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Earthquake near Bourg-Saint-Pierre (VS)

Near Bourg-Saint-Pierre (VS), the Swiss Seismological Service registered an earthquake on June 15, 2015 at 05:14 (local time). The earthquake had a magnitude of 3.2 and occurred at a depth of 3 km. The earthquake was located close to the Italian border and has been felt by a few people in the lower Valais. The last felt event in this region was measured on November 23, 2014 near Vallorcine (F) with a magnitude of 3.2. In general, around 200 earthquakes are registered each year in the canton Valais with 72 possibly felt events in the last 15 years. 

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