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2025

Picture for Earthquake south-east of Mürren (BE)

2025-05-04

Earthquake south-east of Mürren (BE)

On Sunday, May 4 at 13:30, an earthquake with a magnitude of 3.1 occurred near Mürren, close to Lauterbrunnen (BE). It was registered at a depth of 7.6 km. The earthquake was felt in the immediate vicinity. ...
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2025-04-22

Schatzalp Workshop on Induced Seismicity

Understanding and managing induced seismicity remains a key challenge for geothermal and other deep underground projects. In March, over 160 international experts from research and industry met to discuss current and future challenges in areas ranging from modelling, risk assessment, response ...
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For all 43 seismic nodes deployed on the lake ice, the project team carefully installed the sensors then attached them to small poles for security. The ice thickness was also directly measured using a large drill.

2025-04-02

Recording icequakes on Lake St. Moritz

For the third winter in the past five years, the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) and the Institute of Geophysics (IfG) at ETH Zurich have recorded icequakes on the frozen Lake St. Moritz. ...
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ShakeMap USGS (https://earthquake.usgs.gov/)

2025-03-28

Devastating earthquake in Myanmar

On 28 March at 12.50 local time (07.20 Swiss time), a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar at a depth of approximately 10 to 20 kilometres, about 20 kilometres west of the city of Mandalay. ...
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2025-01-30

Earthquake activity in 2024

2024 was a record year: there were some 2,300 recorded earthquakes in Switzerland and neighbouring regions, substantially more than the previous annual high of 1,660 earthquakes in 2019. There are many factors behind this record, which are not yet fully understood. ...
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