Dear Reviewer,

Thank you for your positive remarks and insightful comments on the paper. We appreciate the time and effort that you have dedicated to our manuscript. We have discussed your main technical suggestions and the supplement to this response summarizes the outcome. The small editorial suggestions will be also incorporated in the revised manuscript, which will be uploaded at a later stage. 

We hope we cover your comments and are willing to respond to any further questions and suggestions you may have.

Sincerely,

Janneke van Ginkel, Elmer Ruigrok, Jan Stafleu and Rien Herber

Dear Reviewer,

Thank you for your comments on the paper. We appreciate the time and effort that you have dedicated to our manuscript. We have carefully reviewed the manuscript and rephrased some sections to better communicate the main message. In the introduction, the structure of the article is more emphasized. The sites and earthquakes used for the calculations are presented in Figure 2. For interpretation and justification of the results, we included more details on the methods and the effect of the subsurface geology on amplification.

We have discussed your main scientific questions, and the supplement to this response summarizes the outcome. The editorial suggestions will be also incorporated in the revised manuscript, which will be uploaded in a later stage. We believe that with the incorporation of your suggestions, the manuscript has improved.

Your editorial remarks will be incorporated into the new manuscript. Furthermore, the manuscript is carefully read to address writing imperfections.  We hope we cover your comments and are willing to respond to any further questions and suggestions you may have.

Sincerely,

Janneke van Ginkel, Elmer Ruigrok, Jan Stafleu and Rien Herber