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List of earthquakes in Switzerland

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This is a list ofearthquakes 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 inLake Geneva.Most deaths associated with a Mw  5.4 aftershock which triggered a rockfall.[3]
1601 Unterwalden 6.2 VIII 9 Triggered a tsunami inLake 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.S2CID128830253.
  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.S2CID130044448.
  3. ^abSchwarz-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.S2CID133623360.
  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.S2CID129222285.
  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.S2CID129143307.
  7. ^"The earthquake in Switzerland in 1855"(PDF):94.{{cite journal}}:Cite journal requires|journal=(help)

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