The German Earthquake Catalogue is based on a database providing information on the seismicity in Germany an adjacent areas. It contains locations of seismic events since year 800 where their epicentre determinations are based on historical sources as well as on measurements at seismometer stations since the start of instrumental seismological recording in the 20th century. Today, digital data acquisition at seismometer stations of the German regional seismic network (GRSN), the seismic GERES array, and the Gräfenberg array (GRF) takes place. All events with a local magnitude ML 2.0 and higher are listed. The GML file together with a Readme.txt file are provided in ZIP format (GERSEIS-INSPIRE.zip). The Readme.text file (German/English) contains detailed information on the GML file content. Data transformation was proceeded by using the INSPIRE Solution Pack for FME according to the INSPIRE requirements. Due to the continuous processing of the seismic events, the INSPIRE dataset is updated annually.

Der WMS GERSEIS (INSPIRE) zeigt die seismologischen Ereignisse, die im Deutschen Erdbebenkatalog der BGR fortlaufend gespeichert werden. Dieser Katalog liefert Informationen zum seismischen Geschehen in Deutschland und benachbarten Gebieten. Er beinhaltet die Orte, an denen seit dem Jahr 800 seismische Ereignisse stattfanden. Grundlage für die Epizentrumsbestimmung sind historische Quellen sowie seit Beginn der instrumentellen Erdbebenaufzeichnung im 20. Jahrhundert Messungen mit Seismometerstationen. Die digitale Datenerfassung findet an den Seismometerstationen des Deutschen Regionalnetzes (GRSN) sowie den Messanlagen des GERES-Arrays und des Gräfenberg-Arrays (GRF) statt. Es werden alle Ereignisse mit einer lokalen Magnitude ML 2,0 oder aufgelistet. Aufgrund der kontinuierlichen Erfassung der seismischen Ereignisse wird der INSPIRE-Datensatz in jährlichem Abstand aktualisiert. Der WMS GERSEIS (INSPIRE) beinhaltet ein Layer mit den seismologischen Ereignissen (NZ.ObservedEvent), die gemäß der INSPIRE-Darstellungsregeln abgebildet sind. Mit Hilfe der getFeatureInfo-Anfrage erhält der User die Inhalte der INSPIRE-Attribute unitsOfMeasure, qualitativeValue, quantitativeValue, validFrom, intensityScale (Kurzname der Intensitätsskala aus dem Attribut citation). The WMS GERSEIS (INSPIRE) represents the seismological events of the German Earthquake Catalogue which is based on a database providing information on the seismicity in Germany and adjacent areas. It contains locations of seismic events since year 800 where their epicentre determinations are based on historical sources as well as on measurements at seismometer stations since the start of instrumental seismological recording in the 20th century. Today, digital data acquisition at seismometer stations of the German regional seismic network (GRSN), the seismic GERES array, and the Gräfenberg array (GRF) takes place. All events with a local magnitude ML 2.0 and higher are listed. Due to the continuous processing of the seismic events, the INSPIRE dataset is updated annually. The WMS GERSEIS (INSPIRE) contains a layer of the seismological events (NZ.ObservedEvent) displayed correspondingly to the INSPIRE portrayal rules. Via the getFeatureInfo request the user obtains the content of the INSPIRE attributes unitsOfMeasure, qualitativeValue, quantitativeValue, validFrom and intensityScale (short name of citation of the intensity scale).