6 hours agoEarthquake hits Swiss Alps near Mürren
Periskopi(a year ago)
(a year ago)An earthquake has hit the area near Müren in Bernese Oberland on Monday afternoon with a magnitude of about 4.2 on the Richter scale. This earthquake likely felt throughout Switzerland, according to the Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zurich (SED). The quake occurred at 12:52 p.m. near Mürren, the SED wrote in [...]
An earthquake has hit the area near Müren in Bernese Oberland on Monday afternoon with a magnitude of about 4.2 on the Richter scale.
This earthquake likely felt throughout Switzerland, according to the Swiss Seismological Service ETH Zurich (SED).
The quake occurred at 12:52 noon near Mürren, the SED wrote in an automatic message. Small damage is possible sometimes in the event of an earthquake of this magnitude near the era, she said, writes swissinfo, broadcasts albinfo.ch.
SED records an average of three to four earthquakes a day in Switzerland and neighbouring countries, or 1,000 to 1,500 earthquakes a year. About ten to twenty earth quakes with magnitudes about 2.5 or higher actually feel from the population each year./Periscopi/
