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The 1356 Basel earthquake is the most significant seismological event to have occurred in ... 6.6 (GFZ 2006); [2] and a major Swiss study by 21 European experts, with ...
This is a list of earthquakes in Switzerland: Earthquakes. Date (UTC) Location Mag. MMI Deaths Injuries Comments 1295 Churwalden: 6.5±0.5
The Swiss Seismological Service (German: Schweizerischer Erdbebendienst (SED), French: Service sismologique suisse, Italian: Servizio sismico svizzero, Romansh: Servizi da terratrembels svizzer) at ETH Zurich is the federal agency responsible for monitoring earthquakes in Switzerland and its neighboring countries and for assessing Switzerland's seismic hazard.
Category: Earthquakes in Switzerland. 8 languages. ... Swiss Seismological Service This page was last edited on 4 July 2023, at 20:45 (UTC). Text ...
A powerful 7.1-magnitude earthquake struck the foothills of the Himalayas near one of Tibet’s holiest cities on Tuesday, killing at least 126 people and flattening hundreds of houses and causing ...
Basel, Switzerland sits atop a historically active fault and most of the city was destroyed in a magnitude 6.5 earthquake in 1356. But the Basel project, although it had established an operational approach for addressing induced earthquakes, had not performed a thorough seismic risk assessment before starting geothermal stimulation. [2]
Authorities in Egypt say a luxury yacht that set off with 44 people from the Red Sea port of Ghalib for a week-long diving trip sank, with 32 rescued and 8 still missing.
Throughout the year, earthquakes killed 584 people, making 2024 the least deadliest year for earthquakes since 2020. The vast majority of the year's fatalities were attributed to a M w 7.5 earthquake that struck the west coast of Honshu in Japan immediately after 2024 began, which was also the strongest event of the year and the deadliest in ...