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5 datasets found

  • Map of past earthquakes in Switzerland and neighbouring regions

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    ECOS09 is the earthquake catalogue of Switzerland and bordering regions. It integrates the following sources: - Macroseismic Earthquake Catalogue of Switzerland (MECOS 02) with...

    Last updated: April 28, 2011

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • API
    • earthquake
    • catalogue
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Map of seismic subsoil categories according to the standard SIA 261

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The site class is a required indication to determine the seismic action for a structure according to the building code SIA 261. The maps of site classes are indicative maps and are...

    Last updated: January 12, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • ZIP
    • HTML
    • API
    • microzonation
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • earthquake
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Map of the recent earthquakes (last 90 days) in and around Switzerland

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    The map of the earthquakes of the last 90 days shows the current seismic activity in Switzerland and the nearby regions recorded by the Swiss Seismological Service at the ETH...

    Last updated: November 1, 2016

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • API
    • earthquake
    • landsat
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
  • Seismic zones according to the SIA 261 standard

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Map of seismic zones from the SIA 261 Standard “Actions on Structures” (2020). A design value is specified for the horizontal ground acceleration agd (in m/s2). This design value...

    Last updated: March 30, 2011

    • SERVICE
    • WMS
    • WMTS
    • HTML
    • hazard-area
    • natural-risk
    • earthquake
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • hazard-map
  • Perimeters of existing spectral micro-zoning studies

    Federal Office for the Environment FOEN
    Regions and cities, Environment

    Perimeters for which a spectral seismic micro-zonation study is available with links to further information. The amplification of seismic waves through the local geology is modeled...

    Last updated: June 9, 2023

    • SERVICE
    • WMTS
    • WMS
    • HTML
    • API
    • conservation-and-archiving-planning-aap---confederation
    • earthquake
    • natural-risk-zones
    • fsdi-federal-spatial-data-infrastructure