Learn more Earthquake Country Switzerland Historical earthquake in Basel 1356 Earthquake region Valais Earthquake region Grisons Neuer Text After the Valais, the area around Basel is the second highest seismic hazard zone in Switzerland. ...

Learn more Earthquake country Switzerland Earthquake region Valais Earthquake region Basel Earthquakes in Grisons An earthquake causing at least minor damage to buildings occurs in the Canton of Grisons on average every 30 to 40 years. ...

Learn more Earthquake country Switzerland Historical earthquake in Sierre 1946 Earthquake region Basel Earthquake region Grisons Earthquakes in the Valais More earthquakes occur in the Valais than anywhere else in Switzerland. ...

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Learn more Earthquake swarm in Sarnen 1964 Diemtigen2_EN On 13 April 2014, the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) registered two earthquakes near Diemtigen in the Berner Oberland, which later turned out to mark the start of an earthquake swarm, ...

Learn more Earthquake swarm in Sarnen 1964 Earthquake swarm in Diemtigen 2014-2015 earthquake swarms In so-called 'earthquake swarms', numerous earthquakes occur locally over an extended period without a clear sequence of foreshocks, main quakes ...

Learn more Earthquake swarm in Diemtigen 2014-2015 What happened in Sarnen 1964? Over several months starting in February 1964, hundreds of earthquakes occurred in the Sarnen region. The two largest quakes, with magnitudes of 4.8 and 5. ...

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