Earthquake felt near Vallorcine (F)

An earthquake of magnitude 3.7 was observed near Vallorcine (France, close to the Swiss border), at a depth of about 6 kilometers on Sunday morning, September 27, at 8:18 local time.

In Switzerland, the earthquake was felt mainly in the region of Martigny, partly also in other settlements of the Rhone valley and its southern tributary valleys. The Swiss Seismological Service has received about 100 felt reports within the first hour after the event. In case of an earthquake of this magnitude, no damage are expected, nor was reported.

The region of Vallorcine is regularly hit by small earthquakes, among which felt ones nearly every year. The largest events happened on September 8, 2005 (magnitude 4.9) and June 23, 2020 (magnitude 3.8).