment 46.226 N 7.385 E alluvium 11 - 0.089 0.052

Sion-Ophtalmologie 46.234 N 7.384 E stiff soil 12 - 0.047 0.034

Sion-Mayennets 46.23 N 7.363 E stiff soil 12 - 0.057 0.031

Sion-Police Cantonale 46.229 N 7.349 E alluvium 12 - 0.107 0.122

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