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This is a list of earthquakes in Switzerland :
Earthquakes
Date (UTC)
Location
Mag.
MMI
Deaths
Injuries
Comments
1295
Churwalden
6.5±0.5
VIII
Mw
[1]
1356
Basel
6.7–7.1
X
300
Mw
[2]
1524
Ardon
5.8
VIII
Damaging
[3]
1584
Aigle
5.9
VIII
320
Triggered a tsunami in
Lake Geneva . Most deaths associated with a Mw 5.4 aftershock which triggered a rockfall.
[3]
1601
Unterwalden
6.2
VIII
9
Triggered a tsunami in
Lake Lucerne .
[4]
1755
Sierre
6.1
VIII
Mw
[5]
1855
Visp
6.4
VIII
1
Mw
[6] Only casualty was a person killed by rockfall.
[7]
1946
Sierre
6.2
VIII
4
Destructive and one death in France. Rockslides.
Note: Only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.
References
^ Schwarz-Zanetti, G.; Deichmann, N.; Fäh, D. (2004).
"The earthquake in Churwalden (CH) of September 3, 1295" . Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae . 97 (2): 255–264.
Bibcode :
2004SwJG...97..255S .
doi :
10.1007/s00015-004-1123-8 .
S2CID
128830253 .
^ Fäh, Donat; Gisler, Monika; Jaggi, Bernard; Kästli, Philipp; Lutz, Thomas; Masciadri, Virgilio; Matt, Christoph; Mayer-Rosa, Dieter; Rippmann, Dorothee; Schwarz-Zanetti, Gabriela; Tauber, Jürg; Wenk, Thomas (2009).
"The 1356 Basel earthquake: an interdisciplinary revision" . Geophysical Journal International . 178 (1): 351–374.
Bibcode :
2009GeoJI.178..351F .
doi :
10.1111/j.1365-246X.2009.04130.x .
hdl :
20.500.11850/21256 .
S2CID
130044448 .
^
a
b Schwarz-Zanetti, Gabriela; Fäh, Donat; Gache, Sylvain; Kästli, Philipp; Loizeau, Jeanluc; Masciadri, Virgilio; Zenhäusern, Gregor (2018). "Two large earthquakes in western Switzerland in the sixteenth century: 1524 in Ardon (VS) and 1584 in Aigle (VD)". Journal of Seismology . 22 (2): 439–454.
Bibcode :
2018JSeis..22..439S .
doi :
10.1007/s10950-017-9715-8 .
hdl :
20.500.11850/228325 .
S2CID
133623360 .
^ Schwarz-Zanetti, G.; Deichmann, N.; Fäh, D.; Giardini, D.; Jiménez, M.; Masciadri, V.; Schibler, R.; Schnellmann, M. (2003).
"The earthquake in Unterwalden on September 18, 1601: A historico-critical macroseismic evaluation" . Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae . 96 (3).
doi :
10.1007/s00015-003-1094-1 (inactive 31 January 2024). {{
cite journal }}
: CS1 maint: DOI inactive as of January 2024 (
link )
^ Gisler, M.; Fäh, D.; Deichmann, N. (2004). "The Valais earthquake of December 9, 1755". Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae . 97 (3): 411–422.
Bibcode :
2004SwJG...97..411G .
doi :
10.1007/s00015-004-1130-9 .
S2CID
129222285 .
^ Kozák, J.; Vaněk, J. (2006). "The 1855 VISP (Switzerland) earthquake: Early attempts of earthquake intensity classification". Studia Geophysica et Geodaetica . 50 (1): 147–160.
Bibcode :
2006StGG...50..147K .
doi :
10.1007/s11200-006-0008-x .
S2CID
129143307 .
^
"The earthquake in Switzerland in 1855" (PDF) : 94.
Sources
List of earthquakes in Europe
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