List of earthquakes in Switzerland

This is a list of earthquakes in Switzerland:

Earthquakes Date (UTC) Location MMI Deaths Injuries Comments 1295 Churwalden 6.5±0.5 VIII 1356 Basel 6.7–7.1 X 300 1524 Ardon 5.8 VIII Damaging 1584 Aigle 5.9 VIII 320 Triggered a tsunami in Lake Geneva. Most deaths associated with a 5.4 aftershock which triggered a rockfall. 1601 Unterwalden 6.2 VIII 9 Triggered a tsunami in Lake Lucerne. 1755 Sierre 6.1 VIII 1855 Visp 6.4 VIII 1 Only casualty was a person killed by rockfall. 1946 Sierre 6.2 VIII 4 Destructive and one death in France. Rockslides.Note: Only damaging, injurious, or deadly events should be recorded.

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