The ETH Zurich earthquake service registered an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale shortly after half previous two within the morning. The epicenter was close to the Wägitalersee, but it surely was most likely skilled by tons of of hundreds.
At 2:34 am on Tuesday night time, the ETH Zurich earthquake service registered an earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 on the Richter scale. “This earthquake could have been felt all through Switzerland,” he writes on his web site.
The epicenter was about six kilometers southwest of Lake Wägitalersee within the canton of Schwyz at a depth of 1.1 kilometers. The earthquake was most likely felt a lot additional – for instance so far as Lucerne, Winterthur, St Gallen and even Birsfelden BL, 109 kilometers away, because the service experiences.
The service assesses the earthquake at federal hazard degree 3. This can be a pure occasion with an orange degree of “vital hazard”. The size ranges from 1 (“no or little threat”) to five (“excessive threat”).
Harm may be accomplished
Because the earthquake service writes, minor injury is feasible in remoted circumstances in an earthquake of this magnitude close to the epicenter. This estimate is provisional mechanically calculated info that has not but been checked by a seismologist.
The ETH Zurich earthquake service normally registers a number of earthquakes every single day all through Switzerland. Nonetheless, these have smaller dimensions. The final tremor of comparable energy was recorded on 25 October 2020.
The epicenter of the earthquake with a magnitude of 4.5 on the Richter scale was underneath Elm within the canton of Glarus and subsequently very near the present occasion. The strongest earthquake in Switzerland in recent times on March 6, 2017 with a magnitude of 4.6 was additionally centered within the area, specifically close to Linthal within the canton of Glarus. Nonetheless, the quantity of harm an earthquake may cause varies. (uhh)