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In the canton of Glarus and also in the Basel area, the earth shook several times on Sunday night. According to the ETH Zurich earthquake service, the strongest quake was recorded at 8.35pm with a magnitude of around 4.4.
The epicenter was near Kärpf in the canton of Glarus, as announced by the earthquake service on the short message service Twitter. But he did not stop at this single earthquake: at 8.42pm 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.
21:13 earthquake with a magnitude of approximately 2.9 in Elm GL. Possibly noticeable. No damage expected. https://t.co/m3VwLusM5O
– Earthquake Service (@seismoCH_D) October 25, 2020
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.
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.
M4.3 #earthquake (#Earthquake) hits 61 km S of Sankt Gallen (#Switzerland) 8 minutes ago. Effects reported by eyewitnesses: pic.twitter.com/zJrYhqwnKo
– EMSC (@LastQuake) October 25, 2020
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