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Quake in St Foy area
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Obviously
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isn't a real person
2.6 @5km isn't really an EQ
That's a hardly noticeable rumble.
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
It was 4.4 in CH. still nobody noticed it
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It looks like it was actually “in” Courmayeur.
Anyhoo, we get such things often enough ...
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Swiss Seismological Service (Zurich) map of all Magnitude 2 or greater earthquakes 1975 to 2018 plus the ten strongest historically (red dots) of which the strongest was Magnitude 6.6 near Basel in 1356 and our nearest strongest near Sierre in 1946 (magnitude 5.8 ) :
2019 was an above-average year for Swiss earthquakes, there were 48 'quakes felt by human observers last year against an average of 23/annum.
As apartment owners, we have earthquake damage included in our buildings insurance, but back in 2018 the co-proprietaires agreed - with considerable foresight - to get enhanced 'quake cover. The Valais is particularly prone to minor damage due to quakes, which is not surprising when you look at the map.
@under a new name
will also observe how the Rhone Valley cluster crosses the border and continues in the direction of Chamonix.
If you're interested the Swiss Seismological Service (
http://seismo.ethz.ch/en/home/
has a 3-page public information sheet about earthquakes in the Alps (in English):
http://seismo.ethz.ch/export/sites/sedsite/knowledge/.galleries/pdf_brochures/2020_SED_Erdbeben_in_der_Schweiz_EN_Web_lowres.pdf_2063069299.pdf
Last edited by Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do. on Tue 27-10-20 15:31; edited 1 time in total
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Evidently the dogs in Bourg SM sensed it earlier than the humans - they were howling 20 secs before the shaking!
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