List of earthquakes in Switzerland

This is a list of earthquakes in Switzerland:

Earthquakes[edit]

Date (UTC) Location Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Comments
1295 Churwalden 6.5±0.5 VIII Mw [1]
1356 Basel 6.7–7.1 X 300 Mw [2]
1524 Ardon 5.8 VIII Damaging[3]
1584 Aigle 5.9 VIII 320 Triggered a tsunami in Lake Geneva. Most deaths associated with a Mw  5.4 aftershock which triggered a rockfall.[3]
1601 Unterwalden 6.2 VIII 9 Triggered a tsunami in Lake Lucerne.[4]
1755 Sierre 6.1 VIII Mw [5]
1855 Visp 6.4 VIII 1 Mw [6] Only casualty was a person killed by rockfall.[7]
1946 Sierre 6.2 VIII 4 Destructive and one death in France. Rockslides.
Note: Only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Schwarz-Zanetti, G.; Deichmann, N.; Fäh, D. (2004). "The earthquake in Churwalden (CH) of September 3, 1295". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 97 (2): 255–264. Bibcode:2004SwJG...97..255S. doi:10.1007/s00015-004-1123-8. S2CID 128830253.
  2. ^ Fäh, Donat; Gisler, Monika; Jaggi, Bernard; Kästli, Philipp; Lutz, Thomas; Masciadri, Virgilio; Matt, Christoph; Mayer-Rosa, Dieter; Rippmann, Dorothee; Schwarz-Zanetti, Gabriela; Tauber, Jürg; Wenk, Thomas (2009). "The 1356 Basel earthquake: an interdisciplinary revision". Geophysical Journal International. 178 (1): 351–374. Bibcode:2009GeoJI.178..351F. doi:10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04130.x. hdl:20.500.11850/21256. S2CID 130044448.
  3. ^ a b Schwarz-Zanetti, Gabriela; Fäh, Donat; Gache, Sylvain; Kästli, Philipp; Loizeau, Jeanluc; Masciadri, Virgilio; Zenhäusern, Gregor (2018). "Two large earthquakes in western Switzerland in the sixteenth century: 1524 in Ardon (VS) and 1584 in Aigle (VD)". Journal of Seismology. 22 (2): 439–454. Bibcode:2018JSeis..22..439S. doi:10.1007/s10950-017-9715-8. hdl:20.500.11850/228325. S2CID 133623360.
  4. ^ Schwarz-Zanetti, G.; Deichmann, N.; Fäh, D.; Giardini, D.; Jiménez, M.; Masciadri, V.; Schibler, R.; Schnellmann, M. (2003). "The earthquake in Unterwalden on September 18, 1601: A historico-critical macroseismic evaluation". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 96 (3). doi:10.1007/s00015-003-1094-1 (inactive 31 January 2024).{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (link)
  5. ^ Gisler, M.; Fäh, D.; Deichmann, N. (2004). "The Valais earthquake of December 9, 1755". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae. 97 (3): 411–422. Bibcode:2004SwJG...97..411G. doi:10.1007/s00015-004-1130-9. S2CID 129222285.
  6. ^ Kozák, J.; Vaněk, J. (2006). "The 1855 VISP (Switzerland) earthquake: Early attempts of earthquake intensity classification". Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica. 50 (1): 147–160. Bibcode:2006StGG...50..147K. doi:10.1007/s11200-006-0008-x. S2CID 129143307.
  7. ^ "The earthquake in Switzerland in 1855" (PDF): 94. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)

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