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Table 2 Instruments and site details

From: Establishing a reference rock site for the site effect study in and around the Kathmandu valley, Nepal

Station code

Type of instrument

Sampling rate (Hz)

Latitude (°)

Longitude (°)

Altitude (m)

Geology

Remarks

PKIN

ZM, HM—500 (1 Hz, h = 0.7) velocity seismograph

50

27.57

85.39

2320

Rocks of Phulchauki Group dominated by hematite in Phulchauki tunnel

~15 km southeast of Kathmandu

DMG

GeoSIG-AC 23

Accelerograph

GeoSIG-GSR24 digitizer

200

27.72

85.31

1340

Lacustrine deposit

~Central part of Kathmandu

KKA

GeoSIG-AC 23

Accelerograph

GeoSIG-GSR24 digitizer

200

27.80

85.27

2043

Granite and gneiss rock

~10 km northwest of Kathmandu