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2018-12-29

Weak Earthquake near Fribourg

On 29 December 2018 at 9:30 a weak earthquake with a magnitude of 2.9 was observed between Fribourg and Düdingen. ...

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2018-12-19

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

This year's Christmas wreath is decorated with red and orange berries. They show the location of the earthquakes with a magnitude of 2 or greater recorded by the national seismic network from ...

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2018-11-26

InSight landed on Mars!

On 26 November 2018 the time had come: InSight successfully landed on the Elysium plain. This was not an easy task. ...

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2018-11-15

Watch InSight land on Mars

After a voyage lasting a good six months and covering some 485 million kilometres, NASA’s InSight lander is set to touch down on Mars on 26 November 2018. ...

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2018-11-03

[Available in DE/FR] Erdbeben bei Martigny

Am Samstag, dem 3. November 2018 hat sich um 01:20 Uhr (Lokalzeit) südlich von Martigny (VS) in einer Tiefe von ca. 10 km ein Erdbeben der Magnitude 2.9 ereignet. ...

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2018-10-23

New procedures used in test to control induced seismicity

How can induced earthquakes occurring when deep geothermics are used, best be monitored, predicted and controlled? ...

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2018-10-01

Earthquake and Tsunami in Sulawesi, Indonesia

On 28 September 2018, several strong earthquakes shook the island of Sulawesi in Indonesia. The strongest earthquake, with a magnitude of 7. ...

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2018-08-23

[Available in DE/FR] Erdbeben am Dent de Morcles

Am Donnerstag, dem 23. August 2018 hat sich um 02:09 Uhr (Lokalzeit) am Dent de Morcles östlich von Evionnaz in einer Tiefe von ungefähr 7 km ein Erdbeben der Magnitude 3.2 ereignet. ...

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Earthquake struck the island of Lombok

On 29 July 2018, the Indonesian island Lombok was struck by an earthquake of magnitude 6.4. Several weaker earthquakes followed until an even stronger earthquake of magnitude 6. ...

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2018-07-18

Ready to head off for holiday... to an earthquake country?

The summer holidays are here at last. The accommodation is booked, the bags are packed and you're through airport security. What could possibly go wrong now? ...

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2018-05-16

[Available in DE /FR] Zwei Beben in der Nähe von Châtel-St-Denis

Am Dienstag, dem 15. Mai 2018, hat sich um 17:30 Uhr (Lokalzeit) in der Nähe von Châtel-St-Denis (FR) in einer Tiefe von ungefähr 5 km ein erstes Erdbeben der Magnitude 3.1 ereignet. ...

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2018-05-05

Successful start to the InSight Mars mission

On 5 May 2018, the NASA rocket carrying the InSight lander lifted off successfully. After initially heading south from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, after around 90 minutes the InSight ...

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2018-04-26

Anthropogenic or not? Investigating the magnitude 5.5 Pohang earthquake in South Korea

A recently published paper in Science, written by a team of the Swiss Seismological Service at ETH Zurich and collaborators from the Engineering Geology group at ETH, GFZ Potsdam and the Glasgow ...

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2018-04-19

Bundesrat bewilligt neues Massnahmenpaket zum Schutz vor Naturgefahren

Im Rahmen des Projekts «Optimierung von Warnung und Alarmierung bei Naturgefahren» (OWARNA) verbessern Bund und Kantone seit 2010 laufend ihre Zusammenarbeit sowie Vorhersagen, Warnungen und ...

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2018-04-18

Alpine orogeny: Did the mountains form after ballast was jettisoned, rather than after being squeezed up in a collision between tectonic plates?

A recently published new model of the Alpine orogeny suggests that the rocks comprising the Alps rose to form a mountain range because they broke free of the heavier lower layer of the subducting ...

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2018-04-08

[Available in DE/FR] Neues Beben in der Nähe von Château-d’Oex

Am Sonntag, dem 8. April 2018 hat sich um 23:50 Uhr (Lokalzeit) in der Nähe von Château-d’Oex (VD) in einer Tiefe von ungefähr 6 km ein Erdbeben der Magnitude 2.9 ereignet. ...

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2018-03-12

[Available in DE] Erdbeben an der deutsch-schweizerischen Grenze nahe Laufenburg

Am Montag, 12. März 2018 hat sich kurz nach Mitternacht um 00:29 Uhr (Lokalzeit) ein Erdbeben der Magnitude 3.1 in Deutschland ereignet, ungefähr 13 km nördlich von Laufenburg. ...

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2018-02-08

Using seismic measuring devices to record avalanches

Avalanches pose a danger to mountain villages and snow sports enthusiasts. Some recent avalanches have provided important information for reliably assessing avalanche danger. ...

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2018-02-01

[Available in DE / FR] Erneutes Erdbeben bei Bludenz (A)

Am Donnerstag, den 1. Februar 2018, hat sich um 02:47 Uhr (Lokalzeit) ein Erdbeben der Magnitude 4.1 ca. 10 km östlich von Bludenz ereignet. ...

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2018-01-25

Earthquakes in Switzerland in 2017: an overview

Seismic events in 2017 once again showed that Switzerland is an earthquake country. There were two widely felt earthquakes with magnitudes above 4 and hundreds of aftershocks. ...

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2018-01-17

[Available in DE / FR] Erdbeben bei Bludenz (A) auch in der Schweiz deutlich verspürt

Am Mittwoch, 17. Januar 2018 hat sich um 20:07 Uhr (Lokalzeit) ein Erdbeben der Magnitude 4.1 13 km östlich von Bludenz (Vorarlberg, Österreich) ereignet. ...