Contribution of Local Seismic Networks To The Regional Velocity Model of The Bohemian Massif

• Published in: Studia geophysica et geodaetica 2000-01, Vol.44 (2), p.175-187
• Main Authors: Rzek, Bohuslav, Zedník, Jan, Klíma, Karel, Ruprechtová, Libuse
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Dimensions; Earthquakes; Foci; Geophysics; Massifs; Modelling; Networks; Plate tectonics; Seismic activity; Seismology; Velocity
• ISSN: 0039-3169; 1573-1626
• DOI: 10.1023/A:1022106708332

The routine location of regional seismic events using data from the Czech National Seismological Network (CNSN) is based on Pn, Pg, Sn, Sg phases. A simple velocity model derived from Kárník's (1953) interpretation of an earthquake in Northern Hungary in 1951 has hitherto been used. At present, numerous local seismic networks record and locate local events, which are occasionally recorded at regional distances as well. Due to the relatively small dimensions of local networks, hypocenters (and origin times) determined by a local network might be considered as nearly exact from the point of view of regional-scale CNSN. The comparison of common locations performed by CNSN and by a local network enables us to estimate the accuracy of CNSN locations, as well as to optimize a simple velocity model. The joint interpretation of the CNSN bulletin and the catalogues of four local seismic networks WEBNET, OSTRAVA, KLADNO and LUBIN produced a new ID velocity model. The most frequent epicentral error in this model is less than 5 km, and most foci lie up to 15 km from the true position. The performed analysis indicates bimodal distribution of Sn residuals.