Month: September 2022

On Saturday 10.09.2022 a magnitude 4.7 earthquake happened 15 km from Basel, towards Mulhouse (France). The shaking has been widely felt in Switzerland, all across the plateau, and in a large part of the Alps. So far there are no news of damages. A summary in German and French is available on the news page of the Swiss Seismological Service, and the RTS Téléjournal has reported on the event on Sunday. The closest low-cost seismometer of the school seismology network has recorded the following waveform in Bienne/Biel, and here is a figure showing all recordings at schools.

There are rare events in nature. Today the Liechtenstein parliament was debating the matter of earthquake insurance. Exactly at that time, first a magnitude 2.1, then 32 seconds later a magnitude 3.9 earthquake has shaken the building. The session was temporarily interrupted and the chamber evacuated. (Source: euronews). Here is a video about the event: