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Seismic zones according to the SIA 261 standard

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 is required for the seismic design of load-bearing structures in accordance with the SIA standards.

Simple

Alternate title

Seismic zones SIA 261

Date (Revision)
2026-04-13
Date (Creation)
2008-01-01T00:00:00
Identifier
ch.bafu.gefahren-gefaehrdungszonen

Status
Completed

Point of contact

Hazard Prevention Division, Federal Office for the Environment - BAFU Gefahrenpraevention
Bern
3003
+41 58 464 10 75
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/en/gep-division
Spatial representation type
Vector

Spatial resolution

Equivalent scale

Denominator
25000
Topic category
  • F Geoscientific information

Extent

Extent

Description

Switzerland

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S
E
W








Maintenance and update frequency
As needed
Duration of Conservation
100
Appraisal of Archival Value
A
Reason for Archiving Value
Evidence of business practice
GEMET
  • earthquake

  • hazard area

  • natural risk

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Natural risk zones

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  • FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure

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  • hazard map

  • Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation

  • opendata.swiss

Resource constraints

Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Opendata OPEN: Open use.
Language
Deutsch
Subtopic Category
F1 Geology
Subtopic Category
F3 Natural Hazards
Distribution format
  • ESRI Shapefile (SHP)

  • ESRI File Geodatabase FileGDB (GDB)

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ch.bafu.gefahren-gefaehrdungszonen

WMS-FSDI service, layer "Seismic zones SIA 261"

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ch.bafu.gefahren-gefaehrdungszonen

WMTS-FSDI service, layer "Seismic zones SIA 261"

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Fachinformationen Erdbeben

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Statement

Die Karte der Erdbebenzonen der Norm SIA 261 "Einwirkungen auf Tragwerke" (2020) wurde von der Arbeitsgruppe Erdbeben der Normenkommission SIA 261 auf Basis des Erdbebengefährdungsmodelles 2015 des Schweizerischen Erdbebendienstes erstellt.

Hierarchy level
Dataset
Reference system identifier
EPSG:2056

Metadata

Metadata identifier
239a4b60-9478-4120-87d9-5671c4516269

Language
Deutsch
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Français
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Italiano
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
English
Character encoding
UTF8
Language
Rumantsch
Character encoding
UTF8

Point of contact

Hazard Prevention Division, Federal Office for the Environment - BAFU Gefahrenpraevention
Bern
3003
+41 58 464 10 75
https://www.bafu.admin.ch/en/gep-division

Type of resource

Resource scope
Dataset
Name

dataset

Metadata linkage

https://www.geocat.ch/geonetwork/srv/api/records/239a4b60-9478-4120-87d9-5671c4516269

Date info (Creation)
2011-04-04T17:34:13Z
Date info (Revision)
2026-06-08T11:51:39.966517Z

Metadata standard

Title

ISO 19115-3

 
 

Spatial extent

Keywords

GEMET

earthquake hazard area natural risk
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0

Natural risk zones
geocat.ch

Conservation and archiving planning AAP - Confederation FSDI Federal Spatial Data Infrastructure hazard map opendata.swiss


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