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]- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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 1 November 2024).
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of November 2024 (link) - ^ 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.
- ^ 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.
- ^ "The earthquake in Switzerland in 1855" (PDF): 94.
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Sources
- NGDC (1972), Significant Earthquake Database, National Geophysical Data Center, NOAA, doi:10.7289/V5TD9V7K
- ISC (27 June 2022), ISC-GEM Global Instrumental Earthquake Catalogue (1900–2009), Version 9.1, International Seismological Centre