The design of a seismic network is a very important phase of monitoring, during which the number of stations to be installed is defined and the layout is determined to achieve good detection and location capability.
This stage then answers the questions:
HOW MANY SEISMIC STATION?
WHAT KIND OF SENSORS
AT WHAT DEPTH?
WITH WATH SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION?
The answers arise from preliminary studies, site surveys, environmental seismic noise processing, spectral velocity simulations, and finally estimates of network detection capability for different layouts.
HOW TO OPTIMISE A SEISMIC NETWORK?
The optimization of a seismic network, on the other hand, is carried out after the installation phase of the first seismic stations by validating, with the first data acquired, the previously designed layout.