Seismological statione Kašperské Hory (KHC) in the Šumava Mts. was founded in 1961 deep in the former golden mine Kristýna in the valley of the Golden creek. It is considered as one of the most sensitive stations in the world. Routine very-broadband recording was established at KHC by Axel Plešinger in 1973. Station is equipped with three-componet short- and braodband sensors. Digital data are transferrd in real time to the Institute of Geophysics. Station KHC is part of the Czech Regional Seismic Network. Museum of seismometry was established at KHC. Visitor can attend it every first Saturday from May to September.
Coordinates: 49.1309N 13.5782E
Altitude: 700 m
Seismometers: broadband sensor Streckeisen STS-2.5, short-period Vegik
Recording system: Quanterra Q330S
Sampling frequency: 100 Hz
Dynamic range: 140 dB
Frequency range: 0.02-120 s
Data format: miniSEED
Metadata: dataless SEED, stationxml
Available data: October 1988 – present
Operator: Institute of Geophysics CAS
Contact person: Jan Zedník – jzd@ig.cas.cz