TY - JOUR
T1 - Earthquakes in Switzerland and Surrounding Regions During 2003
AU - Deichmann, Nicolas
AU - Baer, Manfred
AU - Braunmiller, Jochen
AU - Cornou, Cécile
AU - Fäh, Donat
AU - Giardini, Domenico
AU - Gisler, Monika
AU - Huber, Sarah
AU - Husen, Stephan
AU - Kästli, Philipp
AU - Kradolfer, Urs
AU - Mai, Martin
AU - Maraini, Silvio
AU - Oprsal, Ivo
AU - Schler, Thomas
AU - Schorlemmer, Danijel
AU - Wiemer, Stefan
AU - Wössner, Jochen
AU - Wyss, Adrian
PY - 2004/12/1
Y1 - 2004/12/1
N2 - This report of the Swiss Seismological Service summarizes the seismic activity in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2003. During this period, 532 earthquakes and 118 quarry blasts were detected and located in the region under consideration. With 30 events with M L ≥ 2.5, the seismic activity in the year 2003 was slightly above the average over the last 29 years. As in previous years, most of the seismic activity was concentrated in the Valais and in Graubünden. In addition, several earthquakes occurred along the northern front of the Alps. The strongest event, with M L 4.0 and epicentral intensity V, occurred in the area of Urnerboden, on the border between the cantons Uri and Glarus. Two earthquakes with M L 3.9 occurred in the Valais near the town of Salgesch and south of the Sanetsch Pass. In Graubünden, the Sertig valley south of Davos was the site of a sequence of 51 earthquakes that included three events with magnitudes between M L 3.6 and 3.9.
AB - This report of the Swiss Seismological Service summarizes the seismic activity in Switzerland and surrounding regions during 2003. During this period, 532 earthquakes and 118 quarry blasts were detected and located in the region under consideration. With 30 events with M L ≥ 2.5, the seismic activity in the year 2003 was slightly above the average over the last 29 years. As in previous years, most of the seismic activity was concentrated in the Valais and in Graubünden. In addition, several earthquakes occurred along the northern front of the Alps. The strongest event, with M L 4.0 and epicentral intensity V, occurred in the area of Urnerboden, on the border between the cantons Uri and Glarus. Two earthquakes with M L 3.9 occurred in the Valais near the town of Salgesch and south of the Sanetsch Pass. In Graubünden, the Sertig valley south of Davos was the site of a sequence of 51 earthquakes that included three events with magnitudes between M L 3.6 and 3.9.
KW - earthquakes
KW - focal mechanisms
KW - moment tensors
KW - Switzerland
UR - https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/geo_facpub/812
UR - https://doi.org/10.1007/s00015-004-1135-4
U2 - 10.1007/s00015-004-1135-4
DO - 10.1007/s00015-004-1135-4
M3 - Article
VL - 97
JO - Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae
JF - Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae
ER -