Servizio Sismico Svizzero

Am Freitag, dem 3 Juli, hat sich um 22:03 Lokalzeit, etwa 9 km nord-westlich von Monthey (VS), in einer geringen Tiefe, ein Erdbeben mit einer Magnitude von 3.3 ereignet. Entsprechend der geringen Herdtiefe wurde das Beben lokal deutlich, aber nicht weiträumig verspürt. ...

On the evening of 24 June at 18:04 local time, an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 struck northern Venezuela, approximately 200 km west of the capital, Caracas. About half a minute later, another earthquake of magnitude 7.5 followed. Due to their strength and shallow depth of 10 to 20 kilometres, the two earthquakes caused very severe damage to buildings, likely resulting in thousands to tens of thousands of fatalities. The affected area is very large and also includes the capital. ...