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Shortly after 8:30 p.m. on Sunday night, the earth shook in Switzerland. As reported by the Swiss Seismological Service, the epicenter was with Kärpf GL. The strength of the earthquake is given as 4.3. It is “widely felt”. According to experts, minor damage is possible.
At 8.42 pm another earthquake with a magnitude of 2.7 was recorded near Elm and a minute later another earthquake of the same magnitude was recorded near Gelterkinden in the Basel area.
Possible damage
Earthquakes of a magnitude greater than four are likely to be widely felt. Occasionally earthquakes of this magnitude can also cause minor damage.
The earthquake was clearly felt at the Glarus Canton Police Emergency Call Center. The police officer on duty said at the request of Keystone-SDA that the earthquake was clearly noticeable for about ten to twelve seconds. “Visually everything moved and shook,” he described the event.
Dozens of calls
Then the phone got hot. He couldn’t count the calls, but there were probably dozens. At the moment, no reports of property damage or even personal injury have been received.
As BLICK readers report, the shaking was felt in many places. In addition to Glarus, various reports came from Graubünden, the canton of Uri, Glarus and also from Schaffhausen.
