2014-06-19

Measuring earthquakes: An easy thing to do?

We feel, hear or read about earthquakes in Switzerland on average ten times a year. However, the large majority of earthquakes that the Swiss Seismological Service locates are not noticed by the population. These lie under the limit of human sensing and can therefore be only detected by sensitive measuring stations.

What are these instruments, where are they and what does it all take to build and operate a station is explained in Snapshot 06.